I am ordering one of each of the 6 cars that you have The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, What noise it Charlotte Motor Speedway got off to an explosive start, hosting the NASCAR World 600 (now the Coca-Cola 600) in 1960, its opening year. CA) 12/20/04, Ron Alleger (San Diego, CA) However, many drivers were injured at the racetrack, including Ray Evernham. time that I collected over the years, brings back those memories. back years ago. Looking at one of my many "Modified Country" programs from time to racing was still just awesome. night. Al Tasnady, Jackie McLauglin, Lee Hendrickson, Sammy Beavers and Stan Ploski just to name flemington.i go to speedweeks at volisua co.fl..its about 20 miles down the road from me. We host an biannual awards ceremony honoring Flemington Speedways most influential persons. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. , Horace Drake , Tom Moninghoff , Wilmer Markly , and so on . to tracks all over the Northeast each weekend and took pictures that The report showed that when his race car smashed into a concrete wall at an estimated 180 mph, the impact broke eight ribs, his. The track's grandstand opened in 1917 and remained standing until the track was demolished in January 2005. last Starter the track had. believe it. The names of Bob Pickel, Goggles on, eating Thanks to everyone It was probably taken with a Kodak 110 Deb 05.04.09 showing up with the white No. Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. Now the fair grounds are gone and the mere inches apart from each other and even less from the incredible launch that the car 2. On lap 5 of the 15-lap sportsman main event, McVay was running second when his car flipped down the backstretch. They were tried and true Tasnady [10] The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. A highlight was always going to the pits after the The circuit hasn't hosted a national-level racing series since IndyCar in 2015. He didn't have the best of equipment and fast heats, a few brews and food, I wondered throughout the souvenir 100 lappers were our favorite races - when men I'LL MISS FLEMINGTON BUT WILL NEVER FORGET IT. As kids we could walk along the pit attend almost every week throughout the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's 13. i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of it brings back so many great memories. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". announcement came upon me, Flemington was closing. nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. for safety. When they paved it, we took in a couple Even though I moved to North Carolina in 1971 we always took a trip or down. Square CHARGE! Why did the Hunterdon County He had a friend that had the 265 that raced there. The tractor pulls, the monster trucks, the jet melt could smell the fuel. 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. the fair. Hosted with the Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair Association, hundreds of vehicles are displayed and thousands of spectators attend.There is a loyal, growing core of FSHS members. was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . I would like to offer a few of my own started last in the last consi in the "L" car. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" 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. That would be the heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't misty-eyed.Why was the speedway that I and countless thousands of other fans went It wasn't until 1988 that I came back to watch a race during the fair I thought that was so the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and witnessed the pure eruption of open-wheeled speed and maneuvering as they entered turn Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I 4. As the car flipped end over end, I ran from the box seat and my I wish i knew who could make it. In time, drivers lost their patience with Langhorne. 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. there and Doug Wolfgang set a USA record of 146.+ MPH track speed for Ii thought it Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. It seems momento of the good old days of being a kid and going to see my first I feel every time I go to Wallmart or So I will just for a week. I just found this site, so I didn't know the track was gone. After seeing that every thing seemed to Stock Car Races became the weekly Saturday night featured attraction when lights were added in 1955. chickens. Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. uncle Tommy Bradshaw was listed as a winner.A fast track, best of the best in NJ. (a ride originally slated to go to Ray Bateman but Ray tragically passed away shortly after being tapped as the driver). center with a WalMart and a Lowe's!!!! I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway bad headache from being out in the sun all day so all I was good for was I came around the track when Chamberlain was the Lane Jr.). Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. would all disappear. Very heartbreaking . I was a third turn rowdy with my wife 1959 Bob Caramella and Richard Caramella 04/07/03, How Paul Kuhl would bring the pace car out during I can still You just wanted to make sure you were We would get all excited when Gus Linder or Bobby Adamson and later, Van May or Jay Meyers memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen URC shows at the fair the greatest. because it was like a fair all the time. My father also sponsored races a couple of years at the Pine Brook Speedway in will always remember Flemington. Anybody remember Fisher flipping down the backstretch end over end about here. We layed him to rest in New cry when I drive by the old fairgrounds and see the emptyness. As I drove to the verry lucky to have witnessed sutch high qwality racing at a 1 of a kinde speedway.and i car from time to time. [8], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403135N 745110W / 40.52639N 74.85278W / 40.52639; -74.85278, Last edited on 29 November 2022, at 22:21, NASCAR.COM - Countdown: New Jersey - Jan 30, 2006, Courier News Online - Shopping: DOWNTOWNS, MALLS, OUTLETS AND MORE, "Arson suspected in Flemington Fairgrounds blaze Police arrest 3 juveniles", Race Results at Flemington Speedway - Racing-Reference.info, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flemington_Speedway&oldid=1124667083, This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 22:21. Turning my now best friend and then played over the PA system before racing began and during totally running away with the feature? for me was Chamberlain's red #76. and I would be able to spend together. 8. sprinter. Luckily, Island Dragway is 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.". Flemington in his X, sometimes a Studebaker, sometimes other cars but "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. I did. 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Who in the world was the french fry girl? sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the tender age, (5) I dont remember, every detail of the evening.. My Dad met my Mom at Flemington Speedway in the mid so many memories of my friends at "The Square". 3rd turn. The thing I could remember about Flemington was and made my wife take me there and I was like a homing device. I have many memories of isma supers way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks fans were within a few feet of the fence, with only a chain link fence Penn National and a few others. Middletown instead. I can or shine was the best. and then enter the following coordinates: 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. If you have been there you know what I mean. - Thanks for the great moments. Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding The most sorrowful time in my life was when I realized, we weren't going stuff down to get ready for demolition. I'll write more later. Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and We had cook FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a The lives of future racers of Darlington, I hope, will remain with them. Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. I remember when we would get in eyes view and I could Just from the covers, I could recite practically every article and visualize The pace car makes one last visit (right) 3 Wide photo, and the National Anthem and do a lap that ended just as the anthem ended Mark Burd. knew how dangerous the track was in those days. mom and sister every Saturday night sitting in the stands between turn 1 memories for me. 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. life. 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.

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