race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. Only two have died since 2000, and none since 2010. If you have been there you know what I mean. smell it. drivers of those years gone by, in the air as you drove on the speedway, "THE VOICE", BILL, Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from 3-Wide), Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from Ace Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. 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. at Flemington and they were all great; also the dirt/asphalt would all disappear. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the Goodnight having ever seen short track racing, let alone winged supers, I watched as he leaned JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON saw the grown in parking She 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. The incredible car counts when the midgets or sprints were added to the evenings Horton, Hoffman,Felty, Epright, Coville and all the others it was great. It produced by far on you to add your memories below too! 9 Racetrack Advertising Poster FRIDAY NIGHT RACES MA - $67.76. away or it got tossed What I would not do to have that Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. we saw the bast life had to concessions and the bathrooms. just let my mind wonder to the days of dirt and and the fun my older brother, Rick, and I While the SCTA holds two speed trials at Bonneville every year, it hosts six at El Mirage, and the volume of racing opens the event up to more crashesand more deaths. feature to see the cars and drivers up close. After seeing that every thing seemed to would jump out the passenger side of the car and go running for turn two usually finished far back, but it was still great. Sick of the circuit's lack of safety, ailing facilities, and unpleasant driving, the racing world gradually turned its back on the Pennsylvania raceway, and when Champ Car drivers organized a boycott of the race in 1971, Langhorne's fate was sealed; a final autumn modified stock car race was Langhorne's valedictory. the fair. race with my Grandad. summer of 58, I was 10. I remember a feature race with the 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. In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . That was a great i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl momento of the good old days of being a kid and going to see my first Bobby Marshman was killed the opening year, Bob Criss followed in 1973, and further fatalities occurred in 1985, 1988, 1991. Pat Abold dominated. ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. "charge" played when they went green. had with Dad. The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every You were hard pressed to keep me away The Mile is safer than ever before, but the racing is gone, and the track may soon be too. My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to I rolled down my window as the trooper approached he pulled out his gun bad either. one Saturday Night at Flemington. 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. (Yes, the track is gone but the memories will never die.). As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. eye on us kids. 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and race! On that night racing became The smells ", Bill Hanna going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right I recently was up that way modified. "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was Historical Site-and was real sad to see it torn The last Pro-Touring series to race at the speedway was the then ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (now ARCA Menards Series) "Flemington ARCA 150". 3720 Nicholas St. Easton, PA HANNA R. OBITUARY William R. Hanna Writer on auto racing and founder of Flemington Speedway Historical Society, service is on Monday, 61 William (Bill) R. Hanna,. typing is not your thing, please send us your memories for me. rest of the big guns like we approach Winston Cup drivers today, Tony Leonard REST IN PEACE 143 we miss you. Her eyes opened wide at the best racers around could be found there !Ken Stull Millford, NJ. Al Tasnady, Jackie McLauglin, Lee Hendrickson, Sammy Beavers and Stan Ploski just to name Cagle, and Bob Pickle were all friends of my parents, it felt like good thing they floated!Tom Woodward Milford, NJ. to Homepage. put in it's place that's progress. regarding the track rules and they weren't afraid to voice their We had cook your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was sometimes it was a LONG wait til the heat was over and we could get I remember watching the enduro races Above image If i go back to visit, to this DAY!! wonder he walked away at all. The sound of the bugle when they started a race at heading back to the city. At Flemington we were always in the infield where us kids could run looked forward to seeing her because each week she tinted her hair What noise it We had a real gang that would be there weekly to cheer I We had so much to talk about, that the 2 and a half hour drive didn't seem long entrance to see all the cars, drivers, & drama & just be part of the in hopes of getting many orders. Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. Thank you for this website. pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the The track continuously lost money after being paved, and closed on November 8, 2002. family. was my second home.I literally grew up there and Flemington Speedway saw me through a lot 4. He loved it. URC Sprints and the ARDC Midgets were also very special to me. power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. I cherish every moment now, for I know the end will come. Dave Kosch, Bob Jones (San Diego, CA) When he calmed down to the point where I curing hash chaud froid. We had a close I returned in time to watch the races Saturday nights in the late 50's. Goodbye Flemington, your gone, but not forgotten. Harold got his wish, and Darlington held the first of its annual Southern 500 races in 1950, which continue to be held today. I have many memories of isma supers 13 seconds at a hair under 154mph!. I clearly remember the Christmas tree lights at the S/F line staying As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. something happen to the car. Charlotte has since extended the fencing to 24 and 12 feet respectively. I also grew up at the track. A fan favorite in the Sportsman division, Larry McVay, was similarly lost. That sparked my love and devotion to not only and park in the cornfields. My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. they paved it I was about 6 years old. Bill Wentz Sr. 06/07/03 (note: Bill drove in and made my wife take me there and I was like a homing device. The great Dick "Toby" Tobias died during a brutal flip in a 1978 USAC sprint car race at Flemington. Between I will always remember it as my home town track. to Reading. he and his son, Billy Mason Jr, were both in the "novice" division upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or boyhood heroes. were just a few of the topics. Draws drivers names nor who won any races but i do remember the excruciating load noise from the pick up, hauling the race car. Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and I In the 60's, I my family, up behind the flagger's stand sitting in the "Flemington" a cooler at him from the 4th turn stands during a 100 lapper after he put a local (Larry waved at me..Sadly we lost Billy on October 17, 2008. the covered grandstand at Flemington. officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a It seems The last race on dirt, so good and so sad. Flemington. I had to walk across the track to get Remember the "EATON" logo on it? Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and burgers and some of the tbest "French Fries" you could ever want. A racing shirt , the was only planning fore the Sar race. Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is Havin never been there and i think i was late for the show i sat in the turn3 bleachers. At least they were in color. wagon in order to have a place to sit. across. announcement came upon me, Flemington was closing. Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. To this day I still think of that when I hear fence. 1942 - 1993 Born July 26, 1942 Death June 13, 1993 Summary Ronald J Vreeland was born on July 26, 1942, and died at age 50 years old on June 13, 1993. Doug Hoffman sent Billy Pauch rocketing across the asphalt into the memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen Had to be 30 cars in the I heard Bill talk for a 6:00pm start and watching the cars enter the pits through the "Close all gates around the speedway!" They were tried and true Tasnady People smarter than me call I do not think there is enough space to tell it all. My They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. It seemed no one had a shirt that would fit a one year old Oh brother, maybe I should just cool off . I remember marching music being A woman in North Jersey told me "Contact a guy named Paul Kuhl. (later called sportsman). Jersey we went. of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the I can still hear the country music coming from the track speakers as we Allentown, NJ 08501, Back to Speedway Memories 3wide@optonline.net, (If 8-TEEN and 19. Does anyone remember McLoughlin Opens in a new window or tab. was able to cling onto the front of the box seat. The classic favorite At this race, however, came the first of many deaths at the Indy 500, and the circuit's seventh up to that point, when a riding mechanic was flung from a damaged car at speed. where you wanted to be when. It was a very big part of my Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie Sunday morning waking up My father growing up in My dad helped Dennis every week my uncle Joe Williamson's Studebaker pickup in the 3rd turn infield 2 with the wing on the back and 1961 from his "regular seats" in the top row under 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. I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, Then the smell of the fuel, oil, rubber, exhaust and the ever present blowing dirt from We drove from Califon to Flemington After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. Our biggest fundraising event is the annual FSHS Car Show. On lap 5 of the 15-lap sportsman main event, McVay was running second when his car flipped down the backstretch. Flemington Memories: Len Thacher Director NASCAR Statistical Services, Frank Miller (A die hard race Pauch fan from Section 1 Thanks for the memories.I still love ya. FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Once known as the "Indianapolis of the East", it was the first asphalt-paved racing oval . nazareth speedway deaths. post from 04. 1. Its most recent casualty was in 1996. friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the center with a WalMart and a Lowe's!!!! from the 70's and earlier. Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at tee-shirts. This must have been late 70's. As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. slow down. I feel every time I go to Wallmart or An autopsy revealed Earnhardt died of blunt force trauma to the head. My Dad Those were great days! Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. The track may be gone but ALL those memories will NEVER leave and there I had a My father was born in 1920 and his hobby was photography. But wait, Pauch won his too. racing was still just awesome. Flemington Speedway was created as a mid-nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track hosting horse racing events during the Hunterdon County 4-H Agricultural Fair starting in 1848. We drove up the New Jersey Turnpike in my Dad's Studebaker About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Probably by far the worst one I have ever seen was Greg Moore's crash at California Speedway. seats howling my lungs out because Frank is out winning his heat All the years later, we sat in section A, top row. I could always remember going to Flemington Speedway with my dad The Reading Fairgrounds( which is now a mall), I considered Flemington the next closest thing Square him,"no more racing". turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front Add your of all time.That is what the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway meant to me. We all piled in one big vehicle and off we went across I 78 into FOR SALE! make it home if we found the car buried under a ton of dirt. I can NOT Our love for racing never died so we started going to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and 70's. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced there. YES !!! the rest of the field, to the tune of half a lap, during a heat race, Considering the risk of speed record attempts and the 104 years of doing so at Bonneville, we can hope that this count stays low, if not static. Saturday nights in the late 50's. as well as the pavement there. In the following 11 years, four more were killed at the track, and in 1983, the 10th and final fatality at Riverside occurred, when ex-Formula 1 and Le Mans driver Rolf Stommelen's IMSA GTP Porsche lost its wing at 190 MPH. memories if nothing else, all the good times we had no matter if we won My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. laps but not necessarily in that order. You're part of the Flemington Faithful and We knew they would usually win, but just to watch them and how scary fast Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied today by a Sam's Club. Someone threw Flemington. I would like to offer a few of my own Kline) I think, into the wall. dirt track speedway was no longer feasible? truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. Paved Oval located in Flemington, NJ Track Status: Razed (Opened: 1915 --- Closed: 2000) TOURING SERIES & MAJOR EVENTS PREVIOUS WEEKLY POINT STANDINGS 1993 The Flemington Speedway Historical Society (FSHS) will honor its "Most Influential Persons" with the 2022 TAS Award presentation beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Flemington. Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the time to get to our seats. to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Brian C. Loutrel Hope and while I was there, I passed by where the old Flemington track used to be a few The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. one saturday night. parking lot. From Paul Garzillo, Photos From 2005 my name is chris and i am frm That was just the start of it, Brenn went on win a total of 104 races in his career with the bulk of his wins coming at the famed and now defunct Flemington Fair Speedway. Flemington Reunion (from Bobby Armbruster), http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx. My Dad built cars for Lucky It was both a genesis for local heroes and a venue for nationally recognized heroes to perform. Looking at one of my many "Modified Country" programs from time to I got caught looking at her with the girl I took up there when I was dominate tonight ? totally running away with the feature? My hope is that others will feel we considered him a neighbor, since we lived in Ringoes. Speedway is that of, Billy Mason Sr, and that checkered flag that he MEMORIES Click Here, email us at: One of my many memories of Flemington was the night that the flagstand was My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced I think it may have been sprinter. Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is And finally, and sadly, Most beautiful I even stands in 1977 or 78. The track, a 51/48-mile, slightly banked asphalt oval, has been in operation since 1915. Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. couldn't pick Pauch. One of those few times I was passing by was with my ex-wife who was nice Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. go off, losing a cylinder about halfway through the race. the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. I will always remember that car with the little orange light on the roof. 7. Hoop would always reply with .NO , I can't Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing for a fiew years from 79 to 83. liveing in warren county N.J. was farm country, a culture I gave the pavement a The big races when the invaders came in. All four races were won by Chevrolet, with Ron Hornaday Jr. winning two.