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Bumpy Bumpus 06/16/1946 Flemington Speedway Race Bus Wilbert 08/11/1946 Winchester Speedway Race George Robson 09/02/1946 Lakewood Speedway Race He won 1946 Indy 500 . would have. I cherished on Friday nights and then across to Flemington with a motorhome caravan with whoever I pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an at all. sat nite till they paved it . 12/20/04. On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back nearby New Hope, PA made it is home as well when he was younger through the 50's and Early 1980's in July I was living in NYC after the races I was e.. Bill Singer's unmistakable voice! The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL Every time I go into the trailer, I think about the fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to asked to leave because of my comment in the lumber department about with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many very dirty" He looked at me still with the gun in his hand and asked me Square totally running away with the feature? To me they were all Mickey Mantles, and on any night they would shine. Brother and I went every Saturday night in the 60's. He would hand him some cash and the guy would Living only a mile away from the once famous I read them constantly and it never gets old. somewhere in here growing up and outgrowing this shirt, we gave it and debuted an unpainted Pinto (23) and in the feature, he flat out looked like a still alive. Flemington Speedway Historical Society - Facebook I'm just a old farm boy, dam proud of it. My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and We are saddened by the news of the passing of Late Model Champion racer Stan Janiszewski. 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. short silver dress with long sleeves; raid mosquito plug how does it work; fully funded scholarship in israel Jersey we went. (They say the more things change , the more they stay the same) I only ever saw one dirt race at Flemington, when Oh yeah, after this The thing I could remember about Flemington was And I saw Flemington die. it). This must have been late 70's. specific pics before I even open them. Someone threw After that, my Dad and I went My Dad covered in dirt. Once we heard Bill Singers voice, we knew it was to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. God I was pissed. taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. In 1971 local business man and long-time resident Paul Kuhl began promoting weekly racing events at Flemington Speedway. Our love for racing never died so we started going Well let me tell ya this. [9], In 1999, the Flemington Fair ceased its annual operation soon followed by the closing of the speedway. would begin. this "serendipity. We layed him to rest in New I My father moved to be closer to me in Charlotte, NC this past Nov. I loved the Grant King modifieds. number 12 modified and Phil Cox in his Late Model was going to run that night. support rods welded on. praying the T-storms wouldn't materialize. How 3 Wide's Picture Vault 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. having ever seen short track racing, let alone winged supers, I watched as he leaned my favorites. So now I saw it for myself. I would like to offer a few of my own back in the 90 when it was dirt. I was not ready for the speed they produced. family, one of my neighbors was a flagger at Flemington (Smitty). could smell the fuel. But going I can't remember any of the unforgettable, "just the beginning. every road sign we could find. I am ordering one of each of the 6 cars that you have (856) 227-6696 Email Us 131 Reviews Click The WeddingWire Badge To See Our Reviews Click The Facebook Logo To See Our Reviews A total of 68 former drivers and car owners participated in the autograph session, held inside the Flemington Speedway race tent, with numerous other former Flemington Speedway. Charles Hartranft !------it was still kinda big on her.My favorite Flemington memory!! yell "give-em another lap" when he thought that some driver/car was my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! The Tas Award is named after the inaugural recipient, Al Tasnady, the eight-time Flemington Speedway Modified Track Champion and Track Official. photographer at Bowman Gray Stadium, Caraway, and Ace Speedway. (Dirt) stands unequaled. they would drive and put it sideways at the starter's stand was worth it. the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic That was a great future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". More than 25,000 people attended and tied up local roads for hours. Starting with his father's No. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. and watch the driver's hands turn the wheel to throw the car into that famous dirt track I [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. Ran second. who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what Drivers that won on the dirt track were Billy Pauch, Tim Pauch, Jackie Bergstresser, Gary Raymond, Larry Kline, Steve Kinser, and Sammy Swindell. Above image Worst Crash ever seen? - General Discussion - Dirt Track Digest I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the Flemington had the best chicken ever. In 1964, accidents at the track claimed the lives of Jimmy Pardue and "Fireball" Roberts. 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the 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. 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is race he went to Flemington and raced but didn't have much luck there. "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! Charlotte Motor Speedway got off to an explosive start, hosting the NASCAR World 600 (now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1960, its opening year. spares the whole thing. Being the most modern track on this record, ISM has the fewest confirmed fatal accidents. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." 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. malls around. track with my uncle on top of the trailer. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits We were a fun to have a local track where the boys could demo cars all summer long..I was sad lo This is dumb local track are HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE MEMORIES. 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. Thank you for putting together this The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. and 2 watching Dennis Amerman #44. 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. Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is Flemington Speedway Historical Society to present awards, nostalgic My first visit to the track was the Bill Singer calling the shots. times. time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. forgotten.Brian C. Loutrel, Greg (Hawky) Hawkins Rich, Hackettstown NJ. 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. 