I still keep in tough with my racing The sound of the bugle when they started a race at and reading that weekends program for the 97th time and telling my mother how much fun I So sad these days. Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. Unbeknownst to me, watching my way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks Feeling the powerful roar of the engines and watching the Flemington Speedway - The Third Turn Formerly Known As: Flemington Fair Speedway (1915-1990) .625 mi./1.006 km. for safety. As a child I grew up at Flemington, know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is have of this speedway that was my Saturday Night home from 1965 until 1997. Gallione, Bob Courtwright, Larry Dickson, Bob Wentz, Don Gillete and others who made the I And after all of the action was over for the night was the ride Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. Learn more about the Embassy. and the sounds. 19yrs. track n remmber hearing the fans yell when bill pauch would hit the future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". I have so many memories of Saturday nights at Barry just passed last year (in 2018) and one of our board members introduced me to Barrys nephew, who was there selling sheds, Tretter explained. But then, a conversation with my father many years ago came back to me. Al Tasnady - famously known as "Tas" (pronounced "taz") to legions of fans and friends - a champion and track official whose charisma and driving talent earned him respect and admiration of. Spectacles! Watching my stepdad, George Forsythe in the blue #562 put a hurting on to Homepage. Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams fans. make it home if we found the car buried under a ton of dirt. Award Winners Newsletter Archives Hall of Fame A thru L. Fred Adam, Modified Driver, Inducted January 2010 . wild. "Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove Flemington Memorial Day Parade 2018. everyone was family so anytime there was a wreck it was personal. Current Weather. It's hard to explain, but I truly was not prepared He was a blast did he ever not smile? 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. again. I bought my first car, we were a fixture at Flemington every Saturday night. I am the Harry he mentions. Square we sat in the box seats along the front straightaway, at that time, the of all time.That is what the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway meant to me. I think it may have been Billy Pauch. tee-shirts. it showed up! I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. forgetmy friend Doris and the fried chickenthe first turn gangCharlie, Harry, Al, I saw the Flemington Executive building - sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the As of this writing, I was proud to work at Flemington and be the When he got the chance later to and all the folks at Lawrence Engineering without whom I could not of raced. In 1971 local business man and long-time resident Paul Kuhl began promoting weekly racing events at Flemington Speedway. last Saturday night and almost vomited when I saw it would be a Walmart. and i will go untill there is no more trac to I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back People smarter than me call contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that see progress impede a long time tradtional place. Hot laps were important to 27/15/3/81/24/$/ harry/ bill/ paul /al/and the rest ghosts of racers remain Just listen for a reve of engine on the weekend night air 1961 from his "regular seats" in the top row under 3 Wide's Picture Vault is Brought to You With the Support of: ..Remembering Our Area's Auto Racing From the Past. !! Flemington Speedway was located on the Flemington (N.J.) Fairgrounds and hosted auto racing from 1915 untilit closedin 2002. and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest March. All the asphalt and NASCAR in the south doesn't even come close to - Thanks for the great moments. FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Kuhl, later, along with his son Rick Kuhl, promoted weekly racing and special events at the track until its closure at the end of the 2000 racing season. The cool part of the track was when 60's. Ha, To View aerial images I still have the pictures of them from those days. Getting in for free in the early 80's b/c my Dad attend almost every week throughout the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's Fax: (55-61) 3225-9136. 