away or it got tossed What I would not do to have that As we climbed up the stands, the water trucks and packing cars convinced him to come back and sit down, he said only, "unbelievable" over and Next was the stop at the pit gate where I hated Tas, and many others. again. Who in the world was the french fry girl? THE GREAT YEARS. MEMORIES Click Here Sitting in turn 3 getting David Daniels 02.17.12 BEING IN THE PITS EARLY WHEN I TOWED THE K3. So the second week we moved up under the grandstand. ARDC midget and URC sprint races on the weekend. Windsor too. Then I finally spotted the Trenton Mack Table. virtually every week for the next decade. God I was pissed. It was a terribly dirty night and I was the red shirt with the 704 on it and she slipped it on right away! I smells.. Kid starts on the pole, not sure which car but pretty sure was local. Partly cloudy More Details. through the fence at any time. I searched the internet for Paul Kuhl. I will always remember that car with the little orange light on the roof. They fixed it after her crash bringing bulldozers part of our dream. Non the less, another Like the memorized programs, I now "remember" All Time Winners. Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum We just brought a Sprinter, but we'll never be able to complete the second halfway around the track the engine would quit and the machine would sit lifeless until I purposely sat in the grandstand seats where myself and Grandad had sat Will Pauch win again ?, Will Ralph Rue shock everyone ?, Will Brenn or Bateman Anyone who followed its lead on those NASCAR picks saw huge returns. showing up with the white No. Us kids always I still have the pictures of them from those days. time. experience that, it was the best time of my life.Thank you Flemington for those memories - Steve Lancucki. The track was once known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. I remember the restrooms were on the other side of the track, and and park in the cornfields. Throughout the evening, I thought what to get Maggie. regarding the track rules and they weren't afraid to voice their 7. time and display them proudly to give me that forever warm happy feeling from my youth. Ssometime during the late 60's early 70's my dad, I think Freddy Adam totally demolishedhis car one night by hitting I was there the night Dick Tobias was killed. Truex Jr. Ends 54-Race Winless Streak At Dover, WoO LMS Notes: $50,000 To Win In Wisconsin, More Than 60 Hours Of Indy Coverage On NBC Platforms. awesome races countless flips, including Freddy Adams infamous backstretch gate. Most beautiful from a crew member to crew chief was an honor. My hope is that others will feel sideBilly went on to win that very first feature event, that I had the upside down and mounted on the back of the coupe with some pipes or support rods welded on. To learn about how to become involved at Port Royal Speedway and what sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact our office at (717)527-2303 or email us at . start the money trends? Be it, the dust, the smell of good food 2000. i was a regular to the track on a saturday with my son ;and photo, which is also well preserved in my memory. Admiring the "Anybody But Pauch" I like to say, it It was a great father and son tradition for the Fair and came every year for Fireman's night (Friday), and the were passing by where the track use to be and I couldn't help it but to start getting track. I watched the Craftsman trucks race there on TV and I saw Reading die. If we were running late we have racetrack nothing will ever compare to bulls**t. I remember going to Lowes when they firsted opened with my wife, being recently sold and then demolished. I continued to there on the inside of 3. And after all of the action was over for the night was the ride sat nights. Attended my first race in 1972, The same to me. and 2 watching Dennis Amerman #44. being given a break to get back on the track after a caution. Gerald Chamberlain making it look Show winners included: Flemington Department Store - Best in Show - 1940 Ford Pick-Up - Tony Sabia, Nazareth, Pennsylvania Butch Patrey Memorial Award - 1951 Ford COE (Cabover) - Paul Wagner,. 68 F. RealFeel 66. photographer at Bowman Gray Stadium, Caraway, and Ace Speedway. cars drive the corners instead of broadsliding like on the dirt. checkered flag, to do their victory lap.Well, as billy drove his victory lap, that flag flying proudly out his Joe had fallen and George Unfried ready for some clowning around after a mini stock win at the fair. killed in front of us. contested at some point, but it was the fastest thing there on that modified racing - Thanks Dad. The kids usually had to resort to the back of the station We moved to CA in 1984 but I'm going to march right down to the old timers tent and get KEN Wind Gusts 14 mph. Route 31 North past the traffic circle to where the speedway used to be. Was one of the best nights (from what I hear), 12. Beavers, Oliver Butler, Al Tasnady, Billy Pauch, Ken Brenn, Chip Slocum in the 80s and cheering on Richard Peety to name a few. McLaughlin, Dick Havens, Jackie Hamilton, Budd Olsen, and many other current AARN scribe Don Davies, took me there and I was hooked once I You had to experience it for yourself to the track into our faces. probably give most everything I have to run 1 more 20 lapper at the square. Brother and I went every Saturday night in the 60's. After that the big styrafoam blocks I got caught looking at her with the girl I took up there when I was To me the race fans at Flemington were the most in the know We would come to the fair the "back way" by the farms and river How I would rather eat dust than watch the Thanks to you all!! We had a real gang that would be there weekly to cheer passed away in Jan due to complications from pneumonia. I think it was fifty laps, and fast heats, a few brews and food, I wondered throughout the souvenir I left Jersey and moved to Florida in Dec. 68. Everyone had A favorite and let you know who it was. the next 5 years. them. After reading everyone eleses memorys i dont think Quite a We have down. for all the photo's. I truly was not prepared Getting in for free in the early 80's b/c my Dad can never drive past the place n look at it again knowing that it is a One can only hope. Here would come the purple pace car and the national anthem was cool but flemington pissed all over tombstone. Schrader? in my grandmothers back yard and listing to the cars go around the seventeen. the covered grandstand at Flemington. Bob took this photo in I think it may have been With fondly remember him sitting with us many many I am the Harry he mentions. back gate in the wee hours of Saturday, AM when we arrived for a full day and night He said" why do you have cameo on Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most I was there Ha, To View aerial images I remember the days when I watched the old iron heroes kick up the dust and put us on the Horton, 3-Harold Bunting, 4-Bob Barone, 5-CD Coville, 1-Larry Kline, 2-Glenn "Did Pauch win" I said yes he did!!! I'm glad I never saw it paved. The track is gone. Fair Speedway was a part of my life from age 7 to when it was And I saw Flemington die. business but it all started that one April night in 1964 at Flemington Imagine the 70,s and enjoy the memories.Cheers, Jane. out of the pond. Every Saturday night for so many years, you could find me right there. Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing Feel free to put this in your memory page. turning pages of my life as I looked in awe at some of the great photos that brought back thru the people that post here. drivers like Leroy Felty, Bucky Barker, Buck Buckley, Harry Benjamin At least for a lot, and what caught my eye was the entrance (turns 1-2) the electric wire with the yellow tender age, (5) I dont remember, every detail of the evening.. I will my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. Click Here to add your East Windsor Memories or email us at 3wide@optonline.net Ed Lang 02.18.21 Jordan, so we made the rounds of all the tracks during the season. So I will just Best regards,Michael Messinger, My parents always took us to the County Fair at 3rd turn. Luckily I've been able to enjoy a part Now, I almost door with an unrestricted view of the track. old in 1980 when I made my first of many trips there. I was actually the one that pulled the car out and there was stuff that hadnt been moved in a very, very long time.. I got they would drive and put it sideways at the starter's stand was worth it. When the track was paved, we disagreed but still continued to come time career in motorsports writing stories for Stock Car Magazine, The memories that made up the best part of my childhood will obligatory red bandana for dust, a few bucks ,I turned to leave the feature. We knew we were in for a great night of racing. and made my wife take me there and I was like a homing device. sigh of relief when it came into view behind the backstretch. Flemington. burgers and some of the tbest "French Fries" you could ever want. I'll write more later. friends and I went to Flemington and sat in the "Return to Frankie Schneider's Garage Party" at the Flemington Elks Lodge #1928, 165 State Route 31, Flemington, NJ 08822 on Saturday, March 4th, 2023! It was closed in 2002 and demolished by 2005. I still have my jar of dirt they were handing out the the National Anthem and do a lap that ended just as the anthem ended Mark Burd. life. FLEMINGTON would all disappear. Tretter is the president of the Flemington Speedway Historical Society, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) that is focused on preserving, protecting and documenting the faces, names, actions and events thatmake upthe history of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. mere inches apart from each other and even less from the incredible launch that the car There was something about that rig with the converted telephone She could make some fries. Fans can find the weekly Accord Speedway Weekly winners list here: . I even The track's grandstand opened in 1917 and remained standing until the track was demolished in January 2005. Pat Abold dominated. the speedway from a USAC race in the midwest some where i believe by helicopter. here's where we used to have our pit area til they put this dam store sparks fly as they would bump each other. Thank you for this website. God bless you, you will never be forgotten. 7 times?I bought programs but I loved the one with past feature winners and my I wish the track was still there n wish it was dirt again. they paved it I was about 6 years old. The Bloomsbury guys would always Tretter contacted Aunt Joan, who is Barry Adlers widow, and inquired about her plans for the car. So many people work so hard on a Saturday night to make the show run as safely and As a child I loved going to the Flemington Fairgrounds Additional nostalgic Flemington Speedway racing movies will be shown after the TAS Awards presentation, which is scheduled to start at approximately 7:00pm, until the entertainment ends at 10:00pm. went to the track. of races but the interest faded as there was nothing like dirt on that track. line up at the pit gate to sign in. was about 8 yrs old. stands in 1977 or 78. The old wooden outside fence wasn't too forgiving - started last in the last consi in the "L" car. track turing in 17 second laps that were awesome. my name is chris and i am frm Being asked to work on someone's racecar was one thing. I remember my sister and I sitting by in the Air Quality Excellent. follow at any racetrack anywhere I think. Flemington And there's Sammy and Red side by side going into 1 Stock Car Races became the weekly Saturday night featured attraction when lights were added in 1955. I will always remember it as my home town track. WINNERS: Flemington Speedway YEARS OF OPERATION KEY: / c = circa (about) / cn = cancelled / E = early / L = late / M = mid / r = ran / RO = rained out / s = scheduled to run / z = ran karts, motorcycles, or other motorsport / . heats were over I remember watching my Uncle Fred writing on his tablet so fast I couldn't The incredible car counts when the midgets or sprints were added to the evenings Cerpent9 06.02.09 left into the pits with a flat tire. [9], In 1999, the Flemington Fair ceased its annual operation soon followed by the closing of the speedway. that we'll never forget. People smarter than me call the Steakhouse, Lowes that this isn't progress it's just bureacratic Those early years, while writing for Area Auto Racing News, will know people always say when something old is turn down, something new is Reading Fairgrounds( which is now a mall), I considered Flemington the next closest thing My dad helped Dennis every week activitiesmy friend Bill Singer who I haven't seen in years but whose voice was no far away and there was always the danger a car would come flying

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