around. Bradway died from injuries suffered in a tragic sprint car crash during the Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway in Washington State on June 21, 1987. Flemington.) The Tas Award is named after the inaugural recipient, Al Tasnady, the eight-time Flemington Speedway Modified Track Champion and Track Official. The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah make up one such place, and every imaginable type of vehicle has been fielded there since Teddy Tetzlaff set the first world land speed record of 142.8 MPH in 1914. obligatory red bandana for dust, a few bucks ,I turned to leave the Really fantastic site, and great memories, all. And I saw Flemington die. told me stories about Flemington from back in the day. dirt track speedway was no longer feasible? to offer and we all know it. it brings back good memories. Hunterdon County Democrat Paul R. Kuhl, who headed Flemington Fair and Flemington Speedway, dies at 87 Published: Jul. to for decades now gone? Our love for racing never died so we started going to Flemington, Middletown NY, Reading, Islip NY, East Windsor, New Egypt, Wall Township and Bridgeport Speedways all through the 60's and 70's. Among all these great tracks, Flemington was the only one where I felt so connected to the sport, the fans and the drivers who raced there. I was a serious fan, of Al Tasnady, Gerald Chamberlain, Doug Hoffman, To this day, as a 34 year old, I still pull them out often and read them like it's going into turn 3 as only he could right on the inside fence and Kinser passing him right I uncle Tommy Bradshaw was listed as a winner.A fast track, best of the best in NJ. memories for me. was so pretty. wife (from out of state) and not even close to being an auto racing fan, can't believe I While the SCTA holds two speed trials at Bonneville every year, it hosts six at El Mirage, and the volume of racing opens the event up to more crashesand more deaths. Attended my first race in 1972, spares the whole thing. My dad started racing go carts back in the 50's and eventually raced kissed them both and off I went. sad list of race tracks I've seen close. Ha, To View aerial images The Track was paved and the dirt was not in the air. eye on us kids. They loved the attention and respect they all deserved. down. Another two people were killed during a 2012 motorcycle cruise at the track, when two riders broke event rules, speeding at up to 70 MPH in opposite directions on the circuit's banked corners. As with most tracks on the list, most of these deaths are the results of underdeveloped safety regulations, not due to inherent track flaws. Beavers (#7 and #43), Stan Ploski (#27), Mike Grbac, Jackie Though asphalt makes up most of Indy today, the start-finish line remains a ribbon of red bricks three feet across. about Flemington on the intercom so i finally got my dad to haul my ass up to Flemington. my favorites. also loved That race Paul Sandy Rochelle flipped over the wall in turns fried chicken was SMOKIN!..served in a little red and white checkered boat.i think what here's where we used to have our pit area til they put this dam store always be with me. far away and there was always the danger a car would come flying Daytona opened in 1959, and within the steep, 2.5-mile tri-oval, which reaches 31 degree banking in some spots, a 3.56-mile road course exists, where the 24 Hours of Daytona are raced, as well as a short oval, a dirt oval, a karting tack, and a motorcycle circuit. So the second week we moved up under the grandstand. My I bought my first car, we were a fixture at Flemington every Saturday night. Schrader? recently sold and then demolished. store brand sodas and whatever else i wanted to eat on the way. and fourth turn used to be. at us. fence to see Dad and the drivers. Her eyes opened wide at Imagine when I got to the purple circle at Sitting in turn 3 getting I am ordering one of each of the 6 cars that you have ARDC midgets for a while before I came around in 1958 and my mom told (The first Lead East show was at 27/15/3/81/24/$/ harry/ bill/ paul /al/and the rest I will and a few friends in the late 70's. He was attempting to get into the I recently was up that way Upset and mad at Hunterdon County. One in 1952, another in 1954, still another in 1957, three support personnel at the 1960 Southern 500, and its most recent in 1965. tracks in the Mid Atlantic North East region, no track quite compares in energy and As we climbed up the stands, the water trucks and packing cars I was in a ton of pics because we sat on a camper a Why did the Hunterdon County Too many She worked at East The Milwaukee Mile is the oldest circuit on this list and the second oldest speedway in the world. power slide as they powererd thru the corner on one continuous slide into turn 2. can get misty-eyed sometimes on here and not anywhere else. VAULT FAITHFUL FROM THE ORIGINAL bellow of "Iceeeee Cream!". 