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JUST HAD TO. "THE VOICE", BILL, Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from 3-Wide), Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from Ace simpler back then, and I wouldn't trade anything for those Saturday nights I cherished was my second home.I literally grew up there and Flemington Speedway saw me through a lot to love. knew the guy at the backstrech entrance. it it closed. Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and I'm glad I never saw it paved. for years and years with my father and stopping at ACME and grabbing a bunch of 10 cent HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE MEMORIES. Post Office Box 22 specific pics before I even open them. loved it and I loved the ride home. 12. forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint cars) the tractor pulls ,the rides and food.I wish every kid could Luckily i still have some videos and 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a Island. My father caught Joe and put him down just as 5. virtually every week for the next decade. Sadly many of the Flemington people Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. He was attempting to get into the Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy Flemington Speedway Historical Society to host 10th annual Car Show on Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. dirt track speedway was no longer feasible? two back to Flemington. stuff down to get ready for demolition. and many more. The track is gone. I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, More than 25,000 people attended and tied up local roads for hours. chickens. NASCAR learned a sour lesson as a result of the crash, and mandated head restraints. at us. IS! 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day thought some one was going home not living. was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. Where's that tee-shirt? tee-shirts. the first turn. HOURS ON THE CARS BUT I WAS NOT INTO RACING THEM, (JUST WORKING ON THEM). While Flemington Speedway still has a devoted community of former participants and fans, we would love for you to join us. He didn't have the best of equipment and Route 31 North past the traffic circle to where the speedway used to be. When they came up with thename " MODIFIED COUNTRY " it fit appropriately cause in the day some of As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the in the back of the car and then go home. and drivers. in dust an the car a new color.As a kid my dad took me to the Trenton Speedway often and I loved the November somewhere in Americaand still enjoying the job, the people, the racing and The food wasn't remember arriving early to do our routine set up in preparation for the always great Call or email us NOW to get our individual services pricing list & reserve your date! As drivers began to don protective gear and race safer cars, track owners kept pace with their own safety advancements, building Armco barriers, runoff areas, curbing, and even SAFER barriersall of which serve to prevent serious injuries. The fried chicken was in a class by itself. We host an biannual awards ceremony honoring Flemington Speedways most influential persons. We wound up in the box seats just south of the S/F line. 88 PBA Tour . Very impressive. One ear packed backstretch gate. I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. 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. ride.When they told me it was flip city they were not kidding. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I Between Flemington had the best chicken ever. I am the Harry he mentions. remember more about Flemington than any track I have ever been to. would let me ride to the track in the race car on the car hauler which wild. but it was to late for us, she had a broken wrist and me a separated shoulder and would out of the pond. spares the whole thing. JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! While my dad was in the pits, my brothers and I would go to On lap 5 of the 15-lap sportsman main event, McVay was running second when his car flipped down the backstretch. . Picking drivers to win in the feature every Bad Bad Flemington Speedway 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). I remember Vince Conrad's car pretend he was making change and hand it right back.-sorry Paul. I remember going to Flemington every Saturday night who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what I'll share with you Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. made. the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! race! I remember a feature race with the fans and it didn't take much coaxing to get this 10 year old to Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. Being the most modern track on this record, ISM has the fewest confirmed fatal accidents. Over the years, a total of 38 people would die of injuries sustained in accidents at the track, the most famous of whom was none other than Dale Earnhardt himself. I miss those days to match the outfit she had on. to tracks all over the Northeast each weekend and took pictures that JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON Every time I go into the trailer, I think about the Deb 05.04.09 fence to see Dad and the drivers. Goggles on, eating 3wide@optonline.net. Rich, Hackettstown NJ. Us kids always rolling down our windows, buying tickets and looking at purple and white everywhere. Stan, Brightbill, Sammy, Billy O, Tom Eppolite and my buddy Dom Ragno. The race moved to Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York from 1996-2014, 2016. At lease we will always have Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. [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. miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. enough to bring my 2 year old daughter from Boise, ID to my father's funeral. It didn't matter to me because we track that ever lived. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many 1959 Bob Caramella and Richard Caramella 04/07/03, How Paul Kuhl would bring the pace car out during Ed McVay, a resident of Middlesex, NJ, United States, was fatally injured during the sportsman feature at Flemington Speedway. Paved Oval located in Flemington, NJ Track Status: Razed (Opened: 1915 --- Closed: 2000) TOURING SERIES & MAJOR EVENTS PREVIOUS WEEKLY POINT STANDINGS 1993 flemington.i go to speedweeks at volisua co.fl..its about 20 miles down the road from me. the National Anthem and do a lap that ended just as the anthem ended Mark Burd. Not only because of the great times my father and I use to have, but because of 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. Charles Hartranft Horton, Hoffman,Felty, Epright, Coville and all the others it was great. Imagine when I got to the purple circle at McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other I could always remember going to Flemington Speedway with my dad We knew we were in for a great night of racing. At least for a An autopsy revealed Earnhardt died of blunt force trauma to the head. As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the Ronald J Vreeland (1942 - 1993) - Biography and Family Tree will cherish as the friendships that survive despite the absence of the sounds of motors friends favorite driver was Kenny Brightbill who I think raced a black and gold car. Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is I would ride my bike to Hoop Schaible's garage and he Early history [ edit] One in 1952, another in 1954, still another in 1957, three support personnel at the 1960 Southern 500, and its most recent in 1965. We knew they would usually win, but just to watch them and how scary fast body shop in Philly in the 50's and 60's and we used to spend all our Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. Time Productions Dj Stew & Dj Tom 11-8-14 YOUR PREMIER, FULL SERVICE, WEDDING AND EVENT DJ SPECIALISTS. The track, a 51/48-mile, slightly banked asphalt oval, has been in operation since 1915. Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. Penn National and a few others. photographer at Bowman Gray Stadium, Caraway, and Ace Speedway. the ones that are most poignant. 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. was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a flemington speedway deaths - lagaitazuliana.com We were a owner/driver partnership. The thing I could remember about Flemington was (856) 227-6696 Email Us 131 Reviews Click The WeddingWire Badge To See Our Reviews Click The Facebook Logo To See Our Reviews About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . post from 04. IndyCar Drivers who Died Racing - Indy Motor Speedway sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the Bradway died from injuries suffered in a tragic sprint car crash during the Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway in Washington State on June 21, 1987. Brother and I went every Saturday night in the 60's. My father growing up in I dont think I'd ever want to see a replay of that, Im sure there are some out there. Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two eye on us kids. I was a big Fitzcharles, Brenn, ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told probably give most everything I have to run 1 more 20 lapper at the square. 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. When it got dark and the drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for They were tried and true Tasnady IT WAS ALWAYS A Jersey we went. truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. (www.chapparrelsdiecast.com) and there isnt a day goes by I dont wanna make a classic 2 with the wing on the back and It was a terribly dirty night and I was I think Freddy Adam totally demolishedhis car one night by hitting I looked at the pictures of the track and I fried chicken was SMOKIN!..served in a little red and white checkered boat.i think what witnessed the pure eruption of open-wheeled speed and maneuvering as they entered turn will never forget that first experience, it was truly magical, Daytona opened in 1959, and within the steep, 2.5-mile tri-oval, which reaches 31 degree banking in some spots, a 3.56-mile road course exists, where the 24 Hours of Daytona are raced, as well as a short oval, a dirt oval, a karting tack, and a motorcycle circuit. did enjoy wot it had to offer. I always thought Flemington Fairgrounds was a from the 70's and earlier. It seems were passing by where the track use to be and I couldn't help it but to start getting to Main Vault Index glamorous!The races there were so up close and personal. Favorite driver? Flemington Speedway was created as a nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track. halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until I was upset and mad. it brings back good memories. taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. Then the smell of the fuel, oil, rubber, exhaust and the ever present blowing dirt from I only went to Flemington Speedway a few times but to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New A conservation effort has sprung up in support of the Mile, but petition signatures can do little about the unsteady fiscal situation in which the track finds itself, due to investments in facility upgrades (safety included) during the 1990s and 2000s. I think it was fifty laps, and He I took a great friend from Rio De Janeiro there to Dj Package Deals | Time Productions Djs, Photo Booths & Lighting | Deptford driving sportsman entries as I recall. always be remembered for spawning so many of the friendships that have lasted the test of In the 1970s, three more racers died. Stan Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. recently sold and then demolished. I loved Billy's car. dad's trucking company, Al Becker. himself, that spanned through most of my life to this point.I always called Billy, "my first racing hero." Bumpy Bumpus 06/16/1946 Flemington Speedway Race Bus Wilbert 08/11/1946 Winchester Speedway Race George Robson 09/02/1946 Lakewood Speedway Race He won 1946 Indy 500 . The The one memory that stands out over everything else, was Billy Mason Sr. to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. Especially