As someone who's lived in the NY/NJ region my entire life, Flemington Speedway was a very popular destination for the diehard race fan. Fortunately, the track's legacy is still alive thanks to local car shows and other events through the Flemington Speedway Historical Society.

What sits now at Flemington Speedway is a Lowe’s and some stores with the track gone. Wish it was still around.

I've driven this track in NR2003, but had no idea about how much history was there. Also, I love how relaxed the announcers are with every flip! "Another driver goes end over end here..." You can tell it must've happened all the time. Sad to see tracks like this disappear. Thanks for the video!

Flemington was part of my childhood. There was nothing quite like it anywhere. I was glad I got to experience it firsthand

I just realized BFM is approaching his 5th anniversary of his first video. Happy early anniversary man.

This was literally my hometown track. Saw the truck series there. Met Richard Petty there.

Grew up going to Flemington and I have fond memories of playing with toy cars in the dirt and watching the super trucks there. This video brought a lot of that back for me. Thank you for helping preserve the history of this great track! Such a shame that it is gone.

I lived in Flemington for most of my life from 1996 (The year I was born) to 2013. I seriously wish I could have seen at least one race there.

I hope one day Dale Jr. invites Darian on his Abandoned Race Track episodes if that show is still on

A kind-of home track to me that I never got to see

My uncle was photographing right by the corner that Dick Tobias died at. That always is a point my uncle brings up and I think it really affected him.

You should make a video about Cajon Speedway! The history of the track is fascinating and the story of how it closed is very tragic. I think it could make for a very interesting video!

One lost track that fascinates me is the smallest track to ever host a Cup Series race, Islip Speedway, Long Island, New York. At just 0.2 miles round, it was even smaller than Bowman Grey Stadium

In addition to this track, there is also the street circuit in the Meadowlands Sports Complex that hosted CART races from 1984-1991. CART marketed the race as the closest race to NYC even though the track was in New Jersey. However unlike this track, the street circuit in the Meadowlands Sports Complex was widely considered one of the worst on the CART schedule even though it drew large crowds each year. In addition to CART, IMSA, Trans Am & Indy Lights all raced here. One suggestion for an Abandoned Tracks episode is the Burke Lakefront Airport circuit in Cleveland which hosted CART/Champ Car races from 1982-2007.

I grew up less than a mile from the speedway in the 70s, I remember hearing the races every Saturday in the summer time and going to them when I was older, some of the greatest times as a kid

I got to race there for a couple seasons before it got demo’s for a Home Depot. Very cool place

I remember as a kid racing on this track on NASCAR 1999 for computer. One of my favorites! Great video!

Content Suggestion: Nascar by the decade. Basically a breakdown of the who/what/when/where/why's of Nascar for, lets say the 90's. What big stories, what major changes, whom was the underdogs, whom were the big teams/drivers/sponsors. so on so forth. A complete breakdown of Nascar's most important/iconic/memorable/horrible stories/accidents/racing that happen during said decade. Maybe start it with the 50's, and work through the 60's 70's, 80's so on so forth. This would be a great way for newer fans to learn about the history, while giving older fans a dose of nostalgia

I went there in 1993 for, I think, a modified race of champions. Weekend long event. Most memorable part was watching Larry Havens #43 go flying through the air once he got into the foam pieces/barrier.

The track also had a old race car ‘museum’ underneath the front stretch grandstands.

My dad took me there when I was around 4 years old for the modified tour and truck series. I still remember how cool the modifieds were and my dad even got to give Ron Hornaday a chest bump a few hours after the win. He stayed long after signing autographs.

My buddy, Crazy John and I, made a trip there in the summer of 1999. We were regulars at Wall Stadium, but we decided to check out Flemington. The International Super Modified Association was running there the night we went, and they set a record lap speed of 154 mph! The Super Modfieds ran their event, and then a single ISMA car ran to set the record. I remember one night how, after work, I visited the then closed Flemington Speedway. This would've been in 2004 or 2005. I was able to get into the track area, and I walked a lap around it. During my walk, I thought of the racing I'd seen there a few short years ago with my buddy, Crazy John. When I got to the back stretch, I reminisced about John Blewett III's wreck that happened there. While walking my lap, there was a high performance motorcycle or car that passed by on Rt. 31. The way the sound echoed off the vacant, declining grandstand was eerie; it sounded as if someone were making a hot lap around the track! It was as if the ghosts of racing's past were calling to me... A few years later, I moved up to the Clinton, NJ area for work. I was let go by my old employer, but I soon got a new job in Flemington. My new commute took me by the old race track every day. During the spring and summer of 2007, I saw the slow, inexorable, and heartbreaking site of the track being dismantled and demolished. Now, thanks to that abomination, that mall called "Raritan Town Square", no one could tell there was ever a race track there.