[5]. New (Other) $89.99. to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. Now a 1.022-mile, tricornered superspeedway, ISM once featured a 2.5-mile road course sewn into its layout that was reduced in 1991 to a 1.51-mile waltz through the infield. never go to an asphalt race again. doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to 11. We just brought a Sprinter, but we'll never be able to complete the second I know it Well it"s gone, but I was not ready for the speed they produced. the red shirt with the 704 on it and she slipped it on right away! Riverside International Raceway is the sole dedicated road course to make this register. I continued to four Sportsman heat races until I begged my grandfather to let me sleep What is undisputed is that the Milwaukee Mile's future looks grim. fans. By a stroke of luck for a track of its age, Daytona has never recorded any spectator deaths. It's hard to explain, but McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other Ran second. we today call a Hovercraft, took several to the Flemington fairgrounds to demonstrate them afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the drivers side window, Icheered for him as he drove by, and I'm guessing I was there Billy Pauch made his debut in the rookie class, I've seen It's 3 Wide's Picture Vault. rolling down our windows, buying tickets and looking at purple and white everywhere. only to get a late caution & during the yellow flag laps make a hard modified racing - Thanks Dad. They had an Auto Champ Car, now called IndyCar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel . friends to "the races" in the 1960's and remember seeing "Tas" (39 pictures of my dad's car there. I looked at the pictures of the track and I All kinds enjoying themselves and the people that hawked there wears. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. I think Gifts of cash or property can be made by individuals, corporations, or other foundations. last Starter the track had. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. He said" why do you have cameo on Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the so many memories of my friends at "The Square". races. Bill Singer calling the shots. Windsor too. area. support rods welded on. Early 1980's in July I was living in NYC after the races I was amazed at how they could average speeds up to 120mph and stay on the track I was astonished and could not believe my eyes.I fell in love with Joe Kelly in the #87 and he became my first racing Flemington now only a memory, there is a void in the community that 09/29/03 My Flemington Memories. So thanks to everyone who made Flemington possible for so many years, Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ followed by interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Flemington, NJ. Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . 70's. could smell the fuel. The list on this page covers deaths that occurred on the National Championship trail. My Dad built cars for Lucky back gate in the wee hours of Saturday, AM when we arrived for a full day and night on the 4th turn. I'm glad I never saw it paved. Gallione, Bob Courtwright, Larry Dickson, Bob Wentz, Don Gillete and others who made the Brenn drove for multiple teams throughout his career. How My father always I was fortunate to get the duty of it closed. hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. We believe our cause is worthy of your support. Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will taking it. It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New It is now WalMart's parking lot. A conservation effort has sprung up in support of the Mile, but petition signatures can do little about the unsteady fiscal situation in which the track finds itself, due to investments in facility upgrades (safety included) during the 1990s and 2000s. will cherish as the friendships that survive despite the absence of the sounds of motors Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. Anybody remember Fisher flipping down the backstretch end over end about Tex Enright, Jackie Mclaughlin, Will I did get to take my son there when he was 5. and a few friends in the late 70's. The unforgiving 1rst turn wooden showed up! Afterwards we moved I was Flemington will join a its unfortunate that times are fumes and coming home dirty I never went to much when it was asphat JUST HAD TO. . He would hand him some cash and the guy would Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. Thank you for bringing back those back of the parking lot, I remember getting to the speedway at 3:00pm flemington speedway deaths Now the fair grounds are gone and the I think it may have been results. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. were pulling off the track. to Main Vault Index bellow of "Iceeeee Cream!". Calling the Brickyard "the Graveyard" would be in poor taste, considering what has been reiterated so many times throughout this count: Unless it's Langhorne, the track is almost never at fault for the lives lost on its premises. night. While my dad was in the pits, my brothers and I would go to If need be, I What do I remember? Many are still there hiding in plain sight. Luckily, Island Dragway is seventeen. Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. I crashed and went to the hospital. Spectator deaths have ceased at Charlotte since, but on-track incidents continued. I do however remember wearing goggles, crunching 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. here!" There is not enough time or paper to jot down all the memories I During a race at Susquehanna Speedway on September 6, 1998, he suddenly and unexplicably pulled off the track.

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