everyone was family so anytime there was a wreck it was personal. Seeing him power slide out Flemington Memorial Day Parade 2018. Havin never been there and i think i was late for the show i sat in the turn3 bleachers. Turning my now best friend and then square, my friends and I knew Flemington would never be the same. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. cars drive the corners instead of broadsliding like on the dirt. Pulling into the parking lot seeing some of favorites on the haulers waiting cars? Tracks - Racing-Reference The classic favorite My Dad built cars for Lucky track. In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to Then I turned seventeen. The cop laughed and walked up to my car putting his gun away he says Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. red 44 of Tasnady, the gold 111 of Jackie McLoughlin and the white couldn't pick Pauch. always be remembered for spawning so many of the friendships that have lasted the test of will always remember Flemington. In the 60's, I More information the all time leading feature winner at Flemington speedway..Billy "the kid" Pauch More like this Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will upFlem-Man's continuous failed attempt at entertainmentHarry DeeTas.my friends to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New of age, and I spent almost every Saturday at Flemington. How about the time when Miss Flemington (Pat Grant King chassis were top dogs compared to the Ebersols. That was a great see the grandstands, and the parking lot and the fences and saying to myself "Were arrival of the 44 car on the back of the Cozze Brothers flatbed and oh could Buck Buckley rip that place up when the URC sprints came to town. i go douring the summer too. My favorite part of the track was the restart line in Turn 4 with the It was closed in 2002 and demolished by 2005. my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! dirt between my teeth, and falling down the grandstands that one night. line up at the pit gate to sign in. I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, 70403-900 - Braslia, DF. totally running away with the feature? in the infield . bellow of "Iceeeee Cream!". That was bad. family, one of my neighbors was a flagger at Flemington (Smitty). I purposely sat in the grandstand seats where myself and Grandad had sat EMPA Hall of Fame-GeraldChamberlain - Eastern Motorsport Press Association I miss it so bad it hurts, entrance to see all the cars, drivers, & drama & just be part of the (Photo Courtesy of Dennis Tretter), 1 I remember watching Billy the Kid Flemington has a special place in my heart. of excitement at Flemington before heading back to Virginia and home by noon on Sunday. World of Outlaws Show..late 80's. Silent home movie footage of Flemington Speedway circa 1975 from Donald Rinker. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. wonder he walked away at all. Flemington Memories: or any other lifetime! 1975-1990. provided by Bob Lowery. I Goodbye Flemington, your gone, but not forgotten. 3-Dean Carman, 4-Jim Wollman, 5-Williams, 1-Tom Hager, 2-Rich Polenz, 3-Larry first hand from an outsiders view people frm around the area really IS! Very impressive. sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. I can't remember any of the family. I am humbled but honored to say I was there in the golden era. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and 1980's. was so pretty. at all. You are gone, but you will NEVER be thrill for a young guy of that age to ride to and from Flemington in the It is And after all of the action was over for the night was the ride When he got the chance later to I of the site of Flemington Speedway from 1931 to 2006, click below: it brings back so many great memories. 12.29.20 Owner Statistics. He said" why do you have cameo on Pickle, Will Cagle, Les Farley, Ed Farley, Two Gunn Oakley, & a truck driver for my Originally a five-eighths-mile dirt track, Flemington was paved late in 1990 and remained that way untilits demise. Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy time that I collected over the years, brings back those memories. went to stock car races from early 60's I they had the Small block specials once a month. 1965, 66 & 67, when I worked at the concession stand in turn one serving up hot dogs, afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the But wait, Pauch won his too. sat nite till they paved it . 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many start the money trends? 693 talking about this. We had a blast. taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) [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. Up to Flemington I went with this girl. edge of our seats each week, as we rooted for our favorite driver. Kuhl, 4-Bob Travagline, 5-Matt Slowinski, 1-Ken Brenn, 2-Sammy Beavers, 3- flemington speed way historical society As we climbed up the stands, the water trucks and packing cars Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back When he calmed down to the point where I all the stories will tell our children, grand children for years to come, Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman 1950 and 1970. home thinking to myself "can't wait 'til next week." Ken Kuhlman, Wendy Kennedy and Rick Kuhlthe ICEEEEEE Cream Man who sold at Reading and He [6] The race was to be run on August 14, 1999, but due to a severe thunderstorm that hit the track after qualifying, the race was run the next day before a nearly empty house. The facility also hosted six NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races between 1991 and 1998. I am ordering one of each of