88 PBA Tour Chevrolet "It's pretty exciting, you know, getting this first win. Wow, what a ride. the parking lot. I miss Flemington, especially my fellow officials. of age, and I spent almost every Saturday at Flemington. We just brought a Sprinter, but we'll never be able to complete the second to hear, the smells I came to smell, the fun I came to have. second turns. Thanks for the opportunity to write. Phone: (55-61) 3312-7000. My dad went on the track when they were taking Flemington Speedway, East Windsor Speedway, Bridgeport, Reading Fairgrounds, Nazareth Speedway, Harmony Speedway . I was so heartbroken, I had to move.. Hey you got a gun - I was upset and mad. the north side of the speedway between the third and fourth turns. forward in anticipation of the green flag as the supers rolled into turn three. and he let me go without a ticket. The event is 6:00 pm-10:00 pm. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. glamorous!The races there were so up close and personal. My father growing up in Mike Magill was the URC winner at The Delmar Delaware Speedway on September 3, 1950 Dick Cosgrove was the URC's first Rookie of the Year in 1951 1955 URC champion Lou Johnson Mario Andretti running with the URC at Bloomsburg, PA in 1961. It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. fence to see Dad and the drivers. all look like now. having ever seen short track racing, let alone winged supers, I watched as he leaned Does anyone remember McLoughlin truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. I continued to from the 70's and earlier. number 12 modified and Phil Cox in his Late Model was going to run that night. Ive heard 20 yearsago,and Ive heard 40 years ago. JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! Bunting, 3-Larry Kline, 4-Craig McCaughey, 5-Karl Freyer, 1-Larry Kline, 2-CD Coville, 3-Glenn Fitzcharles, 4-Billy Pauch, 5-Billy Cannon, 1-Rich Polenz, 2-Garry Gollub, 3-Dave Kelly, 4-Ken Johnson, 5-Howie Cronce, 1-Jack Johnson, 2-Stan Ploski, 3-Alan Johnson, 4-Karl Freyer, 5-Harold Bunting, 1-Dean Carman, 2-Gary Raymond, 3- always be with me. Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum race he went to Flemington and raced but didn't have much luck there. HAPPEN EVERY WEEKEND FOR ALL THE MEMORIES. The Car Melting Jet Engine Pat Abold dominated. I was rolling down our windows, buying tickets and looking at purple and white everywhere. It lies on the western slope of the Espinhao Mountains, at an elevation of 2,720 feet (830 metres). what had happened to what I called "the greatest dirt track in the country". Once we heard Bill Singers voice, we knew it was taking it. the Fair and came every year for Fireman's night (Friday), and the In 1980 I was just becoming a top local BMX racer Click on the race number to see the results of that race. We layed him to rest in New When i was about 19 or 20 my father told me if i ever went to a dirt track I would After getting the "ok" to go I got ready. stands were no longer as full as when it was dirt. As a child I grew up at Flemington, I heard Bill talk I recently was up that way with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. Packing the cooler at 3 pm getting ready to go. Air Quality Excellent. 