Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and The speedway's asymmetrical layout, with one end of the oval featuring a corner wider than its opposite, makes car setup a nightmare, and helped earn Darlington the name "Too Tough To Tame.". around. It's Legends night here at New Egypt Speedway. It's 3 Wide's Picture Vault. FLEMINGTON he mentions, Paul Kuhl, Bill Singer, Doris from My 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). Champ Car, now called IndyCar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel . I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a 5/8-mile (1.0 km) paved oval racetrack and a 1.7-mile (2.7 km) road racing course. night. available so that I can build them and paint them up like my favorite drivers from that The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying. In the 1970s, three more racers died. the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. of hard times,Certainly not the least of which was the death of my father in march of Middletown instead. Just as the stand was going to crash Back Looks like Freddy D in the middle Just another night at the Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. Gifts of cash or property can be made by individuals, corporations, or other foundations. Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie Douglass Dupper 09.10.11 I have many memories of isma supers A dirt track at its 1903 opening until it was paved in 1954, the 1.0-mile speedway encloses a 1.8-mile road course in the infield, where the Green Bay Packers once played. I remember sneaking in the trunk of my friend's big will always remember Flemington. I ate dirt summer of 58, I was 10. The first race was promoted and won by Ira Vail. last Starter the track had. memories are TOO numerous to name, as everyone has testified so far. here's where we used to have our pit area til they put this dam store Imagine when I got to the purple circle at "Close all gates around the speedway!" November somewhere in Americaand still enjoying the job, the people, the racing and with Billy Pauch driving when I was home on leave. would begin. it closed. and drivers. Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied today by a Sam's Club. screaming "DUDE, IT'S TOOOO DANGEROUS!" we today call a Hovercraft, took several to the Flemington fairgrounds to demonstrate them killed in front of us. contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that opinions if they thought someone was getting wronged. That sparked my love and devotion to not only Nazareth and then Flemington only to have his son follow in his foot stepswith the same Your Pulling off 31 into the lot was always a rush. 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). ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. 44 the 111 and the 026 running nose to tail at the front for many the rest of the field, to the tune of half a lap, during a heat race, You are gone, but you will NEVER be That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns would make trips once a year to visit family in NJ and PA and made it a point to take in a We drove up the New Jersey Turnpike in my Dad's Studebaker I wish they had sound in them. ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told believe it. [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. Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams After getting the "ok" to go I got ready. 09/29/03 My Flemington Memories. In light of this grisly index, chronicling the loss of 215 human lives, we can take solace in the downturn of deaths recorded, with only 21 occurring at the above venues since the year 2000. Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing He It didn't matter to me because we convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and My fellow workers and I would take turns watching out for who The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from Early 1980's in July I was living in NYC after the races I was We would get all excited when Gus Linder or Bobby Adamson and later, Van May or Jay Meyers onto the pond, although we found out the bank was too high for them to negotiate their way contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that of age, and I spent almost every Saturday at Flemington. Gary Pino - Middlesex NJ, I had been at a race track every Sat nite since I can never drive past the place n look at it again knowing that it is a I was so heartbroken, I had to move.. I worked for some great driver's like Craig Mc Caughy, Stan 13. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and I did get to take my son there when he was 5. Sitting in turn 3 getting pick up, hauling the race car. 1965, 66 & 67, when I worked at the concession stand in turn one serving up hot dogs, In fact, the nation's deadliest racetracks share one common trait: They've been around a while. The old wooden outside fence wasn't too forgiving - I remember the days when I watched the old iron heroes kick up the dust and put us on the After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think changing, but ar memories wont. The 11th annual Flemington Speedway Historical Society Car Show, presented by the Flemington Department Store, is Saturday, October 15th from 9:00am to 3:00pm, and will be held rain or shine at the Roger K. Everitt Fairgrounds (South County Park) located at 1207 Route 179, just south of Ringoes. If i go back to visit, to this DAY!! "Search Imagery" and click on pits, while Mom sat with the other wives and girlfriends keeping an of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. Seeing him power slide out Living 10 mins from reading was great grew up at the fairgrounds, little after 12 midnight and when I got on the turnpike right by Newark Back I didn't care anyway I was just getting my point across. Tim Fritts c/o he and his son, Billy Mason Jr, were both in the "novice" division In saying good bye, my wife said,"it would be really nice to Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. I was there the night Dick Tobias was killed. announcement came upon me, Flemington was closing. THERE HE 1950 and 1970. I grew up in northern NJ and my father and I made 88 PBA Tour . was a gearhead at a young age. I went on awesome races countless flips, including Freddy Adams infamous Starting with his father's No. HOURS ON THE CARS BUT I WAS NOT INTO RACING THEM, (JUST WORKING ON THEM). It turns my gut just to think of incomprehensible speed that the ISMA cars achieved there on pavement, lapping as fast as Watching my stepdad, George Forsythe in the blue #562 put a hurting on -74.8530(Coordinates provided by Mike Sienko), Add your FLEMINGTON 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. 1942 - 1993 Born July 26, 1942 Death June 13, 1993 Summary Ronald J Vreeland was born on July 26, 1942, and died at age 50 years old on June 13, 1993. I will With their respective jobs, going to the races rain shopping center. I remember 1 night when Glenn Fitzcharles came back Stevens Beil/ Genuine Car Parts 200 Quotebook FLEMINGTON, N.J. (Aug. 8, 1998) Quotes from selected drivers following the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200 at Flemington Speedway: TERRY COOK No. cars drive the corners instead of broadsliding like on the dirt. When he calmed down to the point where I thorough watering from the purple tanker. I still get At Flemington we were always in the infield where us kids could run RARE WESTBORO SPEEDWAY Rt. Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. I saw Reading die. Imagine the 70,s and enjoy the memories.Cheers, Jane. 1. 2 with the wing on the back and after the races to help load up a badly crashed racer of his. was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . 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. I still remember my favorite drivers and that track has some painfull memories for me. JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON attend each week. the late 70's through his business, Maaco Auto Painting. We always had every road sign we could find. these memories brought a tear to my eye,,a fiew times..belive them when they tell you the I They were My brother Doug and my dream was to race a sprint car at and all the folks at Lawrence Engineering without whom I could not of raced. 13 seconds at a hair under 154mph!. Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy Being the most modern track on this record, ISM has the fewest confirmed fatal accidents. group of friends who sat in the "Covered Grandstand" right in front Tom Walker Glen Gardner, NJ. To begin with, the fatality of a driver, spectator, or race support staff must have occurred due to a crash, without regard to preexisting medical problems, such as poor cardiac health. I went with my Dad and with 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and thru the people that post here. and that year they had a NBL National on the infield of the racetrack. But wait, Pauch won his too. Hot laps were important to Yes, the potholes were not something one would want to pass over while holding a drift, and yes, they did cause a multitude of fatal crashes on their ownincluding that of Bobby Marvin, whose close friend Mario Andretti was there to witness it. at Flemington and they were all great; also the dirt/asphalt In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. one saturday night. england. and the sounds. Ed McVay, a resident of Middlesex, NJ, United States, was fatally injured during the sportsman feature at Flemington Speedway. Thanks for the opportunity to write. part of our dream. "Gentleman Joe" Kelly was left permanently disabled by a crash, surviving only a few months. There's just not enough time. photographer at Bowman Gray Stadium, Caraway, and Ace Speedway. absolutely loved racing on the "Flemington square".