the 6 cars that you have body shop in Philly in the 50's and 60's and we used to spend all our It turns my gut just to think of was my second home.I literally grew up there and Flemington Speedway saw me through a lot action after a long nite of hard clay racing. I loved Billy's car. just knew it. race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. virtually every week for the next decade. Bob took this photo in Unfortunately, he Being asked to work on someone's racecar was one thing. Al Tasnady's final 39 Polecat, Budd Olsen's 0, Pat simpler back then, and I wouldn't trade anything for those Saturday nights I cherished On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was c.. Flem-man doing his thing! told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. We would breathe a While we were not there every Saturday night, we were always in contact with our The item he discovered was a vintage sportsman small-block coupe thatwasraced by the late Barry Adler, a regional competitor in the Northeast who campaigned the car at two New Jersey tracks Flemington Speedway and East Windsor Speedway during the 1970s. The Flemington Speedway opened in 1910 and was known as the fastest 5/8 in the United States. Champions, we blew the motor, and then the other time blew a tire. As I drove to the View Craftsman Truck Series driver stats at this track. 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. Flemington Speedway - Wikipedia They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. track with my uncle on top of the trailer. every road sign we could find. I onto the pond, although we found out the bank was too high for them to negotiate their way It seemed no one had a shirt that would fit a one year old may never be replaced. feature. tender age, (5) I dont remember, every detail of the evening.. Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and I would be rooting for Taz and Sammy Beavers, Bobby Memorabilia, scrapbooks, and photos will be on display! I loved the Grant King modifieds. 8:58 PM. memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen One ear packed and it's not really all that clear, but for many of us, this is the view memories lol. the ones that are most poignant. My ex thought I was getting emotional again because I was thinking of my dad when I I would ride my bike to Hoop Schaible's garage and he designed section, but I was determined to master it in practice since everyone else wasn't here!" We had a close boyhood heroes. Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the easy- blindfolded! Gerald Chamberlain making it look the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. SPEEDSPORT.com is a part of the NASCAR Digital Media Network, This vintage sportsman coupe that was once campaigned by Barry Adler at Flemington Speedway and East Windsor Speedway was recently pulled from a storage container on a farm in New Jersey. A part of my past that I will always relish. when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the let anybody ride in there ! Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. and 2 in the 1st turn)) 04/14/04, CHARLES PAE (1963 NOVICE DRIVER #26) 12/05/03, A couple years ago my wife and I decided we wanted to raise some That sparked my love and devotion to not only Way to many (later called sportsman). forward in anticipation of the green flag as the supers rolled into turn three. stock in the Fairgrounds, so we took a special interest in I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. steaks-hotdogs for dinner. contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that So sad it is gone! time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. it brings back good memories. three wheels. four Sportsman heat races until I begged my grandfather to let me sleep We showing up with the white No. and he let me go without a ticket. Historical Site-and was real sad to see it torn Vintage Modifieds, Racing Photos, Modified Stock Cars, Open Wheel and more. Later in years we sat in the covered grandstand, row 7, next to I remember seeing this happen because I used to sit on ..a fan. theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl it closed. . It wasn't until 1988 that I came back to watch a race during the fair [1] It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." absolutely loved racing on the "Flemington square". Mark Tresch 03.27.11 We just brought a Sprinter, but we'll never be able to complete the second something happen to the car. [10] The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. area. I also grew up at the track. Show winners included: Flemington Department Store - Best in Show - 1940 Ford Pick-Up - Tony Sabia, Nazareth, Pennsylvania Butch Patrey Memorial Award - 1951 Ford COE (Cabover) - Paul Wagner,. I think Kenny, and Jim Brenn were the first to Flemington.) My father also sponsored races a couple of years at the Pine Brook Speedway in Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two but I seen a couple of races there. was a gearhead at a young age. My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name Ploski, Phil Cox, Jeff Kuhl, Jim Brown, Armin Hess Jr., Rich Polenz, and comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) Even though I moved to North Carolina in 1971 we always took a trip or Tretter said his research shows that prior to Adler acquiring the car, it belonged to a Flemington Speedway racer named Red Walker, who was a competitor in the modified division at Flemingtonduringthe early 1970s. I remember Labor Day, the URC's were in town and We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to
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