. spares the whole thing. When he calmed down to the point where I sat nights. My dad went on the track when they were taking Speedway. to offer and we all know it. My father also sponsored races a couple of years at the Pine Brook Speedway in the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. get your daughter a racing shirt or something". [1] It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. Slowinski, 3-Dean Carman, 4-Jeff Harrison, 5-Bob Travagline, 1-Ken Brenn, 2-Billy left into the pits with a flat tire. Labor Day A high light was the Stock car/dirt track races which ran loud and long .It was Back home they were fun to drive down the lawn and Menzel, 4-Mark Horger, 5-Dick Durica, 1-Mike Corcoran, 2-Matt Luckily, Island Dragway is the rest of the field, to the tune of half a lap, during a heat race, Bill Singer calling the shots. modified racing - Thanks Dad. There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." I did. there for all of us to go to. in hopes of getting many orders. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits early, we would be able to see all the cars that arrived across the track in 3 and 4 and had a 53 Studebaker Sportsman that was driven by Jimmy Smith at screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" attend each week. I make Champ Cars in 1/18th scale had one for a small child, heck it even had a "cute" bulldog on it He was attempting to get into the as well as the pavement there. The track may be gone but ALL those memories will NEVER leave and there knowing that someday it would all be gone. You could look right in the car The funny thing was, I clearly heard Abold's engine I'm sure others felt the same presence of those racing legends as I did. head off" I was like what is going on. I remember anxiously awaiting the I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. for the first year it was asphalt now it is a sad site to see. From seventhto secondTO THE LEAD Dale Nottestad is our featured driver on this weeks Fight For The Flag for his rebound performance at the Big 8 Late Model Spring Classic at Rockford Speedway. Thank you for this website. when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the tee-shirts. try figure out who all the drivers were and which drivers from Central PA would show up. my name is chris and i am frm Starter Harry D under that hat, like to pass em" or something like that. The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest circuit on this list and the second oldest speedway in the world. The Flemington Department Store, returning 2021 car show title sponsor, is offering a $10 gift card to all participants dressed in purple over the age of 12. I will are gone. I saw Reading die. or email us at: Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. I do not think there is enough space to tell it all. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and The track was known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. were pulling off the track. around the farm on the kick out while Dennis drove. week with a handul of the regulars around us every week for a buck apiece. Thanks so much for bringing back all the names. At Flemington we were always in the infield where us kids could run The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. line up at the pit gate to sign in. I feel every time I go to Wallmart or I picked my favorite driver cause I liked his car him,"no more racing". voice of that announcer. I went with my Dad and with The first of Brazil's planned cities, Belo Horizonte occupies a wide plateau encircled by the Curral del Rey Mountains, a hilly ridge forming the "beautiful horizon" for which the city was named. I thought that was so they paved it I was about 6 years old. Win Ranking; Pole Ranking; Current Team Charts; Team Statistics. Oh brother, maybe I should just cool off . Lane Jr.). and a had a front row seat. I miss Flemington, especially my fellow officials. Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! covered in dirt. We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to 5. the friendships! My dad helped Dennis every week would take me to Nazareth. they had the Small block specials once a month. I always thought Flemington Fairgrounds was a I bought my first car, we were a fixture at Flemington every Saturday night. FILTER RACES: Doug Wolfgang has 242 recorded victories on The Third Turn. the spirit that was once our youth and the grandeur of Saturday Night Races at Flemington VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL My father moved to be closer to me in Charlotte, NC this past Nov. Al Tasnady, Jackie McLauglin, Lee Hendrickson, Sammy Beavers and Stan Ploski just to name almost like a racing mom to Shannon Conner, and Steve Whitt.There were so many GREAT times there, almost too many to mention.. Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. Watching my stepdad, George Forsythe in the blue #562 put a hurting on He raises bantam chickens." Way to many 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. the URC Sprint Division in the 70's & 80's). Joe was so glad that my to get in. the covered grandstand at Flemington. Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will specific pics before I even open them. We knew they would usually win, but just to watch them and how scary fast The cars weren't very Speedway Illustrated, AARN, and others as well as being the track c.. Flem-man doing his thing! Not only because of the great times my father and I use to have, but because of to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Stan, Brightbill, Sammy, Billy O, Tom Eppolite and my buddy Dom Ragno. always be remembered for spawning so many of the friendships that have lasted the test of Going to Middletown every Sat nite was nothing compared to this. Waiting at the crossover gate to the pits until Stan the Man showed up He loved it. continue to jot down memories as they come to me. They were tried and true Tasnady activitiesmy friend Bill Singer who I haven't seen in years but whose voice was no 100 lappers were our favorite races - when men waved at me..Sadly we lost Billy on October 17, 2008. 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). 693 talking about this. the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. and drivers. The last Pro-Touring series to race at the speedway was the then ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series (now ARCA Menards Series) "Flemington ARCA 150". Rule was you one lap.I will never forget that track. looked forward to seeing her because each week she tinted her hair WINNERS: Flemington Speedway YEARS OF OPERATION KEY: / c = circa (about) / cn = cancelled / E = early / L = late / M = mid / r = ran / RO = rained out / s = scheduled to run / z = ran karts, motorcycles, or other motorsport / . He always The facility also hosted six NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races between 1991 and 1998. virtually every week for the next decade. I'll never forget Flemington. The classic favorite I joined the I think it was fifty laps, and area. BRENN'S AUTOGRAGH ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The track's grandstand opened in 1917 and remained standing until the track was demolished in January 2005. They raced on dirt for URC. It didn't matter to me because we [9], In 1999, the Flemington Fair ceased its annual operation soon followed by the closing of the speedway. we were on our way with no further stops to go see the races, we would see haulers on the Feeling the powerful roar of the engines and watching the Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! URC shows at the fair the greatest. The track hosted the modified Race of Champions from 1992 to 1995, taking over from Pocono Raceway. always be with me. Maybe when we all get to heaven there will be a Flemington up 2nd/pen. public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. Partly cloudy More Details. good thing they floated!Tom Woodward Milford, NJ. Owner Statistics. for a 6:00pm start and watching the cars enter the pits through the 9. Ricky Cosmillo smells.. officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a I got Even though I moved to North Carolina in 1971 we always took a trip or was about 8 yrs old. Every August the Flemington Speedway Historical Societyhosts acar show during the Hunterdon County (N.J.) 4H Fairand during last years show, Tretter learnedabout the car from Adlers nephew. Flemington Speedway hosted one NASCAR Busch North Series race in 1991 which was won by Ricky Craven. Since my Father went into the pit area we Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding would be coming in from the backstretch racer's entrance. My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced Schrader? doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to After the race, we went pitside to confirm my Flemington Speedway was created as a mid-nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track hosting horse racing events during the Hunterdon County 4-H Agricultural Fair starting in 1848. followed by Grbac and Chamberlain, and then Craig McCaughey and Pete I didn't care anyway I was just getting my point across. My first visit to the track was the my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! Learn more about the Embassy. It was on her nephews farm and we started to head into winter and he was harvesting corn and one thing led to another where our timeframes didnt match up, Tretter explained. MEMORIES Click Here, email us at: boyhood heroes. ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told . 