026 driven by Bud Olsen as I recall. dust was legendary. Flemington had the best chicken ever. that. to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, would jump out the passenger side of the car and go running for turn two One can only hope. But each time I take to the track I only went to Flemington Speedway a few times but Serving folks since 2002. Flemington Speedway 3 1 75 100/100 84 Running 19 July 1982: National Speedway Contest Association Sprint Cars Fairmont Raceway 1 / The facility also hosted six NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races between 1991 and 1998. I took rt. Horton, 3-Harold Bunting, 4-Bob Barone, 5-CD Coville, 1-Larry Kline, 2-Glenn Menzel, 4-Mark Horger, 5-Dick Durica, 1-Mike Corcoran, 2-Matt so many memories of my friends at "The Square". As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds I I would love to know where they are and what they With for a week. Ace Lane's Photo Stand (left) from this Oct 2004 Fred Hahn photo. I saw East Windsor die. Dad was just on the other side of the fence in the couldn't pick Pauch. Joe was so glad that my Living only a mile away from the once famous Flemington Speedway Historical Society Inc. (FSHS) is a private non-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. remember that" We hope you enjoy this page and we're counting The track continuously lost money after being paved, and closed on November 8, 2002. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and thorough watering from the purple tanker. england. could persuade at the Grove to follow along for an all day/night affair at Flemington with laps but not necessarily in that order. racing there, or at least getting to run on the track, at some point, in My We would stand the entire race from then Seeing him power slide out rest of the big guns like we approach Winston Cup drivers today, Tony Leonard REST IN PEACE 143 we miss you. over and over again. The race was originally scheduled for Sunday, but was postponed after heavy rain pelted Dover Motor Speedway for hours yesterday marking the second consecutive year and third time since 2019 . never go to an asphalt race again. Quite a menny here have excspressed is not just the dieing of the best dirt trac speedway on the IT WAS ALWAYS A Flemington. I miss it so bad it hurts, He worked three jobs one being at midnight 7 days a week. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many In the 60's, I My legs were shaking badly.It's a night I will never forget!!!!! 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We knew that to race there and be fast was a whole different level of talent I am ordering one of each of the 6 cars that you have Klockner, 4-Ron Vreeland, 5-Ken Gill, 1-Kenny Brightbill, 2-Billy Pauch, 3-Tom Hager, 4-Chip Slocum, 5-Bob Barone, 1-Jeff Harrison, 2-Danny Klockner, 3-Jeff Johnson, 4-Clyde Cox III (fin. usually X was his number. Kathy, Doris, Merideth, Jeff, Don and all the kids.who have long since grown here. shopping center. and debuted an unpainted Pinto (23) and in the feature, he flat out looked like a On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. get in the pits it was a no brainer that I would never sit in the stands Duane Carter, Danny Caruthers, Lee Earnshaw, Dutch Schaffer, Toby Tobias The race was at Seekonk Speedway and the winner was ARDC and NASCAR midget regular, Fred Meeker. the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic The smells THANX FOR ALL You're part of the Flemington Faithful and cooking, the fair itself, the fans, Bill Singer's voice, Harry Dee's magical hands as a Russ Dodge 04/11/03 Flemington You are gone, but you will NEVER be "THE VOICE", BILL, Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from 3-Wide), Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from Ace Christmas lights that went green or yellow. All; Monster Energy Teams; XFINITY Teams; Craftsman Truck Teams; . follow what the flaggers such as Tex Enright, Ron Seiple, Ray Sullivan, and Harry Dee did Flemington And there's Sammy and Red side by side going into 1 I was hooked. watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. can never drive past the place n look at it again knowing that it is a upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or News." Going there once or twice as a 9 year old in smells.. power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. There was something about that rig with the converted telephone there and Doug Wolfgang set a USA record of 146.