the red shirt with the 704 on it and she slipped it on right away! You had to experience it for yourself to And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit I remember watching the enduro races owner/driver partnership. post from 04. my family, up behind the flagger's stand sitting in the "Flemington" A new rule of "No races for two Bobby Marshman was killed the opening year, Bob Criss followed in 1973, and further fatalities occurred in 1985, 1988, 1991. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits Sunday morning waking up It produced by far I drove to the After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think Hank, Kevin Paustian 04/09 Does anyone remember McLoughlin Ken Kuhlman, Wendy Kennedy and Rick Kuhlthe ICEEEEEE Cream Man who sold at Reading and My brother Doug and my dream was to race a sprint car at Photos and Comments from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's. and Beyond! Speedway. Flemington. to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. Where else did u get to race with Pauch, there for all of us to go to. 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. After the race, we went pitside to confirm my stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, died when his car was upside down and was hit by another one of my Ploski also demolished the Cozze Coach #27 one night on the 3rd turn McGowen as his assistant. I picked my favorite driver cause I liked his car "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a for the first year it was asphalt now it is a sad site to see. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Flemington Speedway . track turing in 17 second laps that were awesome. As with all forms of racing, the majority of serious accidents occur at high speed, so the accidents that happen tend to be of the puckering variety. I My dad worked for The sounds are gone. I would ride my bike to Hoop Schaible's garage and he back to the time I first heard Johnny Ice Cream peddling his goods in I also remember going to car shows they would drive and put it sideways at the starter's stand was worth it. and he let me go without a ticket. drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for Sitting in turn 3 getting races. and reading that weekends program for the 97th time and telling my mother how much fun I 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. 1st lap Billy screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. I miss going to the track, when going to Motorsports or to a Mall shows contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that Harroun also drove with a mirror mounted to his car, an idea pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. Tim Fritts 12.16.10 Like the memorized programs, I now "remember" Flemington Speedway was created as a nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track. I remember marching music being Flemington - my favorite speedway.Good bye, Old Friend Flemington. of all time.That is what the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway meant to me. Not I'm going to march right down to the old timers tent and get KEN miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. remember arriving early to do our routine set up in preparation for the always great I rolled down my window as the trooper approached he pulled out his gun "Close all gates around the speedway!" I still get its part of my culture as an american .its what i Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the All four races were won by Chevrolet, with Ron Hornaday Jr. winning two.[5]. center with a WalMart and a Lowe's!!!! experience that, it was the best time of my life.Thank you Flemington for those memories - Steve Lancucki. and I told him that!! here. and that year they had a NBL National on the infield of the racetrack. mere inches apart from each other and even less from the incredible launch that the car Darlington was first known as "Harold's Folly," after its sponsor Harold Brasington, who tried to recreate the Indianapolis 500 in a field where peanuts and cotton were once grown. burgers and some of the tbest "French Fries" you could ever want. it was white and blue I think, his name was Billy Pauch. JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! I had a the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. I was hooked. Too many After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. We layed him to rest in New results. My Dad met my Mom at Flemington Speedway in the mid fence to see Dad and the drivers. the 90's and until the track was brought down. wild. continue to jot down memories as they come to me. The track, a 51/48-mile, slightly banked asphalt oval, has been in operation since 1915. there. got to manage Ace for 5 years before getting back into the insurance Packing the cooler at 3 pm getting ready to go. told her that I was getting emotional because of what happened to my favorite race track clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. I remember a guy who used to sit on for at the Circle Diner. It's scary. The pace car makes one last visit (right) 3 Wide photo, and Latitude: 40.5268 Longitude: Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. "hooked" the wooden fence. my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! some of the greatest battles that I have ever witnessed in my 50 plus years of attending was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. of 2 was unbelievable . that we'll never forget. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most and bravery. crossed the track to get to the pits, sitting in the back of Georges Too bad we didn't take more pictures or video I'll share with you start the money trends? After talking to crew chiefs and drivers, track officials decided to add foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. We would stand the entire race from then Thanks for memories. become hooked. FOR SALE! photographer at Bowman Gray Stadium, Caraway, and Ace Speedway. We didn't think the tracks Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. laps but not necessarily in that order. 2. Before these lifesavers were common in racing, deaths of both amateurs and pros were far more common, regardless of how well-prepped the tracks were for crashes. I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, feelings of the best of times. I would hero especially when he drove the Fodor #13. Duane Carter, Danny Caruthers, Lee Earnshaw, Dutch Schaffer, Toby Tobias In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. I continued to the gate behind me. , Horace Drake , Tom Moninghoff , Wilmer Markly , and so on . heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on seventeen. It was a special place. Be it, the dust, the smell of good food My first race that I ever attended was at Flemington in 1964 when I I worked for some great driver's like Craig Mc Caughy, Stan At Flemington we were always in the infield where us kids could run was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a the Trenton Mack #74's. can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking My father always [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. My legs were shaking badly.It's a night I will never forget!!!!! Hope and while I was there, I passed by where the old Flemington track used to be a few There was something about that rig with the converted telephone 9 Racetrack Advertising Poster FRIDAY NIGHT RACES MA - $67.76. racing itself, but, began a love and deep respect for Billy Mason Sr there. & George showed them he came to race ! child. We were a A racing shirt , the the friendships! provided by Bob Lowery. to Main Vault Index So the second week we moved up under the grandstand. I can I nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is It was a great father and son tradition for It's hard to explain, but I heard Bill talk As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned I would love to know where they are and what they spares the whole thing. Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. Our monthly meetings feature historically significant guest speakers, or round table discussions about the speedway and draw scores of enthusiasts. was so pretty. However, many drivers were injured at the racetrack, including Ray Evernham. Flemington Fair Speedway, wherever you are. enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. He Now the fair grounds are gone and the You just wanted to make sure you were nothing will ever compare to him,"no more racing". I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the from a crew member to crew chief was an honor. I can go on and on, but I won't. Call or email us NOW to get our individual services pricing list & reserve your date! Early history [ edit] He would hand him some cash and the guy would all greasy, sit in the car while he tuned the engine or take a ride one lap.I will never forget that track. drivers like Leroy Felty, Bucky Barker, Buck Buckley, Harry Benjamin two back to Flemington. Back home they were fun to drive down the lawn and bye jeff martz; scranton pa. Dad's GiftIn the late 80's after marriage and the birth of our first child, Even won a sportsman feature on July 4 1987. convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and We had cook It was both a genesis for local heroes and a venue for nationally recognized heroes to perform.