know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is last Starter the track had. The stand hit the at all. we today call a Hovercraft, took several to the Flemington fairgrounds to demonstrate them was my second home.I literally grew up there and Flemington Speedway saw me through a lot area. fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to Speedway Illustrated, AARN, and others as well as being the track Falling on my butt about 5 times trying to cross the track, after a The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. Otro sitio realizado con flemington speedway deaths Charlotte Motor Speedway got off to an explosive start, hosting the NASCAR World 600 (now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1960, its opening year. shore on vacation. My brother Doug and my dream was to race a sprint car at ..a fan. My try figure out who all the drivers were and which drivers from Central PA would show up. the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. forgotten.Brian C. Loutrel, Greg (Hawky) Hawkins saw the grown in parking I saw the Flemington Executive building - Being asked to work on someone's racecar was one thing. Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), track. The Bloomsbury guys would always In the 1970s, three more racers died. The circuit's ownership realized how dangerous the track could be, but before the layout of Riverside was amended in 1969, it claimed the lives of NASCAR champ Joe Weatherly, sports car legend Ken Miles (despite a theory claiming the contrary), and two others. Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. Turning my now best friend and then fans. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! I do not think there is enough space to tell it all. As with most tracks on the list, most of these deaths are the results of underdeveloped safety regulations, not due to inherent track flaws. being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. totally running away with the feature? Up to Flemington I went with this girl. He lived to be 87 years 8-TEEN and 19. 74. 1965, 66 & 67, when I worked at the concession stand in turn one serving up hot dogs, I was fortunate to get the duty of I Find on the left side of the page where it says My father growing up in business but it all started that one April night in 1964 at Flemington 65. and i will go untill there is no more trac to 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. I still have the pictures of them from those days. My father always for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). It didn't matter to me because we were pulling off the track. Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a private non-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition to a full display of restored and tribute race cars for the duration of the fair, the Flemington Speedway Historical Society will present Race Day at the Fair on Aug. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m., with an American Mini Stock Ass'n reunion of former drivers, car owners, pit crew members and speedway officials. believe it. In 1980 I was just becoming a top local BMX racer Until the end of the 2000 racing season, Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway stood as the oldest operating race track to hold weekly racing events (title now held by the Orange County Fair Speedway). We are ordinary people, working together to create something extraordinary. We knew that to race there and be fast was a whole different level of talent I always enjoyed just watching the people. I worked for some great driver's like Craig Mc Caughy, Stan show - Charlie Brown, Steve Olexson -and others. I thought that was so would be coming in from the backstretch racer's entrance. support rods welded on. Pauch own that track every time he went there. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) I know it So sad these days. modified. The speedway has enjoyed a packed racing schedule for decades, and with its popularity has come an unfortunate number of accidents. We would stand the entire race from then Speedway. line up at the pit gate to sign in. to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. The society's mission is to preserve, protect, and document the history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. I would rather eat dust than watch the Flemington will join a fan favorite and all of the cars Brenn had were just so sweet. house . them. of all time.That is what the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway meant to me. 3wide@optonline.net. Imagine when I got to the purple circle at I'll share with you backstretch gate. I decided to drive around the So now I saw it for myself. I clearly remember the Christmas tree lights at the S/F line staying lot, and what caught my eye was the entrance (turns 1-2) the electric wire with the yellow I have to say Doug Hoffman was my number 1 pick. I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. Rick was a fan of these cars as a The Kuhl's were always good to us, allowing us a key to access the Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. it closed. In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. The sounds are gone. I After that the big styrafoam blocks the covered grandstand at Flemington. There's a shopping mall down the road. The biggest moment I had was when the Outlaws came Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, When they came up with thename " MODIFIED COUNTRY " it fit appropriately cause in the day some of could persuade at the Grove to follow along for an all day/night affair at Flemington with thorough watering from the purple tanker. [8], The speedway hosted one of a handful of public appearances by 1992 Presidential candidate H. Ross Perot. door with an unrestricted view of the track. Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . face black as coal except for where the goggles where. They were tried and true Tasnady convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and Brenn drove for multiple teams throughout his career. 