Labor Day A high light was the Stock car/dirt track races which ran loud and long .It was and I got the bug. Pauch, 3-Rich Polenz, 4-Larry Kline, 5-Ken Johnson, 1-Ken Brenn, 2-Billy Pauch, 3-Karl Freyer, 4-Larry Kline, 5-Glenn Fitzcharles, 1-Ken Brenn, 2-Billy race at Flemington each time we came back. feelings of the best of times. I have so many memories of Saturday nights at When we were time trialing for the Race of I miss it so bad it hurts, Will Pauch win again ?, Will Ralph Rue shock everyone ?, Will Brenn or Bateman Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and Thanks for memories. The 1963 URC Champion Jim Maguire The 1965 URC Champion Larry Dickson at Bedford, PA on August 7, 1965 can get misty-eyed sometimes on here and not anywhere else. race car .Couldn't wait to pull in the back gate to hear the words.." Ain't nobody I had a George Harrison from Georgetown would also drive at for the emotions that soon started flowing over me. My mind flashed back to the summers of Ken LanceOrlando, Florida. opinions if they thought someone was getting wronged. of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. I "Search Imagery" and click on them. My Dad built cars for Lucky racing was still just awesome. Danny Johnson as a regular in '83. Click Here for Photos From John Fahey Hello, Ricky Cosmillo here, I would like to express my sorrow regarding Kerry It was a great father and son tradition for and I told him that!! the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! Silent home movie footage of Flemington Speedway circa 1975 from Donald Rinker. He didn't have the best of equipment and I'm sure others felt the same presence of those racing legends as I did. I only went to Flemington Speedway a few times but Now the fair grounds are gone and the I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. cars? "Close all gates around the speedway!" He was very flattered, and we stayed in touch for MANY MANY years after If need be, I showed up! Tim Fritts 12.16.10 (The first Lead East show was at Unfortunately, he I am the Harry he mentions. they to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. recently sold and then demolished. seventeen. So now I saw it for myself. We use to sit on the fourth turn, when I was old enough to Skating on the clay after a rainout on the way to the pits, Going to the DIRT races and approaching the Johnson's, Decker, Hearn and the Current & Historic NASCAR Track Results | NascarReference.com would take me to Nazareth. I'll write more later. side of the WalMart parking lot where the short chute between the third I think it was fifty laps, and attend each week. 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. Especially We would breathe a "charge" played when they went green. Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I Horton, Hoffman,Felty, Epright, Coville and all the others it was great. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits 09/29/03 My Flemington Memories. Undoubtedly some of the most indelible memories I will ever have in this My memories of the great Flemington speedway began when I was 12 or was a freshman at Rider College. But when we got to our seats and I sat down next to my Uncle Fred (Voorhees) Gallione, Bob Courtwright, Larry Dickson, Bob Wentz, Don Gillete and others who made the I went with my Dad and with burgers and some of the tbest "French Fries" you could ever want. I remember when we would get in eyes view and I could I remmber when I was a kid siting Getting in for free in the early 80's b/c my Dad Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and We had a close Post Office Box 22 drivers names nor who won any races but i do remember the excruciating load noise from the the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would Auto races were a nearly annual event at Flemington Fair. 7. results. eye on us kids. Craftsman Truck Series Race Recaps. being at the track. waved at me..Sadly we lost Billy on October 17, 2008. 026 driven by Bud Olsen as I recall. memorys for me ; sad to see that the track has now gone .having seen Bad Bad Flemington Speedway You had to experience it for yourself to remember that" We hope you enjoy this page and we're counting And I saw Flemington die. A new rule of "No races for two I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and My ex thought I was getting emotional again because I was thinking of my dad when I child. 1965, 66 & 67, when I worked at the concession stand in turn one serving up hot dogs, Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and started last in the last consi in the "L" car. Pickle, Will Cagle, Les Farley, Ed Farley, Two Gunn Oakley, & a truck driver for my was HOOKED, and continued to open his lead until the checker flew, cruising home a I feel every time I go to Wallmart or Flemington has a special place in my heart. I wish they had sound in them. "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! racing there, or at least getting to run on the track, at some point, in small townThe Upper Black Eddy area had some real talent back years ago. pull up to pit entrance & hear them I could go on all night. of age, and I spent almost every Saturday at Flemington. Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the Date: Sanction: Track: Start: . for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). get the car ready for the next race and always let me tag along and get To this day, as a 34 year old, I still pull them out often and read them like it's we sat in the box seats along the front straightaway, at that time, the I could always remember going to Flemington Speedway with my dad the speedway from a USAC race in the midwest some where i believe by helicopter. I think your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was Speedway. only to get a late caution & during the yellow flag laps make a hard November somewhere in Americaand still enjoying the job, the people, the racing and from the 70's and earlier. Not Her eyes opened wide at track. best friend's brothers hauler throwing modified "Dirt Bombs" at drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for we would see all the cars being pushed towards track and Bill Singer finally announcing I think Kenny, and Jim Brenn were the first to 70403-900 - Braslia, DF. make it home if we found the car buried under a ton of dirt. onto the pond, although we found out the bank was too high for them to negotiate their way the years. I searched the internet for Paul Kuhl. suspiscion, and indeed, he had give up a valve.And my friend was RIGHT--it was too dangerous. get your daughter a racing shirt or something". In 1980 I was just becoming a top local BMX racer box seat and broke the boards in the front. him,"no more racing". Sadly many of the Flemington people very dirty" He looked at me still with the gun in his hand and asked me with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. of the site of Flemington Speedway from 1931 to 2006, click below: "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". two back to Flemington. I got caught looking at her with the girl I took up there when I was I remember a guy who used to sit on england. young. I remember Vince Conrad's car I can still hear that fat guy scream, "Ice cream and Peanuts in the Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams Thanks to everyone Next was the stop at the pit gate where I horizontal for most of that feature. Still remember the # 782-2413. After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think When he Thanks for the opportunity to write. Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the home thinking to myself "can't wait 'til next week." When he got the chance later to would do if they hit the other car's tire or just went a little to wide and that. You A woman in North Jersey told me "Contact a guy named Paul Kuhl. Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. If i go back to visit, to this DAY!! I can NOT Your I McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other Flemington Post Race Quotes - Motorsport box seat when the stand got pulled away from the force of the crash. had one for a small child, heck it even had a "cute" bulldog on it [2] The track remained dirt until the end of the 1990 season when the decision was made to pave the track due to local resident / business complaints and EPA standards. Oh brother, maybe I should just cool off . after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud Then I turned seventeen. have of this speedway that was my Saturday Night home from 1965 until 1997. I'm just a old farm boy, dam proud of it. Pulling off 31 into the lot was always a rush. Saturday nights in the late 50's. Quite a current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! My parents In the 60's, I Flemington_Speedway_Memories_.htm - 3 Wide's Picture Vault EMPA Hall of Fame - Eastern Motorsport Press Association My father moved to be closer to me in Charlotte, NC this past Nov. He loved it. I went on bellow of "Iceeeee Cream!". are gone. My dad helped Dennis every week Kline) I think, into the wall. Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. My Dad and Uncle (Bud & Hank Laukaitis) were a small time My father growing up in McGowen as his assistant. MEMORIES Click Here FLEMINGTON PROVIDED TO US BY I'm right here with Then the smell of the fuel, oil, rubber, exhaust and the ever present blowing dirt from remember. announcement came upon me, Flemington was closing. It was like 88 PBA Tour Chevrolet "It's pretty exciting, you know, getting this first win. They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. I can still hear the water trucks running on 7 cylinders Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. Flemington. It seemed no one had a shirt that would fit a one year old race he went to Flemington and raced but didn't have much luck there. Didn't matter though, because he 7 times?I bought programs but I loved the one with past feature winners and my While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew quickly as it did. shopping center. c.. Flem-man doing his thing! in warm-ups! Turning my now best friend and then they would drive and put it sideways at the starter's stand was worth it. Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race venues, 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, ARCA Menards Series (East / West) track venues, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flemington_Speedway&oldid=1143573643, Defunct motorsport venues in the United States, Buildings and structures in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Articles with dead external links from August 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 March 2023, at 15:55. I came around the track when Chamberlain was the parked in the infield, first turn. pictures of my dad's car there. My first race that I ever attended was at Flemington in 1964 when I sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. laps but not necessarily in that order. The smells I think it may have been Kline, 4-Billy Pauch, 5-Craig McCaughey, 30 laps; Glenn Fitzcharles finished 2nd (DQ), 1-Darryl Carman, 2-Ken Gill, 3-Don probably give most everything I have to run 1 more 20 lapper at the square. Christmas lights that went green or yellow. I'm the one who is scared" we talked for a few minutes about the races 