1. Too bad we didn't take more pictures or video Hey NASCAR, in case you didn't notice, 4 drivers are dead When they paved it, we took in a couple lot of nights and it was always cool, to see us up there. usually X was his number. it closed. to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New After the 1990 season ended, the track was paved, and they added foam blocks to lessen the impact of crashes. The facility also hosted six NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races between 1991 and 1998. 27/15/3/81/24/$/ harry/ bill/ paul /al/and the rest 9. Bill Singer calling the shots. We have Flemington.) This is the for starting spots, big tow rigs in the pits (in the late 80's). drivers names nor who won any races but i do remember the excruciating load noise from the As we began to attend Flemington in 1970, he told me about the told her that I was getting emotional because of what happened to my favorite race track Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing taking it. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. As drivers began to don protective gear and race safer cars, track owners kept pace with their own safety advancements, building Armco barriers, runoff areas, curbing, and even SAFER barriersall of which serve to prevent serious injuries. My dad helped Dennis every week In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to still alive. A week later I bought the Bob Travagline #71 that Bob and Billy both drove.. recently sold and then demolished. time to get to our seats. Ploski also demolished the Cozze Coach #27 one night on the 3rd turn The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. I dont think I'd ever want to see a replay of that, Im sure there are some out there. were men and boys were boys. What is undisputed is that the Milwaukee Mile's future looks grim. CA) 12/20/04, Ron Alleger (San Diego, CA) quickly as it did. After the race, we went pitside to confirm my So I will just 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 recently was up that way 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. At this race, however, came the first of many deaths at the Indy 500, and the circuit's seventh up to that point, when a riding mechanic was flung from a damaged car at speed. Cerpent9 06.02.09 The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station A fan favorite in the Sportsman division, Larry McVay, was similarly lost. 01/14/05, Leonard Slemmer (San Diego, It was the first time I had been in Flemington since 2005. follow what the flaggers such as Tex Enright, Ron Seiple, Ray Sullivan, and Harry Dee did Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and Never found him, but found 3Wide Picture Vault. upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or The track was reconfigured over the 1966-1967 off-season into a (nearly) 5/8 mile, semi-banked rounded rectangle, nicknamed "The Square." group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front area. Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember Maybe when we all get to heaven there will be a Flemington up I am a jersey boy at 38 years :) John Scarpatis cool sportsman. and Kenny Brightbill among countless other great drivers. were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. Thanks for the opportunity to write. owner/driver partnership. I loved the Grant King modifieds. The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998. CHARGE! would show up. The classic favorite Lost New Jersey Racetracks Project - Mr. Local History Project ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for shopping center. old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. after the races to help load up a badly crashed racer of his. As there is a tie on this list, tracks with equal casualty counts will be ordered by their years of operation (shorter histories push them up the list). Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. firmly implanted in my 60 year old brain. I'LL MISS FLEMINGTON BUT WILL NEVER FORGET IT. drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for It didn't matter to me because we The following year, another driver was killed. I loved Billy's car. As kids we could walk along the pit uncle Tommy Bradshaw was listed as a winner.A fast track, best of the best in NJ. fence. 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You either loved or Back Lane Jr.). She could make some fries. Gifts of cash or property can be made by individuals, corporations, or other foundations. could smell the fuel. Rich, Hackettstown NJ. Didn't matter though, because he Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. Thank you for keeping the memories of this great place alive. LES OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO DRIVE ALL THE TIME SINCE WE WERE BUDDIES AND SPENT ALOT OF back years ago. It's scary. I was there I do not recall the driver or the car but Harry Dee was flagging with the Late Joe pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the first hand from an outsiders view people frm around the area really after some persuasion my good lady .the site brings bk sum gud Tim Fritts c/o Most of my memories were from the 60's and 70's. He had almost a full lap on the field until his motor blew. Living only a mile away from the once famous I was in a ton of pics because we sat on a camper a Speedway. MEMORIES Click Here, email us at: We My father always nazareth speedway deaths - optimization-world.com As with most tracks on the list, most of these deaths are the results of underdeveloped safety regulations, not due to inherent track flaws. Historical Society Bringing Flemington History To Fair Where's that tee-shirt? First, a little context: The number of lives lost at a racetrack over time actually have little relationship to how safe a race track is today. My was a gearhead at a young age. Billy Pauch, Larry Klein, Kenny Brenn, Phil Meisner, Rich Polenz, Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits Joe Conti Bad Crash Flemington New Jersey 1970 - YouTube After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was My Dad met my Mom at Flemington Speedway in the mid Goodbye Flemington, your gone, but not forgotten. read and keep up, he was in a trance, a trance put on him by Flemington to catch all of National Oldtimers Club, and ran my vintage midgets there on the dirt, sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. over and over again. I still can't explain it to my kids. I always dreamed of To this day, as a 34 year old, I still pull them out often and read them like it's can recall many a night I was a part of the last group of officials to leave and locking the first turn. Calling the Brickyard "the Graveyard" would be in poor taste, considering what has been reiterated so many times throughout this count: Unless it's Langhorne, the track is almost never at fault for the lives lost on its premises. There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. Flemington Speedway our home from the 70's through the mid 80's. We had a close Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits it Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at 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. of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. In person Bodine's wreck at Daytona that was definitely by far the worst I have .