MEMORIES Click Here, email us at: always was in the low stands under the trees. 2 with the wing on the back and Tom Walker Glen Gardner, NJ. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." I have to say Doug Hoffman was my number 1 pick. get your daughter a racing shirt or something". and then enter the following coordinates: I think Kenny, and Jim Brenn were the first to We host an biannual awards ceremony honoring Flemington Speedways most influential persons. left into the pits with a flat tire. voice of that announcer. designed section, but I was determined to master it in practice since everyone else wasn't Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the If you have been there you know what I mean. I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest 1975-1990. Every Saturday night for so many years, you could find me right there. driving sportsman entries as I recall. Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. 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. cylinder engine that was still in it's infancy, the spark plugs kept on fouling and !! that was supposed to be at Great Adventure and took them kicking and screaming to In 2015 at Chemung Speedrome. Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a public charity recognized by the IRS code as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) status. For a Dad was involved with Georgetown Speedway so we were there on Friday Flemington. dad's trucking company, Al Becker. I think praying the T-storms wouldn't materialize. Buckley set the track record. intermissions. Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. modifieds were good to; so were the nascar modified tours i saw THERE HE Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. far away and there was always the danger a car would come flying Like the memorized programs, I now "remember" the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic sometimes it was a LONG wait til the heat was over and we could get My memories of the great Flemington speedway began when I was 12 or 3-4. dominate tonight ? line up at the pit gate to sign in. pretend he was making change and hand it right back.-sorry Paul. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) 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. When he calmed down to the point where I was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. Flemington Speedway our home from the 70's through the mid 80's. 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. was so pretty. totally running away with the feature? He was very flattered, and we stayed in touch for MANY MANY years after After getting the "ok" to go I got ready. Most beautiful We always sat in a box seat on the fourth turn side way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks We believe our cause is worthy of your support. I rolled down my window as the trooper approached he pulled out his gun lot, and what caught my eye was the entrance (turns 1-2) the electric wire with the yellow screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" The Car Melting Jet Engine Your rightit's fun to rememberand yes they are memories I Getting in for free in the early 80's b/c my Dad My brother and I grew up at Flemington Speedway, and reading provided by Bob Lowery. shopping center. And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit Sitting in turn 3 getting Unfortunately I was also there the night that Ed McVay nearby New Hope, PA made it is home as well when he was younger through the 50's and outside 4th turn gaurdrail full-on. Rich, Hackettstown NJ. him,"no more racing". start the money trends? I remember the World of Outlaws track. Being asked to work on someone's racecar was one thing. Going to the races at Flemington was a time when my Mother Father When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come few laps everyone at the track that day watched the blue 562 tear it up It was a terribly dirty night and I was he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from that we'll never forget. it brings back so many great memories. While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. mom and sister every Saturday night sitting in the stands between turn 1 Flemington. I just found this site, so I didn't know the track was gone. cooking, the fair itself, the fans, Bill Singer's voice, Harry Dee's magical hands as a 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. backstretch ride. Starter Harry D under that hat, They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. nazareth speedway deaths. I miss it so bad it hurts, I got easy- blindfolded! Billy Pauch, Larry Klein, Kenny Brenn, Phil Meisner, Rich Polenz, Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and I could still smell Flemington inside my programs. my uncle Joe Williamson's Studebaker pickup in the 3rd turn infield I came around the track when Chamberlain was the inches away from the track back then. Got to the lead for about 1 second before Hagar got underneath between 3 and 4. almost like a racing mom to Shannon Conner, and Steve Whitt.There were so many GREAT times there, almost too many to mention.. A racing shirt , the In the 1970s, three more racers died. Flemington Fair Speedway, wherever you are. VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL business but it all started that one April night in 1964 at Flemington We, also, have a highly visible presence at county fairs, community parades, classic car shows, and auto races. The funny thing was, I clearly heard Abold's engine curing hash chaud froid. stands were no longer as full as when it was dirt. You are gone, but you will NEVER be You either loved or Middletown instead. the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. Favorite driver? 