I can tell you from experience As a fan that Flemington was a special place...their Was an energy in the air like something big was going down .it was not unusual to get a crowed of over 10,000 people on a regular Saturday night. they always had a full field of cars and it was a hard place to qualify .crazy wrecks were an every Saturday night event. in my opinion back in the late 60s through the early 80s Flemington was the proving ground for this sport known as ( eastern dirt modified's ) from this time period came many new racing parts company's and design changes. any time in life you find a special place savior it like a fine wine . everything will change one day. only your memory's remain.

I only knew about Flemington speedway through monster trucks, but I wish it was still around.

Spent many childhood Saturday nights at Flemington Speedway in the sixties and early seventies. So from the 30s-40s coupes and sedans era, to the 60s Falcons and Mustangs, then to the Pinto, Vega, Gremlin tube frame cars, and mini stocks from English Ford Anglias, VW Beetles, and one memorable Opel GT. The Greatest Show on Dirt. Amazing to watch the skill and speed of the cars tying turns 1 and 2 together in one long, arcing oversteer counter-steered turn, then the same in 3 and 4. Dirt, Dust, Bellowing V-8s, Rubber, Raw Fuel, it was a totally immersive experience, every Saturday night it wasn't raining, during racing season. Friend and I would buy the 'Little Plastic Stock Cars' (do a Google search, someone bought the molds and started to make them again) and he and I would modify and paint them to look, as best as kids could make, like the cars of our hero's on the track, and we raced them on the oval rug my Mom had made for our living room. A lot of the good nostalgia for the track.

I had known about Flemington for a while. It’s a shame Ray Evernham was hurt so bad there. I also learned that there was a road course at Flemington

my dad raced here before i was born, absolutely excited to see it covered by your series

My dad tells lots of stories about flemmington. Sounds like such a cool track. And to listen to all the big names that used to there. Wish it was open when I was alive

My dad won at Flemmington. I raced Go-Karts at Flemmington. My family got pets at the Flemmington Fair. Any race fan from NJ/NY misses Flemmington a lot.

Being a NJ resident, I would’ve loved to attend a race there if it hadn’t closed.

I have such fond memories of this track I knew a few of the drivers in the 808 Les Farley Sportsman class Then there was the Al Tasnady Super modified class with a Big block 505 Ford engine I think his car number was 37 I could be wrong on that his sponsor was Wolf Oil that quick change rear end made a killer noise as he poured the power to it awesome car big time Thank you for posting this video for us all to enjoy.

Terry Cook, what an almost forgotten name. He was an idol to me as a fellow Ohioan when I was a kid

I am happy to say I was able to race at Flemington on the asphalt in 1995 and 96 before moving to Wisconsin to race super late models. It’s the only place I’ve ever raced where you didn’t use the brake pedal at all during a racing lap. Great facility! Tremendous history

I remember back then in the early mid 90s, the south county police departments (Delaware, readington, I think west Amwell PD) would bring there police cars to the track around 2-3 in the morning and race eachother to see who has the fastest police car.

Flemington was like no other track. The truth is, Raritan Township no longer wanted it there. The Hunderton County Medical Center (hospital) constantly complained about the dust and dirt getting into their air systems. We would park 1/4 mile away and at the end of the evening our car had a thick layer of dirt like it was parked in the pits. The community around it pre-1990 was much different than the community that sprang up in the track's last decade. Flemington on asphalt was good but the dirt racing years were the best. For those who did not get to experience it, it's hard to describe it and do it justice.

Awesome Video! Thank you for making a video on one of New Jersey's best race tracks. I posted on the NJ Racing groups, those guys and girls are going to love!

Flemington is the track that ended Ray Evernham's driving career. One of the many injured at the track. I love uniquely shaped tracks, so it was fun to watch the Trucks race there on TV when I was little

I love how casual the commentators are when calling crashes

This was my dad's home track. He raced here mainly and a few other venues. I remember hopping the fence in 2005 shortly before it was torn down.

I used to go to Flemington a lot. The Flemington mods were a unique version of modified cars. They were fun to watch...Ahh The smell of the rubber, the blast of white when they slammed into the foam...Now lost to memories. Thanks for the memories!

