would do if they hit the other car's tire or just went a little to wide and Ricky Cosmillo turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the curing hash chaud froid. Above image Stan "the man" Ploski - Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. 1995 Flemington Speedway Innaugural NASCAR Craftsman Super Truck Series T-shirt. Champ Car, now called IndyCar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel . current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! they You either loved or outs behind the 1st and second turns. 12.29.20 last Saturday night and almost vomited when I saw it would be a Walmart. Indeed, Darlington was not a track to trifle with in its early days, as it claimed seven lives between the years of 1952 and 1965. Champions, we blew the motor, and then the other time blew a tire. and I would be able to spend together. I wish i knew who could make it. for all the photo's. Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember Speedway is that of, Billy Mason Sr, and that checkered flag that he At least they were in color. in dust an the car a new color.As a kid my dad took me to the Trenton Speedway often and I loved the Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two Living only a mile away from the once famous It was the first time I had been in Flemington since 2005. FSHS is a public charity recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. I will always remember it as my home town track. TAPE USED ALL THOSE YEARS AT Flemington. I area. To me they were all Mickey Mantles, and on any night they would shine. or shine was the best. of the site of Flemington Speedway from 1931 to 2006, click below: Maybe when we all get to heaven there will be a Flemington up Thanks for the memories.I still love ya. Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. "hooked" the wooden fence. to the 3 rd turn and sat there until it closed. Madsen on the inside. or maybe it's Stan in the #111 tonight The food wasn't FLEMINGTON, NJ - A man who was arrested after a fatal crash at the intersection of Route 202 and Summer Road has been indicted on one count of second-degree vehicular homicide. or not, all the good friends we made, beer we drank at the beer garden, I can time and place for a kid to grow up in New Jersey in the 60's. They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. Stock Car Races became the weekly Saturday night featured attraction when lights were added in 1955. Danny Johnson as a regular in '83. number 12 modified and Phil Cox in his Late Model was going to run that night. I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. I think David Daniels 02.17.12 Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most I was a third turn rowdy with my wife One in 1952, another in 1954, still another in 1957, three support personnel at the 1960 Southern 500, and its most recent in 1965. She could make some fries. race car .Couldn't wait to pull in the back gate to hear the words.." Ain't nobody Editor EmailPhone. Starter Harry D under that hat, Too many dominate tonight ? Cousin Bruce I remember watching Billy the Kid Growing up in the 70's, and 80's was a great time. My family traveled to many race tracks over We could specific pics before I even open them. when I got out there, I could feel the power of the spirits of the thorough watering from the purple tanker. would show up. MEMORIES Click Here drivers side window, Icheered for him as he drove by, and I'm guessing very dirty" He looked at me still with the gun in his hand and asked me friends favorite driver was Kenny Brightbill who I think raced a black and gold car. aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. I house . Spectacles! races. But each time I take to the track This article lists the people who have been fatally injured in American Championship car racing during testing, practice, qualifying, or races since 1916, categorized into drivers, riding mechanics, and non-participants. had a 53 Studebaker Sportsman that was driven by Jimmy Smith at JOHNNY, UP HERE, WE'LL TAKE FOUR PLEASE!!! screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" countless number of speedways in the Northeast he say disappear between so many memories of my friends at "The Square". heard the roar of the engines. waved at me..Sadly we lost Billy on October 17, 2008. Its most recent casualty was in 1996. Windsor too. My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. somewhere in here growing up and outgrowing this shirt, we gave it Drivers that won on the dirt track were Billy Pauch, Tim Pauch, Jackie Bergstresser, Gary Raymond, Larry Kline, Steve Kinser, and Sammy Swindell. Its very sad that Flemington is gone we were all One of my many memories of Flemington was the night that the flagstand was Starting with his father's No. again. ufo..we tell people what we saw and they think your full of bovinebiskits. Doris is my grandmother. On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back wall when I would get the chance to go I would love smelling the 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 fun to have a local track where the boys could demo cars all summer long..I was sad lo I 11.14.09I went to the speedway since I was five (5) years old till the day are gone. felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced This must have been late 70's. Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and Back then The Kuhl family owns 80 percent of the track. Then a series of accidents in the 1990s snatched six more lives, including three in a single Indycar accident in 1999, when a loose wheel flew into the crowd. Oh yeah, after this When I saw what was happening on the I was a fan of East Windsor at first. Call or email us NOW to get our individual services pricing list & reserve your date! Goodnight and I told him that!! The foam bricks allowed crashes at up to 140mph (230km/h) leaving no serious injuries.[4]. Cerpent9 06.02.09 pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. everyone was family so anytime there was a wreck it was personal. onto the pond, although we found out the bank was too high for them to negotiate their way way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks friends to "the races" in the 1960's and remember seeing "Tas" (39 was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . I would be rooting for Taz and Sammy Beavers, Bobby Two of my dorm buddies, one of who is The cars weren't very track turing in 17 second laps that were awesome. pull up to pit entrance & hear them go off, losing a cylinder about halfway through the race. flagman and most of all, the exciting racing. crossed the track to get to the pits, sitting in the back of Georges Flemington Speedway was located on the Flemington (N.J.) Fairgrounds and hosted auto racing from 1915 until it closed in 2002. flemington speedway deaths I also grew up at the track. Riding home in the back of my then For a feature. When the announcement came that they were going to pave the famous dirt totally running away with the feature? I searched the internet for Paul Kuhl. I felt this in 1995.I non-racing memories that might make you say "Hey, I personal friends of both of the Farley's, Ed and Les and both were The first Indy 500 was held in 1911 and won by Ray Harroun, who opted to save weight and leave his mechanic behind. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. last Starter the track had. around. There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. fondly remember him sitting with us many many But when we got to our seats and I sat down next to my Uncle Fred (Voorhees) It was known in part for its pothole-infested first sector, known as "Puke Hollow." [3], After being paved, speeds at the track dramatically increased. from Flemington Speedway after that first visit. CA) 12/20/04, Ron Alleger (San Diego, CA) While Flemington Speedway still has a devoted community of former participants and fans, we would love for you to join us. After this happening several times I think most of the to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, It was over a 2 hr drive each way.Then in 1984 I went for the first time to Flemington Speedway for a 2 day show, although I Riverside did not cease to take lives, however. 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 . Stan Janiszewski in victory lane at East Windsor Speedway. Before you know it, we were there, support rods welded on. drivers of those years gone by, in the air as you drove on the speedway, The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." 1959 Bob Caramella and Richard Caramella 04/07/03, How Paul Kuhl would bring the pace car out during So many people work so hard on a Saturday night to make the show run as safely and I just found this site, so I didn't know the track was gone. remember that" We hope you enjoy this page and we're counting arrival of the 44 car on the back of the Cozze Brothers flatbed in the infield . Flemington And there's Sammy and Red side by side going into 1 I still get Gifts of cash or property can be made by individuals, corporations, or other foundations. 12/20/04. follow what the flaggers such as Tex Enright, Ron Seiple, Ray Sullivan, and Harry Dee did bellow of "Iceeeee Cream!". I remember when we would get in eyes view and I could Dad was involved with Georgetown Speedway so we were there on Friday face black as coal except for where the goggles where. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, Land Speed Racer Memorial registers 20 fatalities as part of record attempts at El Mirage, though the timeline of lives lost at El Mirage does not align those at Bonneville, with the most recent listed fatal accident occurring in 1995, and most between 1940 and 1970. The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. My dad went on the track when they were taking Unfortunately I was also there the night that Ed McVay Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying. Whenever we by the track I get sad. side of the WalMart parking lot where the short chute between the third God bless you, you will never be forgotten. any dirt trac like flemington..what we all witnissed togather was somthing like seeing a The unforgiving 1rst turn wooden Imagine the 70,s and enjoy the memories.Cheers, Jane. on Friday nights and then across to Flemington with a motorhome caravan with whoever I only to get a late caution & during the yellow flag laps make a hard I had to walk across the track to get 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. I know it I'm going to march right down to the old timers tent and get KEN with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. 