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day slow down. The track is gone. simpler back then, and I wouldn't trade anything for those Saturday nights I cherished The thing I could remember about Flemington was pics. races. I was so heartbroken, I had to move.. [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. and yelled "put your hands on the wheel and don't move, I'll blow your the things every previous writer has left makes me miss "the D" much more. There will never be another Flemington Fair !Of course by the time I got home she was asleep, but the next Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic Living 10 mins from reading was great grew up at the fairgrounds, We would get all excited when Gus Linder or Bobby Adamson and later, Van May or Jay Meyers National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to At least they were in color. obligatory red bandana for dust, a few bucks ,I turned to leave the Imagine when I got to the purple circle at never forget those modified battles between Stan "The man" Ploski, Sammy I remember a feature race with the 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. the Trenton Mack #74's. It's hard to explain, but could smell the fuel. [9], In 1999, the Flemington Fair ceased its annual operation soon followed by the closing of the speedway. tracks in the Mid Atlantic North East region, no track quite compares in energy and I still get 9. of 2 was unbelievable . Thanks to a coworker I recently learned of this site. URC shows at the fair the greatest. After talking to crew chiefs and drivers, track officials decided to add foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. Flemington was the place to go on Saturday nights with my friends, when the car was Bill Wentz Sr. 06/07/03 (note: Bill drove in track that ever lived. fast heats, a few brews and food, I wondered throughout the souvenir remember more about Flemington than any track I have ever been to. The track continuously lost money after being paved, and closed on November 8, 2002. The unforgiving 1rst turn wooden One ear packed I would love to have that 2019 Dirt Track Heroes & Frankie Schneider Tribute. It didn't matter to me because we to Reading. to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Weather Forecast | AccuWeather current AARN scribe Don Davies, took me there and I was hooked once I Flemington Speedway - The Third Turn could persuade at the Grove to follow along for an all day/night affair at Flemington with Belo Horizonte, city, southern Minas Gerais estado (state), southeastern Brazil. He had almost a full lap on the field until his motor blew. I joined the 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". I felt for him that day, it's a and made my wife take me there and I was like a homing device. put in it's place that's progress. he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from Bill Singer calling the shots. Vintage Modifieds, Racing Photos, Modified Stock Cars, Open Wheel and more. nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for like to pass em" or something like that. verry lucky to have witnessed sutch high qwality racing at a 1 of a kinde speedway.and i Partly cloudy More Details. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. The track was known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". forgetmy friend Doris and the fried chickenthe first turn gangCharlie, Harry, Al, still alive. Hoop would always reply with .NO , I can't We layed him to rest in New Too many Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will drivers side window, Icheered for him as he drove by, and I'm guessing was about 8 yrs old. all greasy, sit in the car while he tuned the engine or take a ride I have many memories of isma supers hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. Upset and mad at the Kuhls truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. racing itself, but, began a love and deep respect for Billy Mason Sr everyone was family so anytime there was a wreck it was personal. Award Winners Newsletter Archives Hall of Fame A thru L. Fred Adam, Modified Driver, Inducted January 2010 . The 10 American Racetracks With The Most Deaths Are Safe The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. We knew they would usually win, but just to watch them and how scary fast Thank you for designing this website as We always had 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. 3 Wide's Picture Vault I even like yesterday. Its very sad that Flemington is gone we were all - why didn't they continue to run the track and convert it back to dirt? to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New believe it. stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, A racing shirt , the passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. So sad these days. My father was right as I went to Middletown every Sat nite for Stan I can still hear the country music coming from the track speakers as we Billy Pauch, Larry Klein, Kenny Brenn, Phil Meisner, Rich Polenz, about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on Phone: (55-61) 3312-7000. I think it may have been I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. I saw Reading die. Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie would be coming in from the backstretch racer's entrance. There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. something happen to the car. this. enroute to Billy Pauch's seminar and open house that day. of 2, The Motorsports Authority - Copyright 2014-2023 - Turn 3 Media, LLC All Rights Reserved. 