I miss a real victory lane celebration. Now we have to wait until we get our Hoosier neckband on and our series/sponsor hat and wait for the confetti cannon before we can actually pump a fist in the air.
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I miss a real victory lane celebration. Now we have to wait until we get our Hoosier neckband on and our series/sponsor hat and wait for the confetti cannon before we can actually pump a fist in the air.
Brett Emerick on the mic at Eldora for the Dream and World 100
I miss when cars were built by drivers and crew in the backyard, unloading your car from a stake truck onto a pile of dirt, the flagman starting the race while on the track running between the cars, open trailers and school bus haulers.
I started going to Flemington in the 60s. Most of the memories posted here are similar to mine, only they were the forerunners of the Big Block modifieds. Drivers wore t-shirts and jeans. After visiting the pits after the race, Dad would high tail it out of there to Mr. Bee's on the circle and we'd eat burgers and watch the cars go by on their open trailers.
Flemington was the greatest. I watched them tear it down from my father's hospital room. Sad days.
I grew up going to Windsor or Pine Brook, Flemington and Nazareth, then Bridgeport after Nazareth closed. My first race ever was a USAC show on the Nazareth mile when it was still dirt.
None of it exists anymore. Yeah, Bridgeport is still open, but it’s very different from what I remember.
@josh - I never went to the other tracks. Since Flemington was so close, it was easy to watch some racing without traveling. My father used to go to Nazareth and Bridgeport before he was married. I did go to East Windsor a few times after Flemington went paved, but I left the area soon after.
Was Flemington your home track? There is a good site with tons of great pics from Flemington. If you haven't seen it, I'll dig up the URL for you.
Flemington was my home track I grew up about a half hour from it, even a few years into the pavement days, until, of course, I moved west and made Lernerville my home track. I did start sending some Saturdays at Grandview, too, though. 3 Wides Picture vault is probably the site you’re thinking of.
I miss bright leaf chili dogs…orange crush in the brown bottle…and my grandmother’s cold fried chicken legs at rockingham.
Yep! That's the one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh Bayko
3 Wides Picture vault is probably the site you’re thinking of.
Here's something I miss, Eddie Carrier Jr and Jared Landers on the Lucas Tour and Casey Roberts in the Cushman 101.
The most recent race I could find for Casey Roberts was the WoO race at Cherokee in March 2021.
A mutual friend told me that he is living his best life with his bride while doing some traveling with his work.
"I grew up going to Windsor or Pine Brook, Flemington and Nazareth, then Bridgeport after Nazareth closed. My first race ever was a USAC show on the Nazareth mile when it was still dirt.
None of it exists anymore. Yeah, Bridgeport is still open, but it’s very different from what I remember."
I grew up in South Jersey halfway between East Windsor and Bridgeport, so they were the tracks I attended the most. Only made it to Flemington a handful of times, but it seemed exciting everytime I saw a race there. I remember when I was a teenager, and Billy Pauch started racing. You knew he was going to be something special when he dominated the Sportsmen class at East Windsor, Flemington and Nazareth.
I thought Bridgeport was making a big mistake when they reconfigured the track a few years ago....Boy was I wrong. I would love to see a DLM race there. They scheduled one last year but it got rained out.