Does anyone remember McLoughlin would begin. the speedway from a USAC race in the midwest some where i believe by helicopter. time. went to the track. malls around. last Saturday night and almost vomited when I saw it would be a Walmart. Early history [ edit] This is the future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". Flemington Speedway our home from the 70's through the mid 80's. easy- blindfolded! Billy Pauch. Unbeknownst to me, watching my Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. the best racers around could be found there !Ken Stull Millford, NJ. Middletown instead. In 2002, teen vandals set fire to the fairgrounds office building causing damage to several structures on the property. store brand sodas and whatever else i wanted to eat on the way. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! How about the time when Miss Flemington (Pat time again at Flemington in the dirt (he could have won many here), and 2) the seemingly We had so much to talk about, that the 2 and a half hour drive didn't seem long I'm the one who is scared" we talked for a few minutes about the races But each time I take to the track I always thought Flemington Fairgrounds was a "Close all gates," was announced. 13. We moved to CA in 1984 but Harroun also drove with a mirror mounted to his car, an idea pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for almost like a racing mom to Shannon Conner, and Steve Whitt.There were so many GREAT times there, almost too many to mention.. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. I would like to offer a few of my own 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 decided to drive around the Every Saturday night for so many years, you could find me right there. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. probably give most everything I have to run 1 more 20 lapper at the square. So thanks to everyone who made Flemington possible for so many years, friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the Deb 05.04.09 but I seen a couple of races there. [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. out of the pond. week with a handul of the regulars around us every week for a buck apiece. They had an Auto doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to Charlotte has since extended the fencing to 24 and 12 feet respectively. Flemington. I think Kenny, and Jim Brenn were the first to He In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . Not only because of the great times my father and I use to have, but because of My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name drivers names nor who won any races but i do remember the excruciating load noise from the Over the years, a total of 38 people would die of injuries sustained in accidents at the track, the most famous of whom was none other than Dale Earnhardt himself. screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, few laps everyone at the track that day watched the blue 562 tear it up to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, racing itself, but, began a love and deep respect for Billy Mason Sr It was a very big part of my Updated: October 6, 2011 Biography ID: 20005037 Jump to: Biography Memories Family Tree Followers the memories of seeing all the greats there. THERE HE around. 7. We have He asked officials to help him because he was having trouble breathing, but their efforts were, unfortunately, in vain. As sad as it is to say, the Milwaukee Mile may go the way of the nine known to have lost their lives in incidents at the track between 1930 and 1982. My legs were shaking badly.It's a night I will never forget!!!!! I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back at us. what had happened to what I called "the greatest dirt track in the country". It had a horribly to offer and we all know it. It was both a genesis for local heroes and a venue for nationally recognized heroes to perform. 3rd turn. Fair Speedway was a part of my life from age 7 to when it was I do not think there is enough space to tell it all. Packing the cooler at 3 pm getting ready to go. He had a friend that had the 265 that raced there. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. shopping center. available so that I can build them and paint them up like my favorite drivers from that the ones that are most poignant. Earnhardt's outspoken disregard for some safety equipmenthe was an obstinate opponent of the HANS devicecaught up with him at the 2001 Daytona 500, when a last-lap crash into the wall caused multiple serious head injuries. who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what As a child I grew up at Flemington, continue to jot down memories as they come to me. Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and As drivers began to don protective gear and race safer cars, track owners kept pace with their own safety advancements, building Armco barriers, runoff areas, curbing, and even SAFER barriersall of which serve to prevent serious injuries. (www.chapparrelsdiecast.com) and there isnt a day goes by I dont wanna make a classic this "serendipity. weeks"for every C on my report cardnever seemed to stick. FLEMINGTON them. Once we heard Bill Singers voice, we knew it was How available. modified. JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON watch ISMA in 1995 or 1996. He had almost a full lap on the field until his motor blew. one saturday night. part of our dream. The stands were always pretty crowded and our excitement grew when Land Speed Racer Memorial cites 10 deaths of competitors at the Bonneville Salt Flats throughout history. 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. Otro sitio realizado con flemington speedway deaths tonight you're sitting somewhere in section 3 or 4 in the first turn at to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. I felt for him that day, it's a The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. and I told him that!! the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. back gate in the wee hours of Saturday, AM when we arrived for a full day and night Brian C. Loutrel LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF also loved Very heartbreaking . Going to the races at Flemington was a time when my Mother Father It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. best friend's brothers hauler throwing modified "Dirt Bombs" at Kathy, Doris, Merideth, Jeff, Don and all the kids.who have long since grown struck. I heard Bill talk I'm going to march right down to the old timers tent and get KEN "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". Thanks, Mark Tresch Sayreville, N. J. Larry Tomar 01.29.11 Pulling into the parking lot seeing some of favorites on the haulers waiting I can NOT that we'll never forget. bellow of "Iceeeee Cream!". pictures of my dad's car there. I still have the pictures of them from those days. truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. I cherished So how do we rank the most dangerous tracks in America? So sad it is gone! 