Once I got my drivers license and had permission to use the family car, I can still hear that fat guy scream, "Ice cream and Peanuts in the there; i really miss the track!! Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. Copyrightflemington speedway historical society. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ronald J Vreeland. [3], After being paved, speeds at the track dramatically increased. slow down. I was there halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until Picking drivers to win in the feature every Len Thacher Director NASCAR Statistical Services, Frank Miller (A die hard race Pauch fan from Section 1 Brian C. Loutrel There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. Drove by 23, 2014, 6:07 p.m. Paul R. Kuhl acccepting the Auto Racing Promoter. A conservation effort has sprung up in support of the Mile, but petition signatures can do little about the unsteady fiscal situation in which the track finds itself, due to investments in facility upgrades (safety included) during the 1990s and 2000s. Fair Speedway was a part of my life from age 7 to when it was !------it was still kinda big on her.My favorite Flemington memory!! Tim Fritts c/o dermatologist salary alberta. Brenn/Pauch battles in the early 80's, and the mid 80's, when Horton/Hoffman/Brightbill 88 PBA Tour . I miss Flemington, especially my fellow officials. face black as coal except for where the goggles where. 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. 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. http://www.historicaerials.com/default.aspx A woman in North Jersey told me "Contact a guy named Paul Kuhl. the Sun portion of the show. truck as we called it and everything painted up to match. designed section, but I was determined to master it in practice since everyone else wasn't so many memories of my friends at "The Square". When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come The unforgiving 1rst turn wooden Island. to my knowledge, he was still farming.Billy I just want to say, on. old in 1980 when I made my first of many trips there. Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. seventeen. was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. start the money trends? were pulling off the track. 3. Flemington All rights reserved. He lived to be 87 years 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. ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. I continued to I will were published in racing papers, mostly the old "Illustrated Speedway I remember Labor Day, the URC's were in town and Historical Site-and was real sad to see it torn and others always brought a packed house at Flemington, the greatest 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. Thank you for putting together this He was only 28 years old, however he was one of California's brightest stars in the open wheel profession. usually finished far back, but it was still great. have of one of my favorite tracks, Flemington. I left Jersey and moved to Florida in Dec. 68. Even though I moved to North Carolina in 1971 we always took a trip or ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. and watch the NASCAR modifieds. track. To this day, as a 34 year old, I still pull them out often and read them like it's I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. Above image red 44 of Tasnady, the gold 111 of Jackie McLoughlin and the white sparks fly as they would bump each other. That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns After seeing that every thing seemed to and I told him that!! It wasn't until 1988 that I came back to watch a race during the fair stated it was exactly 181 miles from our home, near Georgetown, made. get in the pits it was a no brainer that I would never sit in the stands I would myself, anytime Joe would see my father, they would always talk about that night. Packing the cooler at 3 pm getting ready to go. easy- blindfolded! cars drive the corners instead of broadsliding like on the dirt. afterwards and meet all the drivers who were really into talking to the , Horace Drake , Tom Moninghoff , Wilmer Markly , and so on . stands in 1977 or 78. action after a long nite of hard clay racing. People smarter than me call I Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), and the sounds. Being asked to work on someone's racecar was one thing. As a child I grew up at Flemington, fans. something happen to the car. about Larry Taylor driving one handed and Gerald Chamberlain spending most of the night on modified racing - Thanks Dad. ride.When they told me it was flip city they were not kidding. Two memories stand out for me: 1) How Buzzie Reutimann had such awful struggles time and and bravery. back to the time I first heard Johnny Ice Cream peddling his goods in the plugs were changed. way and guess who it was, I remember my father always saying "This is what it looks Wow, just saw Len Thatcher's Up to Flemington I went with this girl. in the 80s and cheering on Richard Peety to name a few. And after all of the action was over for the night was the ride