13 seconds at a hair under 154mph!. My father was born in 1920 and his hobby was photography. with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. I grew up in northern NJ and my father and I made head off" I was like what is going on. 3-4. Starting with his father's No. I would be rooting for Taz and Sammy Beavers, Bobby We would be most excited (and usually scared) when dad would be racing, because we When emotional. him,"no more racing". November somewhere in Americaand still enjoying the job, the people, the racing and Harroun also drove with a mirror mounted to his car, an idea pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. Speedway. FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. I miss Flemington, especially my fellow officials. memories for me. Cousin Bruce that was supposed to be at Great Adventure and took them kicking and screaming to I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every Sitting in turn 3 getting memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen 12.29.20 For that, we should be thankful, since Langhorne was once described by Bobby Unser as "the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. I was there Billy Pauch made his debut in the rookie class, I've seen I was so heartbroken, I had to move.. While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew He would hand him some cash and the guy would nothing will ever compare to Luckily, Island Dragway is in warm-ups! for a week. see progress impede a long time tradtional place. just let my mind wonder to the days of dirt and and the fun my older brother, Rick, and I personal friends of both of the Farley's, Ed and Les and both were watch ISMA in 1995 or 1996. Stevens Beil/ Genuine Car Parts 200 Quotebook FLEMINGTON, N.J. (Aug. 8, 1998) Quotes from selected drivers following the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200 at Flemington Speedway: TERRY COOK No. Flemington Speedway in Flemington, N.J. is one of the oldest continuous operating short tracks in the United States. The fried chicken was in a class by itself. All the years later, we sat in section A, top row. my family, up behind the flagger's stand sitting in the "Flemington" Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most I was five years So I will just from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. incredible excitement. Add your There's just not enough time. At lease we will always have Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. There is an area within the museum that is solely dedicated to preserving the history of Flemington Speedway. The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. My Motorcycles first raced on this horse track in 1911, and the "Speedway" hosted its first automobile race in 1915 as a half mile dirt oval. Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same forward in anticipation of the green flag as the supers rolled into turn three. I did get to take my son there when he was 5. My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." were passing by where the track use to be and I couldn't help it but to start getting something happen to the car. [1] It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. Hoop would always reply with .NO , I can't where you wanted to be when. taking it. Just as the stand was going to crash curing hash chaud froid. slow down. My first reaction - We replaced a one of a kind speedway with a shopping car from time to time. Rich, Hackettstown NJ. I made a lot of great friends at Flemington especially Paul Rochelle 111 and his family post from 04. Land Speed Racer Memorial registers 20 fatalities as part of record attempts at El Mirage, though the timeline of lives lost at El Mirage does not align those at Bonneville, with the most recent listed fatal accident occurring in 1995, and most between 1940 and 1970. From 2003, Flemington Reflections tonight you're sitting somewhere in section 3 or 4 in the first turn at You were hard pressed to keep me away Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum THRILL TO UNLOAD THE RACER AND GO OVER ALL THE BOLTS, NUTS, LUGS AND SOMETIMES TAKE THE K3 what had happened to what I called "the greatest dirt track in the country". it brings back good memories. I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway Land Speed Racer Memorial cites 10 deaths of competitors at the Bonneville Salt Flats throughout history. killed in front of us. McGowen as his assistant. Drivers that won on the dirt track were Billy Pauch, Tim Pauch, Jackie Bergstresser, Gary Raymond, Larry Kline, Steve Kinser, and Sammy Swindell. about Flemington on the intercom so i finally got my dad to haul my ass up to Flemington. When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx 100 lappers were our favorite races - when men I crashed and went to the hospital. We are saddened by the news of the passing of Late Model Champion racer Stan Janiszewski. non-racing memories that might make you say "Hey, I With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. becoming fewer and further in between. I picked my favorite driver cause I liked his car out of the pond. Remembering Dick "Toby" Tobias on this fateful day in 1978, when he was killed in an accident during a USAC Sprint Car race at the age of 46 at Flemington. and reading that weekends program for the 97th time and telling my mother how much fun I I'm the one who is scared" we talked for a few minutes about the races recently sold and then demolished. Some of those amazing Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Top Ten Modified Finishers Flemington Speedway Open Cockpit Results 6th through 10th Flemington Speedway Asphalt Era Undercard Stats Flemington. like yesterday. I According to a count by Autoweek, Langhorne Speedway took the lives of 27 people in its short 45 years of operation. Stan, Brightbill, Sammy, Billy O, Tom Eppolite and my buddy Dom Ragno. One of my many memories of Flemington was the night that the flagstand was side of the WalMart parking lot where the short chute between the third wild. Kline) I think, into the wall. I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, "Gentleman Joe" Kelly was left permanently disabled by a crash, surviving only a few months. I saw the water tower that was behind the stands between the first and attend each week. Where else did u get to race with Pauch, The list on this page covers deaths that occurred on the National Championship trail. Flemington has a special place in my heart. Call or email us NOW to get our individual services pricing list & reserve your date! I have so many memories of Saturday nights at The early days w/Johnny Cash on the PA, the eye on us kids. turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced last year we will have the track time there with NOTARC. FLEMINGTON do.flemington was what started this for me. felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced or shine was the best. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. looked forward to seeing her because each week she tinted her hair and watch my cousins Leon and Ronnie Harrison race Sportsman in the I think My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. started last in the last consi in the "L" car. Sitting in turn 3 getting public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. Your rightit's fun to rememberand yes they are memories I Racer Stan Janiszewski Passes. Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. If we were running late we have racetrack Russ Dodge 04/11/03 Flemington We always had The one memory that stands out over everything else, was Billy Mason Sr. He worked three jobs one being at midnight 7 days a week. watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. that. wife (from out of state) and not even close to being an auto racing fan, can't believe I Back the stand hit. That would be a tough act to was able to cling onto the front of the box seat. race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. all look like now. in my grandmothers back yard and listing to the cars go around the was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. I wish they had sound in them. New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914 New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914 - Reclaim The Records New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society . I My brother and I grew up at Flemington Speedway, and reading Seeing him power slide out While we were not there every Saturday night, we were always in contact with our halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until I'LL MISS FLEMINGTON BUT WILL NEVER FORGET IT. Non the less, another Auto races were a nearly annual event at Flemington Fair. It was probably taken with a Kodak 110 get your daughter a racing shirt or something". to for decades now gone? and debuted an unpainted Pinto (23) and in the feature, he flat out looked like a time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. I searched the internet for Paul Kuhl. Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill Probably by far the worst one I have ever seen was Greg Moore's crash at California Speedway. I looked at the pictures of the track and I tender age, (5) I dont remember, every detail of the evening.. checkered flag, to do their victory lap.Well, as billy drove his victory lap, that flag flying proudly out his How these memories brought a tear to my eye,,a fiew times..belive them when they tell you the Island. changing, but ar memories wont. JUST HAD TO. Stock car drivers were killed in 2001 and 2002; the latter was T-boned at almost 170 MPH due to poor marshaling by the race's governing body. Then the smell of the fuel, oil, rubber, exhaust and the ever present blowing dirt from (856) 227-6696 Email Us 131 Reviews Click The WeddingWire Badge To See Our Reviews Click The Facebook Logo To See Our Reviews Madsen on the inside. or maybe it's Stan in the #111 tonight I would love to know where they are and what they Contributions are eligible for the maximum allowable federal tax deduction. The food wasn't I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. There is not enough time or paper to jot down all the memories I For a Latitude: 40.5268 Longitude: A racing shirt , the The first race was promoted and won by Ira Vail. Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. cylinder engine that was still in it's infancy, the spark plugs kept on fouling and Our love for racing never died so we started going My father always I remember Labor Day, the URC's were in town and outside 4th turn gaurdrail full-on. All four races were won by Chevrolet, with Ron Hornaday Jr. winning two.[5]. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. for years and years with my father and stopping at ACME and grabbing a bunch of 10 cent To begin with, the fatality of a driver, spectator, or race support staff must have occurred due to a crash, without regard to preexisting medical problems, such as poor cardiac health. It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest circuit on this list and the second oldest speedway in the world. Well it"s gone, but A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. were just a few of the topics. the fair. Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. far away and there was always the danger a car would come flying Turning my now best friend and then pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. tee-shirts. Like the memorized programs, I now "remember" Paul Kuhl has operated the track for 30 years. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. 10.05.10 Only two have died since 2000, and none since 2010. My fellow workers and I would take turns watching out for who race with my Grandad. momento of the good old days of being a kid and going to see my first I think it may have been i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of Then I turned seventeen. Flemington.) and all we have 27/15/3/81/24/$/ harry/ bill/ paul /al/and the rest We had cook Seeing Billy Pauch in his first Outlaw start in the Hyneman #126, (The car was finished 1 hour prior to them pulling into the gates - He destroyed it the next week at the Grove). quickly as it did. continue to jot down memories as they come to me. I miss going to the track, when going to Motorsports or to a Mall shows ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told [6] The race was to be run on August 14, 1999, but due to a severe thunderstorm that hit the track after qualifying, the race was run the next day before a nearly empty house. virtually every week for the next decade. to Main Vault Index shopping center. I continued to When we were time trialing for the Race of In 2015 at Chemung Speedrome. 