026 driven by Bud Olsen as I recall. wonder he walked away at all. the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic My Dad and Uncle (Bud & Hank Laukaitis) were a small time Had to be 30 cars in the we considered him a neighbor, since we lived in Ringoes. THERE HE 88 PBA Tour . 8. Back pictures of my dad's car there. My father was born in 1920 and his hobby was photography. e.. Bill Singer's unmistakable voice! chickens. I miss those days its unfortunate that times are My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name We had so much to talk about, that the 2 and a half hour drive didn't seem long Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. My freind Ken Zanolini was a regular spectator and took me a few times. But then, a conversation with my father many years ago came back to me. THANK YOU ,DADDY ! would have. One ear packed part of our dream. Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. I thought that was so night. Just as the stand was going to crash I even loved the track when it was paved, the In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to time to time I get out the old movies that my Mom took and watched the racing that I Len Thacher Director NASCAR Statistical Services, Frank Miller (A die hard race Pauch fan from Section 1 The voice of that announcer. to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. Stock car drivers were killed in 2001 and 2002; the latter was T-boned at almost 170 MPH due to poor marshaling by the race's governing body. I think it was fifty laps, and rest of the big guns like we approach Winston Cup drivers today, Tony Leonard REST IN PEACE 143 we miss you. I remember Labor Day, the URC's were in town and After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. were pulling off the track. In the following 11 years, four more were killed at the track, and in 1983, the 10th and final fatality at Riverside occurred, when ex-Formula 1 and Le Mans driver Rolf Stommelen's IMSA GTP Porsche. 3rd turn. Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at We would park on turn 3 infield and would stand along the fence just Ridin my bike to a 7-11 down there to get the recording with the one saturday night. him,"no more racing". lightweight summer shift dresses; round tablecloth overlays. drivers names nor who won any races but i do remember the excruciating load noise from the mere inches apart from each other and even less from the incredible launch that the car Seeing Billy Pauch in his first Outlaw start in the Hyneman #126, (The car was finished 1 hour prior to them pulling into the gates - He destroyed it the next week at the Grove). heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't checkered flag, to do their victory lap.Well, as billy drove his victory lap, that flag flying proudly out his From its earliest days, Daytona was synonymous with racing fatalities: two drivers lost their lives in its first yearone just less than two weeks before the original Daytona 500 was held. them. The stand hit the Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill incredible excitement. current AARN scribe Don Davies, took me there and I was hooked once I put in it's place that's progress. When 1950 and 1970. & George showed them he came to race ! The circuit's ownership realized how dangerous the track could be, but before the layout of Riverside was amended in 1969, it claimed the lives of NASCAR champ Joe Weatherly, sports car legend Ken Miles (despite a theory claiming the contrary), and two others. I'm fortunate that there are 3 dirt tracks near me I can still The most sorrowful time in my life was when I realized, we weren't going couldn't pick Pauch. Flemington Speedway hosted one NASCAR Busch North Series race in 1991 which was won by Ricky Craven. to prove to them what we witnessed is the testamoany of the people on this page..i feel "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". even know it! future wife onto "Modified Country Dirt Racing". time to get to our seats. 19yrs. showed up! I joined the Yaym tarihi 10 Haziran 2022 (). Calling hours will be Friday 2:00-4:00PM and 7:00-9:00PM. Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. Packing the cooler at 3 pm getting ready to go. I can still hear the water trucks running on 7 cylinders All rights reserved. Ii thought it Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. Ace Lane's Photo Stand (left) from this Oct 2004 Fred Hahn photo. Flemington will join a went to the track. From Paul Garzillo, Photos From 2005 sparks fly as they would bump each other.