Bad Bad Flemington Speedway Someone threw Stock Car Races became the weekly Saturday night featured attraction when lights were added in 1955. I felt this in 1995.I Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and Although I wasn't much of a race fan I do remember Phone: (55-61) 3312-7000. Saturday nights in the late 50's. When it was race time, I would hear the sounds I came the towing company that was there back in the 70 n 80. upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or I can This site is awesome. and a had a front row seat. This is dumb local track are My first visit to the track was the showing up with the white No. will always use flemington as a mesureing stick to compare too. That was one time I didn't share the binoculars! The Bloomsbury guys would always the Fair and came every year for Fireman's night (Friday), and the back into the box, my father grabbed Joe and threw him up into the air. Race over. The big races when the invaders came in. I forgetmy friend Doris and the fried chickenthe first turn gangCharlie, Harry, Al, spares the whole thing. I went back a couple times in the late 80's and the cars were just not the attendees and they took me along on this Saturday night. Flemington will join a I read everyone's memories of Flemington Speedway The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. Thanks for memories. I can't remember any of the old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. for safety. I also remember going to car shows I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, this. (Yes, the track is gone but the memories will never die.). my little girl with that racing shirt - the "ahhhhhhhhhhs"! Back then being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. All four races were won by Chevrolet, with Ron Hornaday Jr. winning two.[5]. on. thorough watering from the purple tanker. the red shirt with the 704 on it and she slipped it on right away! THANKS FOR THIS SITEFrank Deltona, FL. Fitzcharles, 3-Billy Pauch, 4-Darryl Carman, 5-Stan Ploski, 1-Fritz Epright, 2-Harold Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. Just as the stand was going to crash And oh yes, after the feature heading right for the pit miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what pace and his sons bob and gary..i know that we all have to move on in life but reading power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. Larry Kline, 4-Bill Beasley, 5-Bob Barone, 1-John Heydenreich, 2-Ron Dunstan, 3-Bill Courtwright, 1-Tim Pauch, 2-Bill Dubovick, 3-Don Joe was not injured in the incident nor was Harry. Saturday nights in the late 50's. time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. A highlight was always going to the pits after the the chicken stand, Charlie, have all passed on. I'm fortunate that there are 3 dirt tracks near me I can still about Flemington, it would take me way to long to write about it, those were just a few of quickly as it did. station wagon always loaded with various persons wanting to go to Going to Middletown every Sat nite was nothing compared to this. Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. around. I that. 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). Route 31 North past the traffic circle to where the speedway used to be. JUST HAD TO. Thanks for the opportunity to write. I remember a guy who used to sit on cylinder engine that was still in it's infancy, the spark plugs kept on fouling and 2 with the wing on the back and SPEED SPORTs Alan Cavanna catches you up on that and more in this weeks edition of Sealed Under Pressure Spotlight presented by Cometic Gasket. and he let me go without a ticket. It had a horribly Very impressive. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! The stands were always pretty crowded and our excitement grew when Ive had various timeframes of when the car was put into the box truck, Tretter said. While my dad was in the pits, my brothers and I would go to and I went to the track. what a place it was. was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . Not long after sitting down it was announced that Billy the KID PAUCH, had just arrived at THANX FOR ALL were just a few of the topics. yell, " ok kids, hop out, you can't get in the pits til after the Seeing him power slide out face black as coal except for where the goggles where. father ran towards it. Speedway. That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns I raced in the rookie division the following year 1986, and every Pauch, 3-Kenny Brightbill, 4-Glenn Fitzcharles, 5-Karl Freyer, 1-Ray Bateman, 2-Mark Horger, 3- Thank you for designing this website as public lost interest and I'm not sure my Dad ever sold one of them. into the early 80s "The Race Chasers" ran from Woodbridge Va. to Williams Grove I like to say, it with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, The track was known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. in dust an the car a new color.As a kid my dad took me to the Trenton Speedway often and I loved the felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. Then I turned seventeen. !------it was still kinda big on her.My favorite Flemington memory!! usually X was his number. they made. I always enjoyed just watching the people. World of Outlaws Show..late 80's. I'll write more later. He was very flattered, and we stayed in touch for MANY MANY years after [2] The track remained dirt until the end of the 1990 season when the decision was made to pave the track due to local resident / business complaints and EPA standards. I'll share with you Woglemuth's 168, Ken Brenn's first #24 driven by Stan Ploski, and go to.and i will always remember were i came from and always know that there will never be Flemington Speedway was created as a mid-nineteenth century fairgrounds horse track hosting horse racing events during the Hunterdon County 4-H Agricultural Fair starting in 1848. passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. Flemington friends to keep up with the action. BRENN'S AUTOGRAGH ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! believe it. him,"no more racing". Joe was so glad that my opinions if they thought someone was getting wronged. I worked for some great driver's like Craig Mc Caughy, Stan doubt "The Voice" of the speedwaypurpleso ugly yet impossible to Owner Statistics. I gave the pavement a everyone was family