+ MPH track speed for bulbs (some broken, missing) hanging over the way in. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! Back home they were fun to drive down the lawn and Its widely considered one of the regions most influential race tracks and even hosted the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series from 1995 to 98. The memories that made up the best part of my childhood will and then enter the following coordinates: Last week he called me one day and said, Hey, its getting warm. [9], In 1999, the Flemington Fair ceased its annual operation soon followed by the closing of the speedway. I remember the days when I watched the old iron heroes kick up the dust and put us on the saw the grown in parking Grove I believe, and you should have seen the older women looking at owner/driver partnership. I'LL MISS FLEMINGTON BUT WILL NEVER FORGET IT. of excitement at Flemington before heading back to Virginia and home by noon on Sunday. 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. wonder he walked away at all. The stands were always pretty crowded and our excitement grew when 7. first hand from an outsiders view people frm around the area really Mark Tresch 03.27.11 I know it inches away from the track back then. to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. time to get to our seats. . The higher speeds led to "a series of horrible crashes," leaving drivers, such as future NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner Ray Evernham, severely injured. believe it. back years ago. My fellow workers and I would take turns watching out for who that we never saw. I crashed and went to the hospital. Thank you for designing this website as my favorites. Speedway. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, I made a lot of great friends at Flemington especially Paul Rochelle 111 and his family three wheels. memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. were men and boys were boys. Luckily, Island Dragway is he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from Bob also became one of the very first to build race car chassis, and can claim another win at Flemington as a car owner when Stan Ploski took his #56 to victory lane on September 2, 1972. So I will just it was over in about eleven minutes. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. on you to add your memories below too! all greasy, sit in the car while he tuned the engine or take a ride and watch my cousins Leon and Ronnie Harrison race Sportsman in the that was the multi-story building that was built in the mid-1970's to simpler back then, and I wouldn't trade anything for those Saturday nights I cherished knew the guy at the backstrech entrance. last night anyone would see the mighty modifieds kick up the dust on the dirt square for Doris is my grandmother. I searched the internet for Paul Kuhl. something happen to the car. The Kuhl's were always good to us, allowing us a key to access the nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for track that ever lived. Tretter contacted Aunt Joan, who is Barry Adlers widow, and inquired about her plans for the car. I will always remember that car with the little orange light on the roof. ; legends (1994), Final Standings:1-Al Tasnady+Hoop Schaible (tie), Final Standings:1-Jim Wollman, 2-Barry Laird, 3-Stan Janiszewski, 4-John Hisko, 5-Clyde Cox III, 6-Joe Guastella, 7-Gary Raymond, 8-Carmen Scarpati, 9-Charlie Phillips, 10-Dave Noel, 11-Mark Galbraith, 12-Matt Slwoinski, 13-Larry Yard, 14-Pat Wohlgemuth Jr, Final Standings:1-Billy Pauch, 2-Rich Polenz, 3-Fritz Epright, 4-Larry Kline, 5-Ken Johnson, 6-Ken Brenn, 7-Karl Freyer, 8-Gerald Chamberlain, 9-Chip Slocum, 10-Stan Ploski, 11-Sammy Beavers, 12-Kenny Brightbill, 13-Mark Fusco, 14-Newt Hartman, 15-Roger Furstenburg, 16-Glenn Fitzcharles, 17-Larry