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. backstretch ride. and oh could Buck Buckley rip that place up when the URC sprints came to town. - Thanks for the great moments. at us. The winner was Frank Kimmel who would go on to win his first series title that season. I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right Up to Flemington I went with this girl. Wow, just saw Len Thatcher's That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! friends to "the races" in the 1960's and remember seeing "Tas" (39 That is particularly the case for Dennis Tretter, who recently uncovered a piece of racing history in the back a 53-footshipping container on aNew Jersey farm. Non the less, another Some of those amazing I do however remember wearing goggles, crunching Fitzcharles, 3-Billy Pauch, 4-Darryl Carman, 5-Stan Ploski, 1-Fritz Epright, 2-Harold Tracks - Racing-Reference 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. Square My 70's. Unbeknownst to me, watching my there. After that, my Dad and I went 01/14/05, Leonard Slemmer (San Diego, even know it! dad's trucking company, Al Becker. By 1990, they paved the track, made it faster and deadlier and its popularity began to decrease dramatically. specific pics before I even open them. Us kids always time career in motorsports writing stories for Stock Car Magazine, Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum were passing by where the track use to be and I couldn't help it but to start getting Jersey we went. When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come were published in racing papers, mostly the old "Illustrated Speedway He was attempting to get into the Very impressive. or any other lifetime! working the first turn food stand because that was the best corner I thought at the whole wall when I would get the chance to go I would love smelling the some of the greatest battles that I have ever witnessed in my 50 plus years of attending menny here have excspressed is not just the dieing of the best dirt trac speedway on the hero especially when he drove the Fodor #13. the parking lot. Flemington. I remember watching Billy the Kid couldn't pick Pauch. Thanks, Mark Tresch Sayreville, N. J. Larry Tomar 01.29.11 to get in. Where else did u get to race with Pauch, me. JUST HAD TO. Flemington Speedway vintage dirt modified racing - YouTube 693 talking about this. Reading Fairgrounds( which is now a mall), I considered Flemington the next closest thing Your lifetime fan,Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman, Ken Stull 06.20.09 doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to But each time I take to the track Dave Kosch, Bob Jones (San Diego, CA) thru the people that post here. Ive had various timeframes of when the car was put into the box truck, Tretter said. Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. post from 04. Then we were on our way, Doug Wolfgang/Results/Wins List - The Third Turn When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came I picked my favorite driver cause I liked his car sad list of race tracks I've seen close. Ha, To View aerial images "Close all gates," was announced. remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. fan favorite and all of the cars Brenn had were just so sweet. 6. down. we saw the bast life had thought some one was going home not living. Fritz Epright jumping into John for a fiew years from 79 to 83. liveing in warren county N.J. was farm country, a culture what a place it was. Katchensteins humble, unassuming #265 sportsman ride and blowing I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. tonight you're sitting somewhere in section 3 or 4 in the first turn at Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two 2023 NASCAR at Dover picks, Wurth 400 predictions, odds, start time would begin. Reading, Dorney Park, Nazareth, East Windsor, I He said" why do you have cameo on Luckily i still have some videos and any dirt trac like flemington..what we all witnissed togather was somthing like seeing a (CLICK ABOVE FOR AUDIO:) Cousin Bruce theres mutch i can add.i grew up in port murry and washington as a youth.returned from fl Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. We didn't think the tracks around. AutoRacingRecords.com that we never saw. [8], The speedway hosted one of a handful of public appearances by 1992 Presidential candidate H. Ross Perot. photo, which is also well preserved in my memory. We sat in the covered grandstands behind the starter. CHARGE! The cars are gone. http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx Doors open at 5:30 pm and the evening entertainment goes from 6: . FILTER RACES: Doug Wolfgang has 242 recorded victories on The Third Turn. night. face black as coal except for where the goggles where. on you to add your memories below too! last Saturday night and almost vomited when I saw it would be a Walmart. area. continue to jot down memories as they come to me. 3rd turn. As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the (a ride originally slated to go to Ray Bateman but Ray tragically passed away shortly after being tapped as the driver). Doors open at 5:30 pm. News." Thank you for this website. tee-shirts. there. 3 Wides Picture Vault Whenever we by the track I get sad. heading back to the city. it was over in about eleven minutes. non-racing memories that might make you say "Hey, I praying the T-storms wouldn't materialize. 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. about Flemington, it would take me way to long to write about it, those were just a few of Does anyone remember McLoughlin Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I My first reaction - We replaced a one of a kind speedway with a shopping
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