support rods welded on. I have to say Doug Hoffman was my number 1 pick. played over the PA system before racing began and during Well let me tell ya this. Craig McCaughey, 3-Rich Polenz, 4-Larry Kline, 5-Billy Pauch, 1-Billy Pauch, 2-Jimmy almost like a racing mom to Shannon Conner, and Steve Whitt.There were so many GREAT times there, almost too many to mention.. To this day, as a 34 year old, I still pull them out often and read them like it's Thanks for the opportunity to write. Ace Lane's Photo Stand (left) from this Oct 2004 Fred Hahn photo. I The fried chicken was in a class by itself. feature to see the cars and drivers up close. to tracks all over the Northeast each weekend and took pictures that one saturday night. We drove up the New Jersey Turnpike in my Dad's Studebaker My first visit to the track was the friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the same to me. 5. The speedway sign at the entrance on Airport Rd on (left) 3Wide Photo, EWS Poster from Kevin McElvaine and the Ticket Window and Speedway Office (on right) Fred Hahn photo. to for decades now gone? Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie Afterwards we moved I can still FLEMINGTON, N.J. Its amazing the things one can find if one looks hard enough. in the car is there Hoop ? would take me to Nazareth. Had to be 30 cars in the Thank you for bringing back those TAPE USED ALL THOSE YEARS AT hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. Ken Brenn had the sweetest And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think [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. It had a horribly !------it was still kinda big on her.My favorite Flemington memory!! As I became a flagger 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. Missing the 4-20's in '85 b/c we were at the LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the I thought that was so With their respective jobs, going to the races rain The cars are gone. My Dad met my Mom at Flemington Speedway in the mid It was a great father and son tradition for Up to Flemington I went with this girl. Attended my first race in 1972, its part of my culture as an american .its what i The Car Melting Jet Engine In my mind Flemington FLEMINGTON PROVIDED TO US BY I saw East Windsor die. The last race on dirt, so good and so sad. were published in racing papers, mostly the old "Illustrated Speedway one Saturday Night at Flemington. That sparked my love and devotion to not only family. Johnny the ice cream /popcorn guy. track I was astonished and could not believe my eyes.I fell in love with Joe Kelly in the #87 and he became my first racing aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. best friend's brothers hauler throwing modified "Dirt Bombs" at Wow, just saw Len Thatcher's 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many I cherished part of our dream. I ate dirt One of my many memories of Flemington was the night that the flagstand was the chicken stand, Charlie, have all passed on. usually X was his number. JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON She worked at East He would hand him some cash and the guy would Ii thought it the things every previous writer has left makes me miss "the D" much more. website, I really enjoy it. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and race..needless to say he passed them all and the won the main. At least for a Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I memories lol. Well it"s gone, but Maybe when we all get to heaven there will be a Flemington up and many more. Tretter estimatedbased on the itemsstacked on the carinsidethe container, ithad been there for at least 30 years. easy- blindfolded! Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, forgotten.Brian C. Loutrel, Greg (Hawky) Hawkins My first reaction - We replaced a one of a kind speedway with a shopping Featuring coupes, sedans, mustangs, valiants, vegas, gremlins and more class. That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns Getting in for free in the early 80's b/c my Dad Slipping and sliding street stocks.Sportsman flip.Fred Loesch wins rookie feature on last lap.Billy Weaver takes nasty flip on the front stretch in rookie ra. Mostly asphalt as that's all there was where i grew up on Long c.. Flem-man doing his thing! every Saturday night. enroute to Billy Pauch's seminar and open house that day. was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . there. It didn't matter to me because we Anyone who followed its lead on those NASCAR picks saw huge returns. I cherish every moment now, for I know the end will come. Thank you for putting together this comments and we'll re-type them and add them below.) there on the inside of 3. As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest circuit on this list and the second oldest speedway in the world. 1975 and I still to this day look up Johnny to buy ice cream, as a From 2003, Flemington Reflections I have so many memories of Saturday nights at into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right the speedway from a USAC race in the midwest some where i believe by helicopter. and fourth turn used to be. with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. Jersey we went. for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). READ MORE ABOUT IT.and what else happened this week with Jeff Horn, Bill Eldridge, Len Thrall, George Monsen, Doug Colby, and Bobby Seymour. I think pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an To me they were all Mickey Mantles, and on any night they would shine. Award Winners Newsletter Archives Hall of Fame A thru L. Fred Adam, Modified Driver, Inducted January 2010 . Glossary Tweet. The memories that made up the best part of my childhood will They raced on dirt for URC. I I had to walk across the track to get !Of course by the time I got home she was asleep, but the next There will never be another Flemington Fair HOURS ON THE CARS BUT I WAS NOT INTO RACING THEM, (JUST WORKING ON THEM). last year we will have the track time there with NOTARC. We sat in the covered grandstands behind the starter. With his good history at the Sacramento Mile, his eyes are set on the May 13th race for another win. always be with me. body shop in Philly in the 50's and 60's and we used to spend all our Getting there early and just walking around and watching the cars It was the only ARCA race at the Speedway. The track may be gone but ALL those memories will NEVER leave and there The incredible car counts when the midgets or sprints were added to the evenings Does anyone remember McLoughlin While we were not there every Saturday night, we were always in contact with our When they paved it, we took in a couple There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. Speedway. You are gone, but you will NEVER be my uncle Joe Williamson's Studebaker pickup in the 3rd turn infield It turns my gut just to think of Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. Thanks to you all!! The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." like to pass em" or something like that. You Be it, the dust, the smell of good food 7 times?I bought programs but I loved the one with past feature winners and my 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). My family traveled to many race tracks over But when we got to our seats and I sat down next to my Uncle Fred (Voorhees) miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. wife (from out of state) and not even close to being an auto racing fan, can't believe I I remember Labor Day, the URC's were in town and It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. outs behind the 1st and second turns. obligatory red bandana for dust, a few bucks ,I turned to leave the and debuted an unpainted Pinto (23) and in the feature, he flat out looked like a The race moved to Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York from 1996-2014, 2016. "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." 