Although not particularly notable, I thought I would mention that the track DID host a weekend for the TNT Monster Truck Challenge Series in the summer of 1990. USA-1 won the first night and Grave Digger won the 2nd.

i think all NJ has left for oval tracks is new egypt and wall. there’s been rumors for years about wall getting demolished and turned into another housing development (as if we need more houses in new jersey lmao) but as of now wall is still standing

My parents would drive down there a few times a year when it was dirt, about four hours one way. I remember being showered with little curled up bits of clay and getting in trouble for playing with them. Now I wish I'd taken home a wad of them. But I was like 6, so Because of the Nascar Truck series the track appears in one of the Nascar video games of the era, NAPA gave out free promo versions with limited tracks but this was one of them.

Hands down, other than Ascot, one of the most exciting race tracks I have ever been too. It's now a Lowes, like they needed another one of those there.

Remember Dad and Mom towing a "55 210 Late model there in the early 70's. We where piled into a 1966 F2504X4, being followed by the "Pit Crew" in a old Caddy Convertible.. Thank you for the Memory of another track that is now gone.

I grew up 5 minutes from this location on the border of Flemington and Clinton. Thanks for the video man!

I was a reporter there when it went to asphalt. Dirt fans were ticked off, but the racing was scary fast. I saw an accident that shortened Ray Evernham’s career. The atmosphere at the squared circle was amazing. That’s historian Earl Krause behind the mike in this video. Bill Singer was the main announcer in its heyday. This place was hardcore. God bless the Kuhl family who kept the place alive for so many to enjoy. RIP Toby Tobias and the others who gave their lives to this magical place.

Born and raised a mile down the rd from the speedway 1980..moved out of state in 2003. I really miss weekends at the speedway and Flemington fair every year. And I remember when rt 31 was 2 lanes lol as it ran right in front of my house.

Not just the greatest weekly running racetrack of all time, but the greatest racetrack of all time.

RIP Richard “Dicky” Polenz from R.A.P racing. He was a neighbor growing up in the borough and my best friend was his son Ryan Polenz. The cars running at night was one of the coolest things about growing up downtown.

Modified Country USA. Great dirt track I attended many times in the mid to late 70s. Wild flips & crashes. I really loved it.

I’m really loving this video brother 🍿🍿🍿

I got a Abandoned track recommendation Calder Park in Australia where both it’s road course and Oval did Supercars And even 2 Nascar races in 90s and early 2000s. 1 plus side is that it is trying to be revived again

Flemington was my Stepdad's favorite track back in the 80's-early 90's. It was also cool hearing the voice of Flemington, the late Bill Singer who was a good friend of the family up until his passing in 2004.

A pity that these tracks with character are lost, meanwhile horror shows like Texas Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway and the Atlanta repave are left in their wake.

For some reason I loved this track. Loved the covered grandstand. It still lives on in my Nr2003 heart

In 89 that was the the first circle track my dad would take me to. From there I was hooked on dirt racing.. the moves the guys made the dirt flying it was exciting and loved it we would go to the weekly series races when we could and loved it thank u for makeing this video and bringing back the good times spent at that track

Got to go when I was very very young. I got 3 Nazareth races and 1 flemington events. Guess that’s pretty special

I was part of that final arca race, lol tornado sirens were going off and the few people in the stands were booing us as we covered up the cars lol great times.

That looks like such a fun layout!

Flemington Speedway was also the sight of one of the more famous TNT Motorsports events in 1990. Monster Trucks were huge back then. Still have it on a VHS Tape here at home. The second day of the event was Dennis Anderson's last televised appearance for TNT Motorsports as he took Grave Digger number 2 to a victory in the final round.

I moved to the area in 2015, and knowing I live in the general area of the site of an old NASCAR track still gives me chills to this day.

Grew up going here. It’s department stores a lowes and Walmart back there too now. Sucks, i miss that track and all the memories. Especially the Demolition Derbies!

Lowes and Walmart have done more to kill short tracks than nascar has and that’s saying something.

Switching to asphalt killed this once great track. Sickening to think about what was and now it'd nothing. Sadly I think OCFS is in their last year this year with a very limited season.

Being from Flemington, this was a cool watch

loved it

Grew up in readington went to central and went to track Saturday nights missed the dirt and loved the fair

Love the smooth jazz

Big oofff, hitting closing to home with this one. Sadly living in cny we’re seeing more of these Northeast Dirt Modified tracks fall by the wayside. Syracuse Mile fell in 2015, Rolling Wheels has sat idle for nearly as long and 5 mile Point Speedway has been sold .