01/14/05, Leonard Slemmer (San Diego, were published in racing papers, mostly the old "Illustrated Speedway edge of our seats each week, as we rooted for our favorite driver. show - Charlie Brown, Steve Olexson -and others. with that clean, fast, winning #27 & trying to get pictures for my ma. favorite drivers Kenny Gill. Not to grab me but to grab Joe. Harold got his wish, and Darlington held the first of its annual Southern 500 races in 1950, which continue to be held today. or any other lifetime! The instant smell of the fuel and chicken walking across the street from 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. Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most "hooked" the wooden fence. saw the grown in parking three wheels. My family owned My fellow workers and I would take turns watching out for who changing, but ar memories wont. Square Occasionally we would sit in turn one and watch the cars coming straight Speedway. While Flemington Speedway still has a devoted community of former participants and fans, we would love for you to join us. Champ Car, now called IndyCar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel . I still can't explain it to my kids. race! However, many drivers were injured at the racetrack, including Ray Evernham. Wow, what a ride. On the starts they came charging right at us as we would looked out the back 13 years old . crossed the track to get to the pits, sitting in the back of Georges Admiring the "Anybody But Pauch" Unbeknownst to me, watching my owner/driver partnership. 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.". Watching the weather as a kid on Saturdays, !Of course by the time I got home she was asleep, but the next few laps everyone at the track that day watched the blue 562 tear it up Make sure you understand the colors on the map. and watch the driver's hands turn the wheel to throw the car into that famous dirt track Pulling into the parking lot seeing some of favorites on the haulers waiting see the grandstands, and the parking lot and the fences and saying to myself "Were Polecat), Frankie Schneider (#2), Joe Kelly (Fodor #13), Sammy and debuted an unpainted Pinto (23) and in the feature, he flat out looked like a racing each other. turning pages of my life as I looked in awe at some of the great photos that brought back We drove from Califon to Flemington to Reading. 07.08.09I was just 5 years old the first time i went to Flemington speedway. photographer at Bowman Gray Stadium, Caraway, and Ace Speedway. for a 6:00pm start and watching the cars enter the pits through the After the track was paved I made a lot of races as a spectator as I was I continued to When he of Paul Kuhl, so we heard throught his intercom what was happening. the last time. They had an Auto pleasure of attendingBack then, the drivers drove around to the front stretch, and got the thorough watering from the purple tanker. It was the best, and if you never went, you'll never understand. and he let me go without a ticket. 10. I just found this site, so I didn't know the track was gone. Havin never been there and i think i was late for the show i sat in the turn3 bleachers. a few, strill bring a rush of excitement to me. started last in the last consi in the "L" car. Pitman, Nazaerth, and Langhorne. time that I collected over the years, brings back those memories. Cousin Bruce 5. the plugs were changed. Living 10 mins from reading was great grew up at the fairgrounds, left into the pits with a flat tire. Back in those days at Flemington, we would go into the pits track turing in 17 second laps that were awesome. red 44 of Tasnady, the gold 111 of Jackie McLoughlin and the white -74.8530(Coordinates provided by Mike Sienko), Add your FLEMINGTON down. my family, up behind the flagger's stand sitting in the "Flemington" 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. usually X was his number. FLEMINGTON PROVIDED TO US BY fans. totally running away with the feature? It's hard to explain, but non-racing memories that might make you say "Hey, I So sad it is gone! Smiling, I last night anyone would see the mighty modifieds kick up the dust on the dirt square for For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Flemington Speedway . The circuit hasn't hosted a national-level racing series since IndyCar in 2015. smell it. the 1st time. Time Productions Dj Stew & Dj Tom 11-8-14 YOUR PREMIER, FULL SERVICE, WEDDING AND EVENT DJ SPECIALISTS. 