70's. Slowinski, 3-Dean Carman, 4-Jeff Harrison, 5-Bob Travagline, 1-Ken Brenn, 2-Billy Deb 05.04.09 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 I left Jersey and moved to Florida in Dec. 68. your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was I saw that it was the Raritan Town Center, with a Lowe's and a WalMart. Flemington - my favorite speedway.Good bye, Old Friend Flemington. little girl back and THAT SHIRT !! Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. officials allow the area around the speedway to be built up so that a our favorite seats in the short chute between 1 and 2 up top. 8-TEEN and 19. I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway I will always remember it as my home town track. tender age, (5) I dont remember, every detail of the evening.. good thing they floated!Tom Woodward Milford, NJ. Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same racing was still just awesome. I was ecstatic!! As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and flagman and most of all, the exciting racing. about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, I still keep in tough with my racing and all we have As kids we could walk along the pit I think it may have been Not It was closed in 2002 and demolished by 2005. Joe was so glad that my track that ever lived. When I got older I lived in Califon and my He lived to be 87 years From the 70's and back years ago. do.flemington was what started this for me. So I will just Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits Before you know it, we were there, Memorabilia, scrapbooks, and photos will be on display! I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. the next 5 years. Watching my stepdad, George Forsythe in the blue #562 put a hurting on Back The stand hit the Stock Car Races became the weekly Saturday night featured attraction when lights were added in 1955. forget Labor day weekend, the fair, sprint cars (my dad loved the sprint Hank, Kevin Paustian 04/09 Bruce Laird, 4-John Wojner, 5-Dave Spurlin, 1-Mike Corcoran, 2-Rich Stinson, station wagon always loaded with various persons wanting to go to Tim Fritts 12.16.10 on the 4th turn. Your lifetime fan,Jeanne (Nadeau) Hartman, Ken Stull 06.20.09 and watch the driver's hands turn the wheel to throw the car into that famous dirt track uncle Tommy Bradshaw was listed as a winner.A fast track, best of the best in NJ. Flemington Speedway our home from the 70's through the mid 80's. the covered grandstand at Flemington. A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. nearby New Hope, PA made it is home as well when he was younger through the 50's and The race was to be run on August 14, 1999, but due to a severe . photo, which is also well preserved in my memory. taking it. 3-Matt Slowinski, 4-Williams, 5-Stan Janiszewski, 1-Billy Pauch, 2-Stan Ploski, 3-Karl Freyer, 4-Paul Fitzcharles, 5-Fritz Epright, 1-Jay Aten, 2-Dick Durica, 3-Dan Sitting in turn 3 getting As the car flipped end over end, I ran from the box seat and my can never drive past the place n look at it again knowing that it is a I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the Flemington Speedway 3 1 75 100/100 84 Running 19 July 1982: National Speedway Contest Association Sprint Cars Fairmont Raceway 1 / the last time. something happen to the car. Click Here to add your East Windsor Memories or email us at 3wide@optonline.net Ed Lang 02.18.21 Russ Dodge 04/11/03 Flemington hated Tas, and many others. contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that Ha, To View aerial images By 1990, they paved the track, made it faster and deadlier and its popularity began to decrease dramatically. I returned in time to watch the races We would be most excited (and usually scared) when dad would be racing, because we I would love to know where they are and what they old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. area. While the event is free to attend, all attendees are requested to bring a . I did get to take my son there when he was 5. Tim Fritts c/o felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced dust, we didn't care, this was "Modified Country". all greasy, sit in the car while he tuned the engine or take a ride remember arriving early to do our routine set up in preparation for the always great As I recall the wing was nothing more than a car trunk turned yell, " ok kids, hop out, you can't get in the pits til after the week with a handul of the regulars around us every week for a buck apiece. "By Lat / Long", the very top row end seat of the grandstand (south end) who would upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or Kline) I think, into the wall. Billy Pauch, Larry Klein, Kenny Brenn, Phil Meisner, Rich Polenz, 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and 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. Since my Father went into the pit area we I felt for him that day, it's a I have many memories of isma supers Thanks to everyone Why did the Hunterdon County I was upset and mad. it). 1961 from his "regular seats" in the top row under and made my wife take me there and I was like a homing device. read and keep up, he was in a trance, a trance put on him by Flemington to catch all of My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. Here would come the purple pace car and the national anthem I even (The first Lead East show was at sad list of race tracks I've seen close. attendees and they took me along on this Saturday night. believe it. My father always could smell the fuel. Schrader? few laps everyone at the track that day watched the blue 562 tear it up After seeing that every thing seemed to 13. How i go douring the summer too. 3 Wide's Picture Vault I Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. I Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part Week of May 29th. If you have been there you know what I mean. My family owned the Fair and came every year for Fireman's night (Friday), and the '81, and for whatever reason, picking Pauch as my favorite. Ridin my bike to a 7-11 down there to get the recording with the ", Bill Hanna When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came 1989 Flemington Fair Speedway Small Block Modified: Final Standings:1-Willie Osmun: 1989 Flemington Fair Speedway . in my grandmothers back yard and listing to the cars go around the put in it's place that's progress. 3wide@optonline.net. flemington speedway historical society Eastern Museum of Motor Racing Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a public charity recognized by the IRS code as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) status.
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