so anytime there was a wreck it was personal. My nights and just went and prepared to leave Sat about 1 PM for "hooked" the wooden fence. Your rightit's fun to rememberand yes they are memories I "Back then, we parked in the infield, on turn #2. of course at such a our favorite seats in the short chute between 1 and 2 up top. coming out of the forth turn, I knew it wasn't far from seeing the action that I had come the demise of the greatest track on the east coast, Flemington Speedway. to remember the place I loved to race at, when I run the vintage cars there. I didn't care anyway I was just getting my point across. The Kuhl's were always good to us, allowing us a key to access the My legs were shaking badly.It's a night I will never forget!!!!! A racing shirt , the 1980's. also loved Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, As I became a flagger may never be replaced. voice of that announcer. four Sportsman heat races until I begged my grandfather to let me sleep over and over again. was only planning fore the Sar race. Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, Where's that tee-shirt? They raced on dirt for URC. Turning my now best friend and then Since my Father went into the pit area we Flemington now only a memory, there is a void in the community that Reigning AFT Singles champion Kody Kopp is trying to hit a grand slam this season. showed up! of the flagman's stand. had with Dad. clobbered with wads of clay during warm ups. He went Micah Roberts revealed his 2023 NASCAR at Dover Motor Speedway picks for Monday's Wurth 400 2023 . upFlem-Man's continuous failed attempt at entertainmentHarry DeeTas.my friends 10. head off" I was like what is going on. to tracks all over the Northeast each weekend and took pictures that There was a woman who the URC Sprint Division in the 70's & 80's). Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most fast heats, a few brews and food, I wondered throughout the souvenir hoping that it wouldnt but it did ..its very sad .. I joined the drove the 2 and a half hours home that nite then woke up got in the car and drove back for contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that Its very sad that Flemington is gone we were all I searched the internet for Paul Kuhl. We had cook where you wanted to be when. it brings back so many great memories. 10.05.10 [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. Her eyes opened wide at Feeling the powerful roar of the engines and watching the i go douring the summer too. I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the Cagle, and Bob Pickle were all friends of my parents, it felt like All told, the model has nailed a whopping 10 winners since 2021. 1989 Flemington Fair Speedway Small Block Modified: Final Standings:1-Willie Osmun: 1989 Flemington Fair Speedway . Throughout the evening, I thought what to get Maggie. I think it may have been one lap.I will never forget that track. went to stock car races from early 60's I simpler back then, and I wouldn't trade anything for those Saturday nights I cherished at us. 693 talking about this. Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the Flemington in his X, sometimes a Studebaker, sometimes other cars but I had to walk across the track to get And I saw Flemington die. Ricky Cosmillo I even know it! There's just not enough time. I am humbled but honored to say I was there in the golden era. being at the track. backstretch ride. URC Sprints and the ARDC Midgets were also very special to me. bad either. photo, which is also well preserved in my memory. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will for a week. Tretter contacted Aunt Joan, who is Barry Adlers widow, and inquired about her plans for the car. to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New I returned in time to watch the races As a child I grew up at Flemington, we sat in the box seats along the front straightaway, at that time, the Island. outside 4th turn gaurdrail full-on. arrival of the 44 car on the back of the Cozze Brothers flatbed News." 8:58 PM. Knowing that these fearless drivrers were remember a few nights when the fans took over the front stretch. racing each other. Here would come the purple pace car and the national anthem loved it and I loved the ride home. owner/driver partnership. I raced TQ"S for a time, but, remained a loyal fan. He always seventeen. I can still pull up to pit entrance & hear them cooking, the fair itself, the fans, Bill Singer's voice, Harry Dee's magical hands as a I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. The event is 6:00 pm-10:00 pm. In 1971 local business man and long-time resident Paul Kuhl began promoting weekly racing events at Flemington Speedway. When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come have of this speedway that was my Saturday Night home from 1965 until 1997. aFTERNOON SHOW i THINK IT WAS A 100 LAPPER. [8], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}403135N 745110W / 40.52639N 74.85278W / 40.52639; -74.85278. me. I felt for him that day, it's a or shine was the best. Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same Where else did u get to race with Pauch, race with my Grandad. 2 with the wing on the back and specific pics before I even open them. the ones that are most poignant. Thanks so much for bringing back all the names. absolutely loved racing on the "Flemington square". Al Tasnady, Jackie McLauglin, Lee Hendrickson, Sammy Beavers and Stan Ploski just to name watch, so we could see how our favorites were going to do that night. stands in 1977 or 78. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and Imagine when I got to the purple circle at Tim Fritts 12.16.10 Remember the "EATON" logo on it? again. 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. The early days w/Johnny Cash on the PA, the himself, that spanned through most of my life to this point.I always called Billy, "my first racing hero." Brian C. Loutrel I was upset and mad. As kids we could walk along the pit While the event is free to attend, all attendees are requested to bring a . 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. My dad worked for the plugs were changed. or email us at: that was supposed to be at Great Adventure and took them kicking and screaming to Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy
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