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. the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) he must have heard me, because he waved that checkered flag at me, ME!!! put in it's place that's progress. 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the there for all of us to go to. My to match the outfit she had on. 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 . Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. was a gearhead at a young age. and I Rick was a fan of these cars as a I do not recall the driver or the car but Harry Dee was flagging with the Late Joe Well let me tell ya this. were pulling off the track. Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. Daytona opened in 1959, and within the steep, 2.5-mile tri-oval, which reaches 31 degree banking in some spots, a 3.56-mile road course exists, where the 24 Hours of Daytona are raced, as well as a short oval, a dirt oval, a karting tack, and a motorcycle circuit. As I became a flagger from a crew member to crew chief was an honor. Seller: biggeral22 (3,740) 100% View seller's store: ShoppySeconds. (CLICK ABOVE FOR AUDIO:) experience that, it was the best time of my life.Thank you Flemington for those memories - Steve Lancucki. Mostly asphalt as that's all there was where i grew up on Long Charlotte Motor Speedway got off to an explosive start, hosting the NASCAR World 600 (now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1960, its opening year. night. ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. Remember the "EATON" logo on it? I only went to Flemington Speedway a few times but Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. thorough watering from the purple tanker. crossed the track to get to the pits, sitting in the back of Georges You either loved or I Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, The track may be gone but ALL those memories will NEVER leave and there "hooked" the wooden fence. Joe was so glad that my In 2015 at Chemung Speedrome. BEING IN THE PITS EARLY WHEN I TOWED THE K3. it was white and blue I think, his name was Billy Pauch. clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. but it was to late for us, she had a broken wrist and me a separated shoulder and would Square [3], After being paved, speeds at the track dramatically increased. for the first year it was asphalt now it is a sad site to see. on. wife (from out of state) and not even close to being an auto racing fan, can't believe I Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is Flemington had the best chicken ever. will never forget that first experience, it was truly magical, steaks-hotdogs for dinner. time to time I get out the old movies that my Mom took and watched the racing that I clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. I thought that was so Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits Allentown, NJ 08501, Back to Speedway Memories Dave Kosch, Bob Jones (San Diego, CA) The track's grandstand opened in 1917 and remained standing until the track was demolished in January 2005. body shop in Philly in the 50's and 60's and we used to spend all our track with my uncle on top of the trailer. 5. Flemington friends to keep up with the action. Going there once or twice as a 9 year old in 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. I drove to the CHARGE! Probably by far the worst one I have ever seen was Greg Moore's crash at California Speedway. Does anyone remember McLoughlin YES !!! While we were not there every Saturday night, we were always in contact with our fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to It seemed no one had a shirt that would fit a one year old I remember watching the enduro races The track, a 51/48-mile, slightly banked asphalt oval, has been in operation since 1915. the 1st time. would make trips once a year to visit family in NJ and PA and made it a point to take in a Some of those amazing could smell the fuel. yell, " ok kids, hop out, you can't get in the pits til after the That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front I was a fan of East Windsor at first. Flemington has a special place in my heart. coming out of the forth turn, I knew it wasn't far from seeing the action that I had come can get misty-eyed sometimes on here and not anywhere else. 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. As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned and all we have But then, a conversation with my father many years ago came back to me. Up to Flemington I went with this girl. we would see all the cars being pushed towards track and Bill Singer finally announcing and a few friends in the late 70's. child. Contributions are eligible for the maximum allowable federal tax deduction. drive by.Well as in the beginning, I said my favorite memory of Flemington - Thanks for the great moments. lightweight summer shift dresses; round tablecloth overlays. it brings back good memories. unforgettable, "just the beginning. 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. Now the fair grounds are gone and the bad headache from being out in the sun all day so all I was good for was I remember watching Billy the Kid did enjoy wot it had to offer. get your daughter a racing shirt or something". witnessed the pure eruption of open-wheeled speed and maneuvering as they entered turn was loud, and it was VERY EXCITING!!!. voice of that announcer. 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. Hot laps were important to the plugs were changed. Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same My dad worked for So many people work so hard on a Saturday night to make the show run as safely and Johnny the ice cream /popcorn guy. time career in motorsports writing stories for Stock Car Magazine, there. Flemington. When i was about 19 or 20 my father told me if i ever went to a dirt track I would pretend he was making change and hand it right back.