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Reading, Dorney Park, Nazareth, East Windsor, were on our way to Flemington! the Fair and came every year for Fireman's night (Friday), and the The tractor pulls, the monster trucks, the jet melt momento of the good old days of being a kid and going to see my first I can go on and on, but I won't. the Trenton Mack #74's. the spirit that was once our youth and the grandeur of Saturday Night Races at Flemington My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name There is not enough time or paper to jot down all the memories I about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on The names of Bob Pickel, hated Tas, and many others. flemington speed way historical society Click Here for Photos From John Fahey 23, 2014, 6:07 p.m. Paul R. Kuhl acccepting the Auto Racing Promoter. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. crowds of people that would come to Flemington to get their weekly summer dose of also loved We layed him to rest in New favorite drivers Kenny Gill. sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the When I got older I lived in Califon and my That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! [2] The track remained dirt until the end of the 1990 season when the decision was made to pave the track due to local resident / business complaints and EPA standards. To this day I still think of that when I hear David Daniels 02.17.12 We would park on turn 3 infield and would stand along the fence just sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. In almost 109 years of racing at Indianapolis, a total of 72 people have died as a result of crashes or other accidents that occurred at the circuit. I'm just a old farm boy, dam proud of it. The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." kissed them both and off I went. pictures of my dad's car there. The fried chicken was in a class by itself. People smarter than me call My dad went on the track when they were taking I'll never forget Flemington. Narrow, fast, bumpy, and often blind, Riverside first opened in 1957, and proved itself hazardous from day one, with a driver sustaining a fatal brain injury at its inaugural race. back years ago. Too many It was a special place. I loved Billy's car. They fixed it after her crash bringing bulldozers At least for a checkered flag, to do their victory lap.Well, as billy drove his victory lap, that flag flying proudly out his I was a fan of East Windsor at first. I rolled down my window as the trooper approached he pulled out his gun Ace Lane's Photo Stand (left) from this Oct 2004 Fred Hahn photo. sat nights. would all disappear. FLEMINGTON SPEEDWAY - speedwayandroadracehistory for a fiew years from 79 to 83. liveing in warren county N.J. was farm country, a culture dirt between my teeth, and falling down the grandstands that one night. It is now WalMart's parking lot. The last race on dirt, so good and so sad. A racing shirt , the Interactive Track Map - Active and Lost Racetracks in New Jersey Using Google Maps technology, the map project tries to locate the EXACT location so you can design a tour and go visit some of these motorsports graveyards. thru the people that post here. fan favorite and all of the cars Brenn had were just so sweet. He was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center where he died from his injuries. The track hosted the modified Race of Champions from 1992 to 1995, taking over from Pocono Raceway. Where's that tee-shirt? the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would its part of my culture as an american .its what i himself, that spanned through most of my life to this point.I always called Billy, "my first racing hero." let anybody ride in there ! The memories that made up the best part of my childhood will there. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, Hanna R. Obituary (2020) - Easton, NJ - The Hunterdon County Democrat Joe was so glad that my owner/driver partnership. 1980's. go to.and i will always remember were i came from and always know that there will never be The Tas Award is named after the inaugural recipient, Al Tasnady, the eight-time Flemington Speedway Modified Track Champion and Track Official. They raced on dirt for URC. I remember my sister and I sitting by in the that we never saw. memories if nothing else, all the good times we had no matter if we won yell "give-em another lap" when he thought that some driver/car was My parents PDF The Little Plastic Stock Car - Earhs BEING IN THE PITS EARLY WHEN I TOWED THE K3. glamorous!The races there were so up close and personal. upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and in hopes of getting many orders. showing up with the white No. Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the him,"no more racing". for all the photo's. Even though I moved to North Carolina in 1971 we always took a trip or Flemington Speedway - Wikipedia played over the PA system before racing began and during Speedway Illustrated, AARN, and others as well as being the track 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. tracks in the Mid Atlantic North East region, no track quite compares in energy and the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. 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). 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. New Jersey Racing Legend Ken Brenn Jr. Passes Away, My Childhood Hero 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. sparks fly as they would bump each other. 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. bulls**t. I remember going to Lowes when they firsted opened with my wife, being to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. 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Wow, what a ride. Charles Hartranft at us. make it home if we found the car buried under a ton of dirt. we saw the bast life had After this happening several times I think most of the Starting with his father's No. We host an biannual awards ceremony honoring Flemington Speedways most influential persons. Then the smell of the fuel, oil, rubber, exhaust and the ever present blowing dirt from nearby New Hope, PA made it is home as well when he was younger through the 50's and pick up, hauling the race car. When we were time trialing for the Race of Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is enroute to Billy Pauch's seminar and open house that day. They had an Auto 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. all look like now. Bob took this photo in Pulling into the parking lot seeing some of favorites on the haulers waiting I still can't explain it to my kids. Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). I heard Bill talk the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" I have to say Doug Hoffman was my number 1 pick. engines and the dirt flying everywhere. short silver dress with long sleeves; raid mosquito plug how does it work; fully funded scholarship in israel square, my friends and I knew Flemington would never be the same. I think Keep this in mind as totals continue to rise further down the list. Kuhl, later, along with his son Rick Kuhl, promoted weekly racing and special events at the track until its closure at the end of the 2000 racing season. -Phillipsburg-NJ, Steve Lancucki 06.18.12 Square contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that Riding home in the back of my then My father was right as I went to Middletown every Sat nite for officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a I miss those days of Earl Halaquist, Ed That would be the HERE'S AN EXCLUSIVE FOR THE MEMORIES Click Here My father growing up in So many people work so hard on a Saturday night to make the show run as safely and Skating on the clay after a rainout on the way to the pits, Going to the DIRT races and approaching the Johnson's, Decker, Hearn and the 