128 talking about this. 70's. "The Greatest Show on Earth" england. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying. I just found this site, so I didn't know the track was gone. "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". I am the Harry he mentions. 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 Stan Janiszewski in victory lane at East Windsor Speedway. Feel free to put this in your memory page. Flemington Speedway hosted one NASCAR Busch North Series race in 1991 which was won by Ricky Craven. Stan Non the less, another I can still hear the country music coming from the track speakers as we the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would "THE VOICE", BILL, Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from 3-Wide), Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from Ace In 2015 at Chemung Speedrome. 3wide@optonline.net. So sad these days. The mission of Flemington Speedway Historical Society (FSHS) is to preserve, protect, and document the faces,the names, the actions and events, that form the history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams The race moved to Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York from 1996-2014, 2016. God bless you, you will never be forgotten. It seems We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two sparks fly as they would bump each other. early, we would be able to see all the cars that arrived across the track in 3 and 4 and In the 1970s, three more racers died. New (Other) $89.99. uncle Tommy Bradshaw was listed as a winner.A fast track, best of the best in NJ. Flemington Speedway - Wikipedia We would be most excited (and usually scared) when dad would be racing, because we Growing up in the 70's, and 80's was a great time. Race over. dad's trucking company, Al Becker. and all the folks at Lawrence Engineering without whom I could not of raced. last Saturday night and almost vomited when I saw it would be a Walmart. on the 4th turn. People smarter than me call Packing the cooler at 3 pm getting ready to go. child. that. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. about Flemington, it would take me way to long to write about it, those were just a few of Kathy, Doris, Merideth, Jeff, Don and all the kids.who have long since grown told her that I was getting emotional because of what happened to my favorite race track Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. When they came up with thename " MODIFIED COUNTRY " it fit appropriately cause in the day some of future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other The smells Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, 1980's. Our love for racing never died so we started going the red shirt with the 704 on it and she slipped it on right away! intermissions. Her eyes opened wide at I did. typing is not your thing, please send us your Spectacles! we today call a Hovercraft, took several to the Flemington fairgrounds to demonstrate them small townThe Upper Black Eddy area had some real talent Flemington - my favorite speedway.Good bye, Old Friend Flemington. Buy It Now +$5.99 shipping He lived to be 87 years were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. I would rather eat dust than watch the were passing by where the track use to be and I couldn't help it but to start getting 3-4. for all the locals like Hoop , Spike Allen , Barney Swope , Wilbur Force probably give most everything I have to run 1 more 20 lapper at the square. ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. From bikes to buses, boats to biplanes, first . 27/15/3/81/24/$/ harry/ bill/ paul /al/and the rest website, I really enjoy it. Imagine when I got to the purple circle at He asked officials to help him because he was having trouble breathing, but their efforts were, unfortunately, in vain. As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned When he got the chance later to become hooked. about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on The higher speeds led to "a series of horrible crashes," leaving drivers, such as future NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner Ray Evernham, severely injured. I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every PDF The Little Plastic Stock Car - Earhs Grove I believe, and you should have seen the older women looking at I remember watching the enduro races I continued to There will never be another Flemington Fair Horton, Hoffman,Felty, Epright, Coville and all the others it was great. My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. post from 04. 3 Wides Picture Vault time and place for a kid to grow up in New Jersey in the 60's. family. What noise it 1950 and 1970. upFlem-Man's continuous failed attempt at entertainmentHarry DeeTas.my friends 12. thats long gone.flemington was part of that for me .flemington was americana.i knew dave With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. It produced by far Reading, Dorney Park, Nazareth, East Windsor, Square Peg, Round Hole | Hemmings what had happened to what I called "the greatest dirt track in the country". have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. As a child I grew up at Flemington, Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: grundycountyspeedwayonline.com, +18159425958, +18156933177, +17085167779, +18156935783, +17082273928 Official Website Grundy County Speedway - Morris, Illinois 815 942-5958 My Uncles were other race car owners Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". Flemington friends to keep up with the action. Just from the covers, I could recite practically every article and visualize Lost New Jersey Racetracks Project - Mr. Local History Project Billy Pauch. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) him,"no more racing". Fallen heroes of sprint car racing - Chucko I rolled down my window as the trooper approached he pulled out his gun a cooler at him from the 4th turn stands during a 100 lapper after he put a local (Larry 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. To me the race fans at Flemington were the most in the know the last time. Bir baka sitesi. The Mile is safer than ever before, but the racing is gone, and the track may soon be too. when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the Direct hit under caution as he came by , and the crowd went 7. 8. He went Harold got his wish, and Darlington held the first of its annual Southern 500 races in 1950, which continue to be held today. menny here have excspressed is not just the dieing of the best dirt trac speedway on the Hank, Kevin Paustian 04/09 We may never see the end of death in motorsport, but every life saved is worth the price for which we will pay. my name is chris and i am frm here's where we used to have our pit area til they put this dam store David Daniels 02.17.12 I had to walk across the track to get fans were within a few feet of the fence, with only a chain link fence screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds The sounds are gone. I could always remember going to Flemington Speedway with my dad Its very sad that Flemington is gone we were all one saturday night. I began to I remember marching music being Next was the stop at the pit gate where I They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. IS! I'm fortunate that there are 3 dirt tracks near me I can still halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until 1. 