I remember seeing the Craftsman Truck Series there. Kurt Busch was driving the 99 Exide

I love these videos

I loved this track in nascar 3 with the truck expansion ❤️

One of the great dirt tracks on the east coast, but man, did you get dirty!!

Check out Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Weedsport, NY…. another great 5/8 clay (dirt) oval that sadly sits idle, becoming overgrown, with no return in sight. Not quite the history of a place like Flemington, but the racing at Rolling Wheels when the big time big-block modified touring series showed up with names like Brett Hearn, Jimmy Horton and “Bare-Foot Bob McCreadie” (RIP) was fantastic!!!

Videos idea: good seasons bubba, Daniel, Ross, and Chris buesher

Ashame so many tracks are getting shut down because people wanna either move next to an active racetrack and then complain about the noise, building unnecessary crap or stupid government regulations

I always enjoy racing here in NR1999, NR2003, and rFactor. The Squared Circle!

Man I miss my home track 😢

I remember my dad driving a 100 lap enduro race there it was an amazing experience

I went to the last Truck Series race there in 1998, it was a great time.

I used to drive by the track and figured I’d watch a race there one day…didn’t know it was gonna close before I had the chance. SMH. I actually shop at that Lowe’s and Walmart when I’m in town lol.

I was actually at both the last Truck race in 1998 and that ARCA race in 1999, though I don't remember much from either race as I was 5 and 6 at the time

Of Greenville-Pickens Speedway goes under this coming season, I recommend you making a video about it. There’s A LOT of history with Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Weird, I literally looked up this track this afternoon because I remembered it from NR 1999 edition.

How about a R.I.P. Moroso Motorsports Park / Palm Beach International Raceway. (Closed this April)

I remember this in a NASCAR racing 2 or 1999 edition expansion with Busch and truck series.

I raced at Flemington in the mid to late 90s. I'm not proud to say it but those big Styrofoam blocks saved my life.

Would you do an abandoned speedways video about Dayton Speedway in Dayton, OH??? I heard a lot stories about it when I was a kid.

Wow, something about my state, that's rare

You should do West Capitol Speedway, West Sacramento CA!

Spent many nights there as a kid!

I always wanted to go to a race there but never did. I actually used to show there when I was in 4-H at the fair the last few years it was there.

There was an article in " Stock Car / Circle Track or some other mag circa 1980's / 1990's titled " The Flemington Tapes " One of the pics was 2 guys sitting at a table on the track. I don't recall the story but others might be able to find it.

Would you be interested in doing one on Altamont Raceway in Tracy, CA? (yes the same altamont as the Rolling Stones concert) I live about 45 miles from it and when I was a kid I raced karts there for a few years and even won the championship for my class one year. I have a lot of pictures and some video footage from there. Would love to help out with it if you did one on that track

As a crewmember on the number 75 limited sportsman, I can tell you when it came to the modifieds, they came from everywhere, they all tried to win and as far as I know unless you ran there often you didn’t win anything. It was one of those deals where you had to know where to be on every lap. The number 75 was driven by Horace Drake and owned by his dad Howard. I was the only crewmember at certain times. I remember there were times when Howard would stand up on the trailer and say to the officials that would check our engine size, “you sonsabitches can borrow my yard stick and measure the bore and stroke“. I remember pulling into Harmony New Jersey and they wouldn’t let us unload the car till they checked the engine. After we won the feature they checked it again and the mob around the car was unbelievable. Howard would put a small amount of air conditioning compressor oil in the fuel to make it smell different and that made them test our fuel. It was unbelievably fun.

I was a crew member on the 14 truck in 95

Memphis International Raceway is seeing a similar fate. The Motorsports park closed this year and is set to he demolished in place for warehouses. It had a short track that I know trucks and arca raced there, a short road course, and a drag strip that hosted NHRA. The last time I went was in 2020 for the ARCA Souix Chief Championship which Ty Gibbs won. The track and grandstands weren't in great shape, there was an entire grand stand and press box in turn 1 left fenced off and abandoned. Only about 300 people showed up to watch the snoozefest of a race. I think the drag racing was it's bread winner.

Can you do a video on Oglethorpe speedway park it’s my local track it’s been here for 70 years and closed last year 2021 they hosted nascar in the 50s and 60s

I remember when Terry Cook got that 1st victory at Flemington.