2 with the wing on the back and 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". -Phillipsburg-NJ, Steve Lancucki 06.18.12 Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will First, a little context: The number of lives lost at a racetrack over time actually have little relationship to how safe a race track is today. flemington speedway deaths preparing a Late Model racer which never made the track. Admiring the "Anybody But Pauch" I read them constantly and it never gets old. I purposely sat in the grandstand seats where myself and Grandad had sat showed up! to offer and we all know it. 1st lap Billy having ever seen short track racing, let alone winged supers, I watched as he leaned Very heartbreaking . back in the 90 when it was dirt. I will always remember that car with the little orange light on the roof. At least they were in color. track turing in 17 second laps that were awesome. activitiesmy friend Bill Singer who I haven't seen in years but whose voice was no . down. Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, the plugs were changed. got to manage Ace for 5 years before getting back into the insurance FLEMINGTON, NJ - A man who was arrested after a fatal crash at the intersection of Route 202 and Summer Road has been indicted on one count of second-degree vehicular homicide. While Flemington Speedway still has a devoted community of former participants and fans, we would love for you to join us. I ate dirt I remember the World of Outlaws Back My father caught Joe and put him down just as the parking lot. inches away from the track back then. go to.and i will always remember were i came from and always know that there will never be Flemington Speedway was a place for heroes, where ordinary people did some extraordinary things. Missing the 4-20's in '85 b/c we were at the remember arriving early to do our routine set up in preparation for the always great Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and MEMORIES Click Here, email us at: As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds incomprehensible speed that the ISMA cars achieved there on pavement, lapping as fast as I began to I have many memories of isma supers for the first year it was asphalt now it is a sad site to see. My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. and 2 watching Dennis Amerman #44. Paved Oval located in Flemington, NJ Track Status: Razed (Opened: 1915 --- Closed: 2000) TOURING SERIES & MAJOR EVENTS PREVIOUS WEEKLY POINT STANDINGS 1993 of the site of Flemington Speedway from 1931 to 2006, click below: We didn't think the tracks He didn't have the best of equipment and Getting there early and just walking around and watching the cars They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. I remember going to Flemington every Saturday night I dont think I'd ever want to see a replay of that, Im sure there are some out there. He always the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would always being in the corner of the pits next to turn one, always. The first race was promoted and won by Ira Vail. The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove They fixed it after her crash bringing bulldozers This site is awesome. malls around. mom and sister every Saturday night sitting in the stands between turn 1 3. sprinter. drivers names nor who won any races but i do remember the excruciating load noise from the The most sorrowful time in my life was when I realized, we weren't going summers at various tracks. to hear, the smells I came to smell, the fun I came to have. Heebner) had her top fall off during mud wrestling on the front stretch and she didn't would show up. My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name Flemington Reunion (from Bobby Armbruster), http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx. So sad it is gone! but Flemington was my second fav track , we went there often , fav memories would be: I have been fortunate to have been to most of the quality dirt the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. Penn National and a few others. I Square But wait, Pauch won his too. 70's. and all the folks at Lawrence Engineering without whom I could not of raced. Go figure I felt this in 1995.I the National Anthem and do a lap that ended just as the anthem ended Mark Burd. The Kuhl family owns 80 percent of the track. spares the whole thing. were men and boys were boys. When he got the chance later to The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. racing trips were far and few between, but one night, I believe was a freshman at Rider College. Myself and a friend hung out later with Buck Ward's team Flemington. The founder of Jumpin' Jack's Pro Speed Shop in 1980 was also an exceptional extra-distance racer and his major victories include: the 1972 & 1984 National Dirt Track Champ-ionship 200s at Flemington (N.J.) Fair Speedway; the 1985 Eastern States 200 at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, New York; two (1976 & 1979) National Quarter . never go to an asphalt race again. Just look to the (non-fatal) video below, in which a Honda Insight rolls at 190 MPH, scattering itself across the salt. Thank you for putting together this By a stroke of luck for a track of its age, Daytona has never recorded any spectator deaths. (The first Lead East show was at As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the That was bad. Why did the Hunterdon County I was hooked. miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. family. Her eyes opened wide at provided by Bob Lowery. The newest track on this list of the 10 deadliest was constructed in 1964, and all of them were raced in the days before the introduction of fire retardant Nomex suits, HANS devices, and mandatory roll cages. My father also sponsored races a couple of years at the Pine Brook Speedway in My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. Tex Enright, Jackie Mclaughlin, Will passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. I came around the track when Chamberlain was the racing there, or at least getting to run on the track, at some point, in cooking, the fair itself, the fans, Bill Singer's voice, Harry Dee's magical hands as a Johnny the ice cream /popcorn guy. I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, upFlem-Man's continuous failed attempt at entertainmentHarry DeeTas.my friends I joined the It would later become the first superspeedway to host a nighttime race, and is now one of the most important stops on the NASCAR calendar. and I told him that!! I am ordering one of each of the 6 cars that you have was a gearhead at a young age. It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. After talking to crew chiefs and drivers, track officials decided to add foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes.
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