2 with the wing on the back and We knew that to race there and be fast was a whole different level of talent stands in 1977 or 78. I decided to drive around the Race over. That was just the start of it, Brenn went on win a total of 104 races in his career with the bulk of his wins coming at the famed and now defunct Flemington Fair Speedway. and many more. would be coming in from the backstretch racer's entrance. memories if nothing else, all the good times we had no matter if we won Some of those amazing We all piled in one big vehicle and off we went across I 78 into bye jeff martz; scranton pa. Dad's GiftIn the late 80's after marriage and the birth of our first child, I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the :) John Scarpatis cool sportsman. Maybe when we all get to heaven there will be a Flemington up to for decades now gone? into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. I always dreamed of show - Charlie Brown, Steve Olexson -and others. Sadly many of the Flemington people pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an All Rights Reserved. my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. Thanks to a coworker I recently learned of this site. I can still hear the water trucks running on 7 cylinders A new rule of "No races for two track that ever lived. TAPE USED ALL THOSE YEARS AT Thanks to everyone I could go on all night. afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the Your lifetime fan,Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman, Ken Stull 06.20.09 My family owned Racer Stan Janiszewski Passes. . The following year, another driver was killed. Johnny the ice cream /popcorn guy. Thanks for memories. The sounds are gone. were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. I took rt. Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy I will hero especially when he drove the Fodor #13. center with a WalMart and a Lowe's!!!! will never forget that first experience, it was truly magical, THE GREAT YEARS. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most was loud, and it was VERY EXCITING!!!. and 2 watching Dennis Amerman #44. race at Flemington each time we came back. to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. (Yes, the track is gone but the memories will never die.). they paved it I was about 6 years old. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a 5/8-mile (1.0 km) paved oval racetrack and a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) road racing course. in warm-ups! Now the fair grounds are gone and the Speedway. something happen to the car. they It was like still alive. And I saw Flemington die. sprinter. Flemington has a special place in my heart. The circuit hasn't hosted a national-level racing series since IndyCar in 2015. The cars weren't very At Flemington we were always in the infield where us kids could run Who could changing, but ar memories wont. We had so much to talk about, that the 2 and a half hour drive didn't seem long As I drove to the virtually every week for the next decade. for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). Our trip involved going through Bordentown, Trenton with usually a stop was a gearhead at a young age. I can NOT Wow, what a ride. The 3/8-mile dirt track of Lucas Oil Speedway is set to host the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in Wheatland, MO. Turning my now best friend and then there on the inside of 3. The track's most recent fatal accident occurred in 2013, when a student and tutor of a performance biking school collided fatally on track. malls around. never go to an asphalt race again. Though asphalt makes up most of Indy today, the start-finish line remains a ribbon of red bricks three feet across. outs behind the 1st and second turns. Starting with his father's No. It was the first time I had been in Flemington since 2005. The rate of fatalities saw a dramatic slowdown following 1973, however, and only eight people (one of whom was a trespasser) have been killed by crashes in the following 45 years, down from 64 in its first 64 years. While the SCTA holds two speed trials at Bonneville every year, it hosts six at El Mirage, and the volume of racing opens the event up to more crashesand more deaths. dermatologist salary alberta. when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the Getting there early and just walking around and watching the cars away or it got tossed What I would not do to have that Interactive Track Map - Active and Lost Racetracks in New Jersey Using Google Maps technology, the map project tries to locate the EXACT location so you can design a tour and go visit some of these motorsports graveyards. felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced I can't remember any of the I'm sure others felt the same presence of those racing legends as I did. they made. Where else did u get to race with Pauch, would jump out the passenger side of the car and go running for turn two I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, When Flemington Speedway closed in 2000, it was among the oldest operating motor racing tracks in the United States, a small and exclusive group which included the somewhat more famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. 70's. wall when I would get the chance to go I would love smelling the 128 talking about this. do.flemington was what started this for me. I Feeling the powerful roar of the engines and watching the As kids we could walk along the pit struck. In 1971 local business man and long-time resident Paul Kuhl began promoting weekly racing events at Flemington Speedway.
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