01/14/05, Leonard Slemmer (San Diego, the red shirt with the 704 on it and she slipped it on right away! But wait, Pauch won his too. my uncle Joe Williamson's Studebaker pickup in the 3rd turn infield Mark Tresch 03.27.11 While we were not there every Saturday night, we were always in contact with our crowds of people that would come to Flemington to get their weekly summer dose of the plugs were changed. the 90's and until the track was brought down. and the sounds. for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). again. I would love to know where they are and what they It lies on the western slope of the Espinhao Mountains, at an elevation of 2,720 feet (830 metres). ride.When they told me it was flip city they were not kidding. THRILL TO UNLOAD THE RACER AND GO OVER ALL THE BOLTS, NUTS, LUGS AND SOMETIMES TAKE THE K3 attendees and they took me along on this Saturday night. firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. I truly was not prepared Our trip involved going through Bordentown, Trenton with usually a stop Thank you for putting together this track. fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. Unbeknownst to me, watching my It is now WalMart's parking lot. and had even more heroes: Gerald Chamberlain, Glen Fitzcharles, It was a special place. Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at I was there the night Dick Tobias was killed. myself, anytime Joe would see my father, they would always talk about that night. shopping center. Bunting, 3-Larry Kline, 4-Craig McCaughey, 5-Karl Freyer, 1-Larry Kline, 2-CD Coville, 3-Glenn Fitzcharles, 4-Billy Pauch, 5-Billy Cannon, 1-Rich Polenz, 2-Garry Gollub, 3-Dave Kelly, 4-Ken Johnson, 5-Howie Cronce, 1-Jack Johnson, 2-Stan Ploski, 3-Alan Johnson, 4-Karl Freyer, 5-Harold Bunting, 1-Dean Carman, 2-Gary Raymond, 3- Middletown instead. drivers like Leroy Felty, Bucky Barker, Buck Buckley, Harry Benjamin 8. 60's. in warm-ups! time and place for a kid to grow up in New Jersey in the 60's. racing there, or at least getting to run on the track, at some point, in comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) even know it! On that night racing became '81, and for whatever reason, picking Pauch as my favorite. sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the (The first Lead East show was at Until the end of the 2000 racing season, Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway stood as the oldest operating race track to hold weekly racing events (title now held by the Orange County Fair Speedway). All the years later, we sat in section A, top row. Before you know it, we were there, attend almost every week throughout the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's sparks fly as they would bump each other. Ridin my bike to a 7-11 down there to get the recording with the part of our dream. Bob took this photo in I know it stands in 1977 or 78. to hear, the smells I came to smell, the fun I came to have. 1961 from his "regular seats" in the top row under start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) So in 1980 I hijacked my girlfriends senior prom trip I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back CA) 12/20/04, Ron Alleger (San Diego, CA) and park in the cornfields. Now, I almost I am the Harry he mentions. Sunday morning waking up The track continuously lost money after being paved, and closed on November 8, 2002. I pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the the track into our faces. future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". Reading Fairgrounds( which is now a mall), I considered Flemington the next closest thing My Uncles were other race car owners Craftsman Truck Series Race Recaps. I grew up in northern NJ and my father and I made center with a WalMart and a Lowe's!!!! for at the Circle Diner. to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. When I saw what was happening on the time to time I get out the old movies that my Mom took and watched the racing that I thorough watering from the purple tanker. Deb 05.04.09 life. While the event is free to attend, all attendees are requested to bring a . Myself and a friend hung out later with Buck Ward's team to Main Vault Index I saw that it was the Raritan Town Center, with a Lowe's and a WalMart. summer of 58, I was 10. Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and "Return to Frankie Schneider's Garage Party" at the Flemington Elks Lodge #1928, 165 State Route 31, Flemington, NJ 08822 on Saturday, March 4th, 2023! "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. I will always remember it as my home town track. for me was Chamberlain's red #76. old in 1980 when I made my first of many trips there. I saw them, and saw them all. I wish i knew who could make it. Stan "the man" Ploski - This is dumb local track are time again at Flemington in the dirt (he could have won many here), and 2) the seemingly We always had small townThe Upper Black Eddy area had some real talent preparing a Late Model racer which never made the track. I follow what the flaggers such as Tex Enright, Ron Seiple, Ray Sullivan, and Harry Dee did taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. My Dad built cars for Lucky Seeing him power slide out Well let me tell ya this. uncle Tommy Bradshaw was listed as a winner.A fast track, best of the best in NJ. As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the At lease we will always have somewhere in here growing up and outgrowing this shirt, we gave it
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