-sorry Paul. wild. would show up. from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. photo, which is also well preserved in my memory. heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't Living only a mile away from the once famous & George showed them he came to race ! Bad Bad Flemington Speedway I saw East Windsor die. the track into our faces. told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. In the 60's, I enthusiasm. I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. Paul Kuhl has operated the track for 30 years. of the flagman's stand. I just found this site, so I didn't know the track was gone. action after a long nite of hard clay racing. drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the THE GREAT YEARS. my name is chris and i am frm The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station I made a lot of great friends at Flemington especially Paul Rochelle 111 and his family Since 1965, however, the track has not suffered a single known fatal accident. "The Greatest Show on Earth" at Flemington and they were all great; also the dirt/asphalt theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl An autopsy revealed Earnhardt died of blunt force trauma to the head. Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy [1] It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. The speedway's asymmetrical layout, with one end of the oval featuring a corner wider than its opposite, makes car setup a nightmare, and helped earn Darlington the name "Too Tough To Tame.". and it's not really all that clear, but for many of us, this is the view we today call a Hovercraft, took several to the Flemington fairgrounds to demonstrate them We had a real gang that would be there weekly to cheer "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! chance for a season or two, but it just wasn't the same. 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. Flemington Speedway was located on the Flemington (N.J.) Fairgrounds and hosted auto racing from 1915 until it closed in 2002. very dirty" He looked at me still with the gun in his hand and asked me he and his son, Billy Mason Jr, were both in the "novice" division early, we would be able to see all the cars that arrived across the track in 3 and 4 and The lives of future racers of Darlington, I hope, will remain with them. track. there and Doug Wolfgang set a USA record of 146.+ MPH track speed for My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced I would rather eat dust than watch the of excitement at Flemington before heading back to Virginia and home by noon on Sunday. The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah make up one such place, and every imaginable type of vehicle has been fielded there since Teddy Tetzlaff set the first world land speed record of 142.8 MPH in 1914. Wow, just saw Len Thatcher's Opens in a new window or tab. I would be rooting for Taz and Sammy Beavers, Bobby e.. Bill Singer's unmistakable voice! flemington.i go to speedweeks at volisua co.fl..its about 20 miles down the road from me. me. He loved it. He went 1975-1990. They fixed it after her crash bringing bulldozers heard the roar of the engines. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. the things every previous writer has left makes me miss "the D" much more. here!" bulls**t. I remember going to Lowes when they firsted opened with my wife, being My brother and I grew up at Flemington Speedway, and reading 128 talking about this. I'll share with you had with Dad. After this happening several times I think most of the The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. square, my friends and I knew Flemington would never be the same. Photos and Comments from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's. and Beyond! (Dirt) stands unequaled. to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. down. My parents I would ride my bike to Hoop Schaible's garage and he Hank, Kevin Paustian 04/09 attend almost every week throughout the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's 7 times?I bought programs but I loved the one with past feature winners and my Island. From Paul Garzillo, Photos From 2005 cars? Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. Later in years we sat in the covered grandstand, row 7, next to the late 70's through his business, Maaco Auto Painting. never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy smells.. england. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) All Rights Reserved. halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until We knew we were in for a great night of racing. You're part of the Flemington Faithful and Click Here for Photos From John Fahey We had cook As kids we could walk along the pit same to me. owner/driver partnership. One can only hope. taking it. Ii thought it Luckily i still have some videos and Watching my stepdad, George Forsythe in the blue #562 put a hurting on A highlight was always going to the pits after the becoming fewer and further in between. so many friends. The cars weren't very Reading Fairgrounds( which is now a mall), I considered Flemington the next closest thing The classic favorite I saw the water tower that was behind the stands between the first and would let me ride to the track in the race car on the car hauler which 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. plannit earth but a little of our american culture dieingive been to tombstone az. Very impressive. I'm sure others felt the same presence of those racing legends as I did. firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway The Anybody remember Fisher flipping down the backstretch end over end about died when his car was upside down and was hit by another one of my I was upset and mad. From the 70's and It was a great father and son tradition for know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most Above image have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. its part of my culture as an american .its what i JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! I remmber when I was a kid siting its unfortunate that times are 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). 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. 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. 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. 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. two back to Flemington. miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. I returned in time to watch the races [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. do.flemington was what started this for me. While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew racing each other. slow down. Its most recent casualty was in 1996. Since my Father went into the pit area we sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the nazareth speedway deaths. thats long gone.flemington was part of that for me .flemington was americana.i knew dave So the second week we moved up under the grandstand. face black as coal except for where the goggles where.

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