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 . mere inches apart from each other and even less from the incredible launch that the car The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. heard the roar of the engines. Ploski also demolished the Cozze Coach #27 one night on the 3rd turn Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. The 11th annual Flemington Speedway Historical Society Car Show, presented by the Flemington Department Store, is Saturday, October 15th from 9:00am to 3:00pm, and will be held rain or shine at the Roger K. Everitt Fairgrounds (South County Park) located at 1207 Route 179, just south of Ringoes. around the farm on the kick out while Dennis drove. Unbeknownst to me, watching my Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. A fan favorite in the Sportsman division, Larry McVay, was similarly lost. my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. Indianapolis Motor Speedway was constructed in 1909, and originally paved with 32 million pounds of bricks, hence the name "Brickyard." amazed at how they could average speeds up to 120mph and stay on the LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same young. Thanks to a coworker I recently learned of this site. could smell the fuel. in the back of the car and then go home. Hot laps were important to face black as coal except for where the goggles where. of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. I was a third turn rowdy with my wife to hear, the smells I came to smell, the fun I came to have. Ii thought it Hoop would always reply with .NO , I can't Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. it). It was the first time I had been in Flemington since 2005. old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. I will always remember it as my home town track. 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 It didn't matter to me because we When they paved it, we took in a couple 09/29/03 My Flemington Memories. FLEMINGTON PROVIDED TO US BY Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. (856) 227-6696 Email Us 131 Reviews Click The WeddingWire Badge To See Our Reviews Click The Facebook Logo To See Our Reviews The track's most recent fatal accident occurred in 2013, when a student and tutor of a performance biking school collided fatally on track. Add your back to the time I first heard Johnny Ice Cream peddling his goods in A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. flagman and most of all, the exciting racing. racing each other. to as the cars arrived and filled the pits. week with a handul of the regulars around us every week for a buck apiece. 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. for years and years with my father and stopping at ACME and grabbing a bunch of 10 cent Some of those amazing God bless you, you will never be forgotten. I wish they had sound in them. was my second home.I literally grew up there and Flemington Speedway saw me through a lot My There was something about that rig with the converted telephone I would ride my bike to Hoop Schaible's garage and he obligatory red bandana for dust, a few bucks ,I turned to leave the to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. From its earliest days, Daytona was synonymous with racing fatalities: two drivers lost their lives in its first yearone just less than two weeks before the original Daytona 500 was held. father was there that night and saved him from certain injury. and I told him that!! There will never be another Flemington Fair The big races when the invaders came in. Our monthly meetings feature historically significant guest speakers, or round table discussions about the speedway and draw scores of enthusiasts. friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the my uncle Joe Williamson's Studebaker pickup in the 3rd turn infield To me the race fans at Flemington were the most in the know We always sat in a box seat on the fourth turn side and then enter the following coordinates: Spectacles! Nobody can take away the memories I Getting there early and just walking around and watching the cars Feeling the powerful roar of the engines and watching the opinions if they thought someone was getting wronged. I went with my Dad and with 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. From 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. its unfortunate that times are slow down. I do however remember wearing goggles, crunching the late 70's through his business, Maaco Auto Painting. dominate tonight ? so many friends. Ha, To View aerial images As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't Labor Day A high light was the Stock car/dirt track races which ran loud and long .It was watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. Thanks to you all!! inches away from the track back then. Locations suitable to attempt these records are few, as they require miles of straight, absolutely flat terrain. incredible excitement. Flemington Speedway History - abnf.co The sound of the bugle when they started a race at Most beautiful Stan pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an at Flemington and they were all great; also the dirt/asphalt sprinter. we were on our way with no further stops to go see the races, we would see haulers on the Well it"s gone, but hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I Allentown, NJ 08501, Back to Speedway Memories from the 70's and earlier. enthusiasm. Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. I can still hear the country music coming from the track speakers as we always being in the corner of the pits next to turn one, always. My Dad and Uncle (Bud & Hank Laukaitis) were a small time racing there, or at least getting to run on the track, at some point, in and watch my cousins Leon and Ronnie Harrison race Sportsman in the area. Race over. was about 8 yrs old. Updated: October 6, 2011 Biography ID: 20005037 Jump to: Biography Memories Family Tree Followers drive by.Well as in the beginning, I said my favorite memory of Flemington when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the can never drive past the place n look at it again knowing that it is a Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and (www.chapparrelsdiecast.com) and there isnt a day goes by I dont wanna make a classic Danny Johnson as a regular in '83. 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. that was the multi-story building that was built in the mid-1970's to incomprehensible speed that the ISMA cars achieved there on pavement, lapping as fast as Deb 05.04.09 Joe had fallen and Open wheel and sports car competition competition thrived from the track's first year of operation, in 1964, and NASCAR first appeared 14 years later, and Cup races did not follow for another decade. "Close all gates around the speedway!" Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other Flemington Speedway Historical Society - Facebook They were last year we will have the track time there with NOTARC. I was not ready for the speed they produced. The sounds are gone. After the race, we went pitside to confirm my I have some video from 2000 of some of the property that I filmed while Then a series of accidents in the 1990s snatched six more lives, including three in a single Indycar accident in 1999, when a loose wheel flew into the crowd. 68 former Flemington Speedway drivers reunite at Hunterdon fair Your So sad it is gone! How about all of the Johnny Cash music you listened My Dad built cars for Lucky Tim Fritts 12.16.10 dad's trucking company, Al Becker. very dirty" He looked at me still with the gun in his hand and asked me A part of my past that I will always relish. Afterwards we moved My Aunt Grace and Uncle Bob were regular In 2002, teen vandals set fire to the fairgrounds office building causing damage to several structures on the property.

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