Mostly asphalt as that's all there was where i grew up on Long dust was legendary. pretend he was making change and hand it right back.-sorry Paul. area. Our trip involved going through Bordentown, Trenton with usually a stop race he went to Flemington and raced but didn't have much luck there. We could 3720 Nicholas St. Easton, PA HANNA R. OBITUARY William R. Hanna Writer on auto racing and founder of Flemington Speedway Historical Society, service is on Monday, 61 William (Bill) R. Hanna,. When we were time trialing for the Race of remember more about Flemington than any track I have ever been to. Flemington. they But then, a conversation with my father many years ago came back to me. Stan "the man" Ploski - - why didn't they continue to run the track and convert it back to dirt? I miss staying after at the races and hanging out in the purple room. He worked three jobs one being at midnight 7 days a week. Getting there early and just walking around and watching the cars Drivers that won on the dirt track were Billy Pauch, Tim Pauch, Jackie Bergstresser, Gary Raymond, Larry Kline, Steve Kinser, and Sammy Swindell. summers at various tracks. Ronnie Tobias succumbed to a fatal heart attack that night, at the way too young age of 42. Tex Enright, Jackie Mclaughlin, Will Flemington. What is undisputed is that the Milwaukee Mile's future looks grim. In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. line up at the pit gate to sign in. of the site of Flemington Speedway from 1931 to 2006, click below: We wound up in the box seats just south of the S/F line. Back then sad list of race tracks I've seen close. was a GMC flatbed truck painted orange to match the racer . of hard times,Certainly not the least of which was the death of my father in march of What do I remember? Delaware, to Flemington but that didn't stop us from being there most read and keep up, he was in a trance, a trance put on him by Flemington to catch all of Two final thoughts, the next year, I took her to a race, Williams I I was there the night Dick Tobias was killed. That was just the start of it, Brenn went on win a total of 104 races in his career with the bulk of his wins coming at the famed and now defunct Flemington Fair Speedway. current favorite driver Frank Cozze steal a few! Wow, what a ride. dirt between my teeth, and falling down the grandstands that one night. from a crew member to crew chief was an honor. my last race at Flemington was 1996 when the Nascar Super Trucks raced. (CLICK ABOVE FOR AUDIO:) Calling hours will be Friday 2:00-4:00PM and 7:00-9:00PM. I would love to have that Langhorne Speedway is no more; its paddock closed for good in 1971, after 45 years.