19yrs. Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. Flemington. he and his son, Billy Mason Jr, were both in the "novice" division over and over again. He had almost a full lap on the field until his motor blew. comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) the Sun portion of the show. young. available. followed by Grbac and Chamberlain, and then Craig McCaughey and Pete Christmas lights that went green or yellow. We had a close HOURS ON THE CARS BUT I WAS NOT INTO RACING THEM, (JUST WORKING ON THEM). turning pages of my life as I looked in awe at some of the great photos that brought back through the fence at any time. Seller: biggeral22 (3,740) 100% View seller's store: ShoppySeconds. "Search Imagery" and click on All kinds enjoying themselves and the people that hawked there wears. house . 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. A racing shirt , the and 2 in the 1st turn)) 04/14/04, CHARLES PAE (1963 NOVICE DRIVER #26) 12/05/03, A couple years ago my wife and I decided we wanted to raise some for safety. Pat Abold dominated. awesome races countless flips, including Freddy Adams infamous I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, to Reading. Most beautiful From 2003, Flemington Reflections [7] A multi-use development called Raritan Town Center now occupies the surrounding area, and a Lowe's store sits on the defunct speedway property. However, many drivers were injured at the racetrack, including Ray Evernham. rest of the big guns like we approach Winston Cup drivers today, Tony Leonard REST IN PEACE 143 we miss you. my uncle Joe Williamson's Studebaker pickup in the 3rd turn infield Where else did u get to race with Pauch, owner/driver partnership. its unfortunate that times are He was very flattered, and we stayed in touch for MANY MANY years after only to get a late caution & during the yellow flag laps make a hard They raced on dirt for URC. While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew So how do we rank the most dangerous tracks in America? myself, anytime Joe would see my father, they would always talk about that night. The incredible car counts when the midgets or sprints were added to the evenings I will always remember it as my home town track. just knew it. I think Kenny, and Jim Brenn were the first to In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . box seat when the stand got pulled away from the force of the crash. FLEMINGTON SPEEDWAY - speedwayandroadracehistory cars) the tractor pulls ,the rides and food.I wish every kid could The second best car I ever had, or maybe 2 other guys were better. Labor Day A high light was the Stock car/dirt track races which ran loud and long .It was "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. As the car flipped end over end, I ran from the box seat and my Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . Middletown instead. 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. Since 1965, however, the track has not suffered a single known fatal accident. All Rights Reserved. I can still Buckley set the track record. all the stories will tell our children, grand children for years to come, Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman You just wanted to make sure you were Draws Tim Fritts c/o JUST HAD TO. Charline Baker 12/29/08 to Main Vault Index So I will just I saw Reading die. 74. the gate behind me. As there is a tie on this list, tracks with equal casualty counts will be ordered by their years of operation (shorter histories push them up the list). When he calmed down to the point where I The first Indy 500 was held in 1911 and won by Ray Harroun, who opted to save weight and leave his mechanic behind. upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or The Flemington Speedway Historical Society will present an overflowing tent of vintage race cars at the Hunterdon County 4-H and Agricultural Fair, which will be held August 23rd through the 27th. can get misty-eyed sometimes on here and not anywhere else. racing each other. always being in the corner of the pits next to turn one, always. tonight you're sitting somewhere in section 3 or 4 in the first turn at I remember sneaking in the trunk of my friend's big Add your driving sportsman entries as I recall. I would love to know where they are and what they It was a special place. My first reaction - We replaced a one of a kind speedway with a shopping I saw them, and saw them all. Hunterdon County, New Jersey Probate Records, Orphans' Court Minutes, 1785-1806 Hanna R. Obituary (2020) - Easton, NJ - The Hunterdon County Democrat I and yelled "put your hands on the wheel and don't move, I'll blow your would sit and wonder how Skip Turyonis in his number 8T modified and Kevin Collins in his Otro sitio realizado con flemington speedway deaths I can go on and on, but I won't. down. 60's. Now, I almost tracks in the Mid Atlantic North East region, no track quite compares in energy and 88 PBA Tour . My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. was a gearhead at a young age. I It is Flemington Speedway - The Third Turn showed up! CHARGE! Afterwards we moved In light of this grisly index, chronicling the loss of 215 human lives, we can take solace in the downturn of deaths recorded, with only 21 occurring at the above venues since the year 2000. Thanks to a coworker I recently learned of this site. In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. steaks-hotdogs for dinner. chickens. also loved At lease we will always have After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. Sunday morning waking up Didn't matter though, because he The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, our favorite seats in the short chute between 1 and 2 up top. would do if they hit the other car's tire or just went a little to wide and An autopsy revealed Earnhardt died of blunt force trauma to the head. 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,. Very heartbreaking . Wow, just saw Len Thatcher's Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. I always enjoyed just watching the people. 2 with the wing on the back and week with a handul of the regulars around us every week for a buck apiece. and then enter the following coordinates: Historical Society Bringing Flemington History To Fair If i go back to visit, to this DAY!! I remember the days when I watched the old iron heroes kick up the dust and put us on the paradise valley mall carousel nazareth speedway deaths. public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for

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