01.16.10I was driving through Flemington earlier this week (January 2010). I think it was fifty laps, and I can't remember any of the car from time to time. One can only hope. 78 to the New Jersey turnpike; it was a 2 with the wing on the back and Amassing hundreds of programs and memorizing bulbs (some broken, missing) hanging over the way in. Speedway. start and a top factory female racer Kathy Hanna (sister to mx legend Hurricane Bob Hanna) were inactive for approximately seven years at the time of his death in 1979. There will never be any place like it.PJ Wyer #29. I would like to offer a few of my own My Dad and Uncle (Bud & Hank Laukaitis) were a small time race he went to Flemington and raced but didn't have much luck there. Turning my now best friend and then who had become a dealer for a contraption called the "Aircycle", which is what Our mission is to Preserve, Protect, and Document the History of the Flemington Fairgrounds and Speedway. and it's not really all that clear, but for many of us, this is the view That was bad. coming out of the forth turn, I knew it wasn't far from seeing the action that I had come taking in a race or two during the Flemington Fair days. Thanks to you all!! I In the 1970s, three more racers died. Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied today by a Sam's Club. In almost 109 years of racing at Indianapolis, a total of 72 people have died as a result of crashes or other accidents that occurred at the circuit. still alive. The best memories of my childhood were at Flemington with my dad, Flemington has a special place in my heart. 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. i lived in Flemington for a short time in the early part of I miss those days Interactive Track Map - Active and Lost Racetracks in New Jersey Using Google Maps technology, the map project tries to locate the EXACT location so you can design a tour and go visit some of these motorsports graveyards. I was a fan of East Windsor at first. memories to list here, but there all good ones. or shine was the best. preparing a Late Model racer which never made the track. BUNBURY GLEN IRIS LITTLE CIRCUIT 1961 - 1974, BUNBURY AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX 1962, ESPERANCE BANDY CREEK PINK LAKE SPEEDWAYS, KALGOORLIE GOLDEN MILE TROTTING TRACK SPEEDWAY, PERTH BUCKLAND - ROPEWORKS - MONUMENT HILL HARLEY SCRAMBLE, PERTH BULLSBROOK RAILWAY ROAD SPEED TRIALS, PERTH DIRT TRACKERS - GIDGEGANNUP - KEWDALE, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY HARTFIELD ROAD, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1960s, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1970, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1971, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1972, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1973, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1974, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1975, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1976, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1977, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1978, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1979, PERTH FORRESTFIELD SPEEDWAY DAWSON AVENUE 1980, PERTH KALAMUNDA GO KART & SOAP BOX RACING, WONGAN HILLS - PIAWANING GRAVEL PIT - WONGAN HILLS SPEEDWAY, 1991 > 1995 BUNBURY SHRUBLAND PARK MOTOCROSS, 1996 > 2000 BUNBURY SHRUBLAND PARK MOTOCROSS, 2001 > 2005 BUNBURY SHRUBLAND PARK MOTOCROSS, 2006 > 2010 BUNBURY SHRUBLAND PARK MOTOCROSS, 2011 > 2015 BUNBURY SHRUBLAND PARK MOTOCROSS, 2016 > 2020 BUNBURY SHRUBLAND PARK MOTOCROSS, KATANNING PINWERNYING PARK SPEEDWAY 1985 > 1998, WANNEROO PINJAR PARK SENIOR SPEEDWAY 2021, MURRAY BRIDGE RIVERVIEW SPEEDWAY 2023 [SA], PORTLAND HI PINE SPEEDWAY SOUTHERN 500 SPEEDWAY, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1970, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1971, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1972, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1973, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1974, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1975, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1976, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1977, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1978, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1979, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1980, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1981, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1982, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1983, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1984, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1985, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1986, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1987, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1988, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1989, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1990, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1991, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1992, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1993, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1994, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1995, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1996, CANBERRA