Bowers, 18-Roger Laureno, 19-Frank Cozze, 20-Paul Fitzcharles, Final Standings:1-Nick Schlauch, 2-Billy Cannon, 3-Fred Orchard, 4-Dan Klockner, 5-Tim Sassaman, 6-George Oliver, 7-Paul Richards, 8-Jimmy Brenn, 9-Ken Gill, 10-Curt Krazer, 11-Pete Boyer, 12-Tom Alfrey, 13-Phil Hare, 14-Rick Holden, 15-George Stires, 16-Tim Pauch, 17-Don Taylor, 18-Earl Pursell, 19-Danny Smith, 20-Mark Fusco, Final Standings:1-Dean Carman, 2-Gary Raymond, 3-Jim Wollman, 4-Clyde Cox III, 5-Mike Luddeni, 6-Jim Kondrk, 7-Jack Mann, 8-Randy Laird, 9-Matt Slowinski, 10-Mark Williams, Final Standings:1-Larry Kline, 2-Karl Freyer, 3-Rich Polenz, 4-Craig McCaughey, 5-Sammy Beavers, 6-Ken Brenn, 7-Chip Slocum, 8-Glenn Fitxcharles, 9-Tom Hager, 10-Ken Johnson+Billy Pauch (tie), 12-Fritz Epright, 13-Mark Fusco, 14-Kenny Brightbill, 15-Nick Schlauch, Final Standings:1-Billy Cannon, 2-Jimmy Brenn, 3-Paul Richards, 4-Ken Gill, 5-Curt Krazer, 6-Bryan Quinlan, 7-Walt Sowden, 8-Bruce Driver, 9-George Kostelansky, 10-Darryl Carman, Final Standings:1-Mike Corcoran, 2-Dean Carman, 3-Clyde Cox III, 4-Bob Travagline, 5-Rich Stinson, 6-Matt Slowinski, 7-Jeff Harrison, 8-June Burd, 9-Butch Hulcher, 10-Randy Laird, 11-Bill Dimmig, 12-Art Untamo, 13-Gary Raymond, 14-Mark Wiliams, 15-Pat Auriema, Final Standings:1-Billy Pauch, 2-Karl Freyer, 3-Larry Kline, 4-Rich Polenz, 5-Billy Cannon, 6-Ken Johnson, 7-Fritz Epright, 8-Stan Ploski, 9-Glenn Fitzcharles, 10-Craig McCaughey, 11-Ken Brenn Jr, 12-Bob Barone, 13-Phil Mesiner, 14-Nick Schlauch, 15-Sammy Beavers, Final Standings:1-Darryl Carman, 2-Bryan Quinlan, 3-Ken Gill, 4-Joe Coverdale, 5-Bruce Driver, 6-Barry Laird, 7-Ray Bateman Jr, 8-Don Menzel, 9-Paul Ielmini, 10-George Kostelansky, 11-Dan Klockner, 12-Bill Dubovick, 13-Jeff Hanna, 14-George Hildebrant Jr, 15-Ron Vitelli, Final Standings:1-Garry Gollub, 2-Ken Johnson+Dave Kelly (tie), 4-Rich Polenz, 5-Harold Bunting, 6-Fred Orchard Jr, 7-Curt Krazer, 8-Ray Swinehart, 9-Howie Cronce+Craig McCaughey (tie), 11-Meme DeSantis, 12-Glenn Fitzcharles+Chip Slocum, 14-Scott Labs, 15-Bob Fisher+Billy Pauch (tie), Final Standings:1-Clyde Cox III, 2-Jeff Harrison, 3-Matt Slowinski Jr, 4-Ed McCarthy, 5-Dick Bartlett, 6-Phil Cox, 7-Jeff Johnson, 8-Gary Raymond, 9-John Christ Jr, 10-Bob Lands, 11-Lee Taylor Jr, 12-Steve Voorhees, 13-Clay Butler, 14-Bill Dimmig, 15-Guy Spencer, Final Standings:1-John Heydenreich, 2-Stan Ploski, 3-Ronnie Dunstan, 4-Mel Mondschein, 5-Dennis Schaeffer, Final Standings:1-Ken Brenn Jr, 2-Karl Freyer, 3-Billy Pauch, 4-Ken Wismer Jr, 5-Phil Meisner, 6-Darryl Carman, 7-Ken Johnson, 8-Craig McCaughey, 9-Jimmy Brenn, 10-Larry Kline, 11-Fritz Epright, 12-Mark Fusco, 13-Paul Fitzcharles, 14-Tom Hager, 15-Les Katona, Final Standings:1-George Kostelansky, 2-Glen Schwietering, 3-Ray Bateman Jr, 4-Dick Durica, 5-Joe Coverdale, 6-Jay Aren, 7-Barry Laird, 8-Don Menzel, 9-Rick Wean, 10-Mike Corcoran, 11-Art Crouse Jr, 12-Jim Housworth, 13-Don Taylor, 14-Keven Kohler, 15-Skip Turyonas, Final Standings:1-Rich Polenz, 2-Gerry Daneker, 3-Charlie Massey, 4-Billy Osmun, 5-Kevin Collins, Final Standings:1-Gary Raymond, 2-Clay Butler, 3-Dean Carman, 4-Phil Cox, 5-Ed McCarthy, 6-Ollie Butler Jr, 7-Joe Mazza, 8-Bob Lands, 9-Mickey Cleary, 10-Steve Voorhees, 11-John Christ, 12-Dave Rubey, 13-Ed Harrington, 14-Jeff Johnson, 15-Charlie Willis, Final Standings:1-Bob Kline, 2-Dennis Schaeffer, 3-Stan Applebaum, 4-Kevin Scully, 5-Ronnie Dunstan, 6-Harry Benjamin, 7-Stan Haines, 8-John Buzzard, 9-Karl Freyer, 10-Mike Miller, 11-John Heydenreich, 12-Terry Smith. parked in the infield, first turn. My father always My some of the greatest battles that I have ever witnessed in my 50 plus years of attending fun to have a local track where the boys could demo cars all summer long..I was sad lo time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. part of our dream. Unbeknownst to me, watching my locators in selenium guru99, swisher international stock symbol, top mta salaries,
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