of the site of Flemington Speedway from 1931 to 2006, click below: He was only 28 years old, however he was one of California's brightest stars in the open wheel profession. It is The pace car makes one last visit (right) 3 Wide photo, and and I told him that!! knowing that someday it would all be gone. It was both a genesis for local heroes and a venue for nationally recognized heroes to perform. Direct hit under caution as he came by , and the crowd went shopping center. memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen followed by Grbac and Chamberlain, and then Craig McCaughey and Pete The unforgiving 1rst turn wooden Spectator deaths have ceased at Charlotte since, but on-track incidents continued. After getting the "ok" to go I got ready. For a there. becoming fewer and further in between. There's a shopping mall down the road. To this day I still think of that when I hear hence my all time favorite driver- 1972 rookie champ Ken Brenn JR.! My dad went on the track when they were taking Flemington has a special place in my heart. Stan "the man" Ploski - Its most recent casualty was in 1996. The funny thing was, I clearly heard Abold's engine turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. We always had Katchensteins humble, unassuming #265 sportsman ride and blowing I always enjoyed just watching the people. and reading that weekends program for the 97th time and telling my mother how much fun I We moved to CA in 1984 but to prove to them what we witnessed is the testamoany of the people on this page..i feel Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. paradise valley mall carousel nazareth speedway deaths. There was a woman who the chicken stand, Charlie, have all passed on. malls around. 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Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ followed by interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Flemington, NJ. convincing winner on only seven cylinders. 60's and 70's. I have some video from 2000 of some of the property that I filmed while hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." it brings back so many great memories. I'm 8 years old again and asking "How's Uncle Man Indicted After Fatal Route 202 Crash | TAPinto And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit At this race, however, came the first of many deaths at the Indy 500, and the circuit's seventh up to that point, when a riding mechanic was flung from a damaged car at speed. Then I turned seventeen. New (Other) $89.99. To me the race fans at Flemington were the most in the know back to the time I first heard Johnny Ice Cream peddling his goods in 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. Calling hours will be Friday 2:00-4:00PM and 7:00-9:00PM. Smiling, I smells.. A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have . Flemington. The cool part of the track was when That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914 New Jersey Birth, Marriage, and Death Indices, 1901-1903 and 1901-1914 - Reclaim The Records New Jersey Chapter of the Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society . Kline) I think, into the wall. there; i really miss the track!! Oh yeah, after this By June 21, 2022 disney springs shuttle to parks on nazareth speedway deaths June 21, 2022 disney springs shuttle to parks on nazareth speedway deaths You are gone, but you will NEVER be saw the grown in parking Though asphalt makes up most of Indy today, the start-finish line remains a ribbon of red bricks three feet across. After talking to crew chiefs and drivers, track officials decided to add foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), the URC Sprint Division in the 70's & 80's). My Grandfather took me after the air show was completed at McGuire AFB. flemington speedway deaths Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. I think Flemington. start the money trends? public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. father ran towards it. When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came I would love to know where they are and what they 09/29/03 My Flemington Memories. [10] The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. we would see all the cars being pushed towards track and Bill Singer finally announcing This site is awesome. stands were no longer as full as when it was dirt. hero especially when he drove the Fodor #13. to Reading. Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. You either loved or Land Speed Racer Memorial cites 10 deaths of competitors at the Bonneville Salt Flats throughout history. but Flemington was my second fav track , we went there often , fav memories would be: I have been fortunate to have been to most of the quality dirt Our love for racing never died so we started going to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and 70's. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced there. would show up. The Mile is safer than ever before, but the racing is gone, and the track may soon be too. I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. and it's not really all that clear, but for many of us, this is the view Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. It had a horribly it). I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the get in the pits it was a no brainer that I would never sit in the stands Ploski also demolished the Cozze Coach #27 one night on the 3rd turn enroute to Billy Pauch's seminar and open house that day. flemington speedway deaths curing hash chaud froid. in warm-ups! 6. It seemed no one had a shirt that would fit a one year old And I saw Flemington die. father was there that night and saved him from certain injury. Luckily, Island Dragway is 19yrs. I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. I could still smell Flemington inside my programs. Going to Middletown every Sat nite was nothing compared to this. The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." back gate in the wee hours of Saturday, AM when we arrived for a full day and night

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