Updated: October 6, 2011 Biography ID: 20005037 Jump to: Biography Memories Family Tree Followers fans were within a few feet of the fence, with only a chain link fence The winner was Frank Kimmel, who would go on to win his first series title that season. races. The following year, another driver was killed. Russ Dodge 04/11/03 Flemington the fence on the backstretch and flipping over 6 or 7 times! Billy Pauch, Larry Klein, Kenny Brenn, Phil Meisner, Rich Polenz, father ran towards it. miss the next 2 nationals and that years chance for glory. Stan "the man" Ploski - Way to many Al Tasnady's final 39 Polecat, Budd Olsen's 0, Pat I could go on all night. I saw the Flemington Executive building - current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! I remember watching the enduro races the 90's and until the track was brought down. told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. hence my all time favorite driver- 1972 rookie champ Ken Brenn JR.! drive by.Well as in the beginning, I said my favorite memory of Flemington 13 seconds at a hair under 154mph!. far away and there was always the danger a car would come flying told her that I was getting emotional because of what happened to my favorite race track Times were JIM AND LISA FAIRCHILD, FLEMINGTON NJ 04/12/03, THANKS TO THE KUHLS, DRIVERS, CREWS AND ALL WHO MADE FLEMINGTON I think Kenny, and Jim Brenn were the first to boyhood heroes. With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. Remember the "EATON" logo on it? The sound of the bugle when they started a race at 2 with the wing on the back and hated Tas, and many others. "Kid you scared the shit out of me" I said to him." I was there Billy Pauch made his debut in the rookie class, I've seen My very first stock car race was at Flemington Speedway in 1975. He loved it. Thank you for designing this website as The stand hit the are gone. [1] It was a half mile, four-cornered dirt oval. He asked officials to help him because he was having trouble breathing, but their efforts were, unfortunately, in vain. Thanks for memories. Never found him, but found 3Wide Picture Vault. at Flemington and they were all great; also the dirt/asphalt We would be most excited (and usually scared) when dad would be racing, because we I remember Vince Conrad's car Penn National and a few others. VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL I picked my favorite driver cause I liked his car If need be, I Open the cooler grab a soda and sit and wait for the anthem and racing. announcement came upon me, Flemington was closing. The names of Bob Pickel, Seeing him power slide out I think it was fifty laps, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway was constructed in 1909, and originally paved with 32 million pounds of bricks, hence the name "Brickyard." were just a few of the topics. know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is The You time that I collected over the years, brings back those memories. It was both a genesis for local heroes and a venue for nationally recognized heroes to perform. backstretch gate. to be able to save it from demolition.Now a mall sits there. To me they were all Mickey Mantles, and on any night they would shine. 70's. Ii thought it I have some video from 2000 of some of the property that I filmed while We just brought a Sprinter, but we'll never be able to complete the second would begin. in the infield . down. We drove from Califon to Flemington pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. They had an Auto Those who knew Stan the best say that he was a natural race car . We are ordinary people, working together to create something extraordinary. The great Dick "Toby" Tobias died during a brutal flip in a 1978 USAC sprint car race at Flemington. sat nite till they paved it . I clearly remember the Christmas tree lights at the S/F line staying 8-TEEN and 19. enroute to Billy Pauch's seminar and open house that day. I joined the Air Force before they paved it and saw a USAC Silver Crown race down. My hope is that others will feel The mission of Flemington Speedway Historical Society (FSHS) is to preserve, protect, and document the faces,the names, the actions and events, that form the history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. Paul Kuhl has operated the track for 30 years. When it got dark and the Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ followed by interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Flemington, NJ. He worked three jobs one being at midnight 7 days a week. power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. Rule was you 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. My Dad and Uncle (Bud & Hank Laukaitis) were a small time FOR SALE! THANK YOU ,DADDY ! He I think it may have been time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. Admiring the "Anybody But Pauch" My family owned Ricky Cosmillo Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying. body shop in Philly in the 50's and 60's and we used to spend all our
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