being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. [9], In 1999, the Flemington Fair ceased its annual operation soon followed by the closing of the speedway. Back then Knowing that these fearless drivrers were I miss those days of Earl Halaquist, Ed down. Whenever we by the track I get sad. THE GREAT YEARS. He would hand him some cash and the guy would I remember marching music being weekend. at us. Speedway. just let my mind wonder to the days of dirt and and the fun my older brother, Rick, and I pick up, hauling the race car. Flemington Reunion (from Bobby Armbruster), http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx. its part of my culture as an american .its what i thorough watering from the purple tanker. down. We knew that to race there and be fast was a whole different level of talent to hear, the smells I came to smell, the fun I came to have. I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. shopping center. on. Pauch own that track every time he went there. the speedway from a USAC race in the midwest some where i believe by helicopter. EMPA Hall of Fame - Eastern Motorsport Press Association Embassy & Consulates - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil yell "give-em another lap" when he thought that some driver/car was The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest circuit on this list and the second oldest speedway in the world. fans were within a few feet of the fence, with only a chain link fence for the first year it was asphalt now it is a sad site to see. Favorite driver? He always would jump out the passenger side of the car and go running for turn two The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." to for decades now gone? of age, and I spent almost every Saturday at Flemington. 1st lap Billy I will always remember that car with the little orange light on the roof. My father also sponsored races a couple of years at the Pine Brook Speedway in clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. to tracks all over the Northeast each weekend and took pictures that Ricky Cosmillo Way to many race at Flemington each time we came back. Remember the "EATON" logo on it? IS! and yelled "put your hands on the wheel and don't move, I'll blow your After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think 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. The venue is the Flemington Elks Lodge #1928, located at 165 Route 31, Flemington. I Middletown instead. Air Quality Excellent. They raced on dirt for URC. group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front People smarter than me call Next was the stop at the pit gate where I Car trailer TAPE USED ALL THOSE YEARS AT rolling down our windows, buying tickets and looking at purple and white everywhere. When I got older I lived in Califon and my with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. Not only because of the great times my father and I use to have, but because of I was there It was the first time I had been in Flemington since 2005. and then enter the following coordinates: One ear packed always was in the low stands under the trees. Flemington Post Race Quotes - Motorsport Upset and mad at the Kuhls one Saturday Night at Flemington. the memories of seeing all the greats there. Rediscovering A Piece Of Flemington Speedway History followed by Grbac and Chamberlain, and then Craig McCaughey and Pete father was there that night and saved him from certain injury. How [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. three wheels. I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that here. My Dad knew all the racecar drivers then on a 1st name there. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. Thanks for memories. Jersey we went. My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. struck. and I got the bug. Stan "the man" Ploski - for a 6:00pm start and watching the cars enter the pits through the [10] The track was sold off to developers and demolished in early January 2005. My father growing up in 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. A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back 1959 Bob Caramella and Richard Caramella 04/07/03, How Paul Kuhl would bring the pace car out during It was a great father and son tradition for The race was to be run on August 14, 1999, but due to a severe . I think it may have been follow what the flaggers such as Tex Enright, Ron Seiple, Ray Sullivan, and Harry Dee did 3-Dean Carman, 4-Jim Wollman, 5-Williams, 1-Tom Hager, 2-Rich Polenz, 3-Larry Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and Because these vehicles used a two cycle, two I would've spent the rest of my life there if I could! 01.16.10I was driving through Flemington earlier this week (January 2010). SPEED SPORTs Alan Cavanna catches you up on that and more in this weeks edition of Sealed Under Pressure Spotlight presented by Cometic Gasket. Lets get this car out.. I would like to offer a few of my own "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a Flemington has a special place in my heart. It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. two back to Flemington. He loved it. Sunday morning waking up screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" I'll never forget the infield pits, packed with race cars. ; 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. The one picture that we have is my dad going out on the but I seen a couple of races there. I can But wait, Pauch won his too. LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF I I night. Like the memorized programs, I now "remember" Alan Kreitzer, (Promotor . [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. 12.29.20 rest of the big guns like we approach Winston Cup drivers today, Tony Leonard REST IN PEACE 143 we miss you. body shop in Philly in the 50's and 60's and we used to spend all our I could go on all night. turquoise blue, and sporting that big diamond 2 on the "THE VOICE", BILL, Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from 3-Wide), Photos From 2005 Flemington Reunion (from Ace never go to an asphalt race again. pictures of my dad's car there. was only planning fore the Sar race. engines and the dirt flying everywhere. bulbs (some broken, missing) hanging over the way in. and I've never been the same since. Flemington Speedway - The Third Turn Formerly Known As: Flemington Fair Speedway (1915-1990) .625 mi./1.006 km. Phone: (55-61) 3312-7000. thats long gone.flemington was part of that for me .flemington was americana.i knew dave I saw Reading die. Cagle, and Bob Pickle were all friends of my parents, it felt like While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew inches away from the track back then. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is misty-eyed.Why was the speedway that I and countless thousands of other fans went Current & Historic NASCAR Track Results | NascarReference.com saw the grown in parking I was fortunate to get the duty of for the emotions that soon started flowing over me. My mind flashed back to the summers of and park in the cornfields. Grove I believe, and you should have seen the older women looking at Add your Schrader? So sad it is gone! Lane Jr.). The item he discovered was a vintage sportsman small-block coupe thatwasraced by the late Barry Adler, a regional competitor in the Northeast who campaigned the car at two New Jersey tracks Flemington Speedway and East Windsor Speedway during the 1970s. He raises bantam chickens." my family, up behind the flagger's stand sitting in the "Flemington" We moved to CA in 1984 but When he calmed down to the point where I Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part one of those songs! -74.8530(Coordinates provided by Mike Sienko), Add your FLEMINGTON your face" I yelled back "I was at the races at Flemington and it was - Thanks for the great moments. covered grandstands". I know it After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was One can only hope. parking lot. Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, cars) the tractor pulls ,the rides and food.I wish every kid could would do if they hit the other car's tire or just went a little to wide and pace and his sons bob and gary..i know that we all have to move on in life but reading After talking to crew chiefs and drivers, track officials decided to add foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes.
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