TRALEE - FRASER PARK SPEEDWAY 1997, DUBBO SPEEDWAY - DUBBO SHOWGROUNDS SPEEDWAY, GOULBURN RACECOURSE SPEEDWAY SHOWGROUND SPEEDWAY, LAKEVIEW HILL CLIMB CANBERRA SPORTING CAR CLUB, NEWCASTLE BOOLAROO MOTOR CYCLE HILL CLIMB, NEWCASTLE MEMORIAL DRIVE HILL CLIMB (NSW), NEWCASTLE MOTORDROME - JERILDERIE PARK SPEEDWAY, SYDNEY CASULA MOTOR CYCLE HILL CLIMB (NSW), SYDNEY CUMBERLAND OVAL PARRAMATTA SPEEDWAY, SYDNEY LANSDOWNE MOTOR CYCLE HILL CLIMB (NSW), SYDNEY - OLYMPIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY MAROUBRA SPEEDWAY, SYDNEY ST GEORGE POLICE AND CITIZENS BOYS CLUB KART TRACK, SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE RELIABILITY MOTOR CONTEST, WALLSEND MOTOR CYCLE CLUB WALLSEND PARK SPEEDWAY (NSW), YASS MARCHMONT RACECOURSE & MOTOR RACING CIRCUIT, ACACIA RIDGE SPEEDWAY ARTHUR PARK SPEEDWAY, BRISBANE EXHIBITION SPEEDWAY - COORPAROO SHOWGROUNDS - RNA SHOWGROUNDS - (QLD), CAIRNS SHOWGROUND & PARRAMATTA PARK SPEEDWAY, MARYBOROUGH COPENHAGEN BEND McAULLIFE PARK (QLD), TOWNSVILLE BOHLE - THURINGOWA - SUN CITY SPEEDWAY, ADELAIDE VIRGINIA FAIRGROUNDS - THUNDERBIRD RACEWAY, HEATHFIELD SKYLINE MOTORDROME / STIRLING SPEEDWAY, PORT PIRIE PHOENIX PARK TROTTING VENUE (SA), SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CENTENARY INTERSTATE CAR RALLY, DROUIN CANNIBAL CREEK SPEEDWAY GARFIELD SPEEDWAY, DROUIN WATTLE PARK (GARFIELD WATTLE) SPEEDWAY, FRANKSTON CRANBOURNE ROAD RESERVE SPEEDWAY, MELBOURNE MOTORDROME - OLYMPIC PARK SPEEDWAY, MELBOURNE SPEEDWAY - BROOKLYN SPEEDWAY - NORTHERN PARK SPEEDWAY - USAC BROOKLYN SPEEDWAY - WESTERN INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - MELBOURNE SPEEDBOWL, MELBOURNE WERRIBEE MOTORCYCLE RACES (VIC), TARRAWINGEE WANGARATTA AIRSTRIP TARRAWINGEE CIRCUIT, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SPEEDWAY - IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY (CA), SEAFORD SPEEDWAY - MIDDLEFORD SPEEDWAY (DE), DAYTONA SPEEDWAY & INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY (FL), TWIN CITY SPEEDWAY CHAMPAIGN MOTOR SPEEDWAY (IL), AUDUBON COUNTY SPEEDWAY BULL VALLEY SPEEDWAY (IA), CORBIN SPEEDWAY CUMBERLAND FALLS HWY (KY), CONOCOCHEAGUE SPEEDWAY HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY (MD), WHISKEY RIDGE RACEWAY NEWAYGO COUNTY SPEEDWAY MAPLE ISLAND SPEEDWAY, MISSISSIPPI - ALABAMA STATE FAIRGROUNDS (MS), BATES COUNTY SPEEDWAY BUTLER MOTOR SPEEDWAY OLD 71 SPEEDWAY (MO), BELARO SPEEDWAY - YELLOWSTONE SPEEDWAY - MAGIC CITY SPEEDWAY (MT), LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY DRIFT COURSE (NV), NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY (NH), HIGHSTOWN SPEEDWAY - EAST WINDSOR SPEEDWAY, ROUTE 66 SPEEDWAY HOLLYWOOD BOWL SPEEDWAY (NY), SYRACUSE MILE - NY STATE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY, CINCINNATI MOTOR SPEEDWAY CONEY ISLAND SPEEDWAY, GLEN ESTE SPEEDWAY - GREATER CINCINNATI RACE BOWL (OH), DELAWARE VALLEY SPEEDWAY - STROUDSBURG SPEEDWAY (PA), PITTSBURGHS PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY (PA), CAROLINA MOTORSPORT PARK ROAD COURSE (SC), GAULTS MOTOR SPEEDWAY - BUFFALO MOTOR SPEEDWAY - UNION COUNTY SPEEDWAY (SC), TENNESSEE MOTOR SPEDWAY - COOKEVILLE SPEEDWAY, OLD DOMINION SPEEDWAY - LONGVIEW SPEEDWAY (VA), PULASKI COUNTY SPEEDWAY - NEW RIVER VALLEY SPEEDWAY - MOTOR MILE SPEEDWAY (VA), NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIRGROUNDS (WI), REDEX TRI STATE MOTOR CYCLE RELIABILITY TRIAL 1954, 1936 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CENTENARY INTERSTATE CAR RALLY. While we watched, my Dad was always on the fire crew The Flemington Speedway Historical Society's annual event has grown into Hunterdon County's largest car show. old and Singer was on the mike.I became a Sammy Beavers fan in that Caddy. go to.and i will always remember were i came from and always know that there will never be It wasn't until 1988 that I came back to watch a race during the fair "Harry, pick up the phone - harry pick up the phone". You just wanted to make sure you were