VINTAGE INDY 500 Winners Aj Foyt / Mario Andretti Photo - Trenton Speedway - $5.59. The payoff was a record setting, whopping me to attend the service. but did get in the race in the Leitenberger # 76. I raced all over the world, and that was the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. (June 19, 1960) - Rugged, cigar-smoking Jimmy Bryan, veteran auto racer who won 19 championships including the Indianapolis 500 in 1958, was killed Sunday in the 100-mile National Championship Big Car race at Langhorne Speedway. A longtime local diner location could become a fast food joint. Countless more were maimed in crashes that entailed high-altitude barrel rolls and hellacious fires. He survived and raced again (though not at Langhorne) after the giant splinter was inched out of his abdomen in a hospital. rough track played havoc with both drivers and machines. Riverside International Raceway is the sole dedicated road course to make this register. All Rights Reserved. Nicknamed Crash for his early drives, he settled down and became a very smooth driver. "The whole place had deteriorated over the years -- the infield, the pits, everything.". I was there, but really cant remember what the Langhorne Speedway: 20: 1930-05-03: track 'b' AAA National Champ: 1-Bill Cummings, 2-Deacon Litz, 3-Fred Winnai, 4-Bill Albertson, 5-Frank Brisko, 6- Zeke Meyer: 100 laps; 15 starters/11 finishers: Langhorne Speedway: 21: 1930-07-04: track 'b' 1-Fred Frame: Langhorne Speedway: 22: 1931-00-00: track 'b' 1-Al Aspen: Langhorne Speedway: 23: AAA sprint car show was held on May 1, 1955, at the big, circular oiled dirt tremendous racing took place around the circular, oiled down, big dirt mile trials, with, There No track could scare me. "They just screwed it up when they paved the track," Foyt says with typical bluntness. Amick led the rest, LANGHORNE, Pa., March 20 (AP)--Larry Crockett was killed today when his racing car spun out of control at Langhorne Speedway. The It opened in 1926 and quickly gained a reputation as one of the toughest tracks in the country, thanks to its high banks and long straightaways. With a huge void created in the track's management, ownership of Langhorne Speedway was passed on to John Babcock and his family. No Mans Land, an extensive history of the speedway. The proposal will have to go through the land development process. The track was paved. According to the book Langhorne! a photo, again, one taken by Walt Imlay, of the start of the 1956 100-mile race "You were still drifting the car. As Rutherford explains: "It was too fast in the rear-engine cars. The track was razed soon thereafter. It would get awful rough, he said. The track is located in Midland, North Carolina, southeast of Concord. turn area. And tragedy also. "It was the toughest track I ever ran on a motorcycle, and it was even worse in a stock car," he says. but Nazaruk pretty quickly disposed of Thomson, and "In fact, the year I finished second, I used the prize money for my honeymoon.". run. In September 1949, Langhorne hosted the fourth race of NASCAR's first year of sanctioning unmodified cars, then called Strictly Stock; Curtis Turner won that race. Unser led early, then was passed in mid-race by his younger brother, Al, driving a car owned by Parnelli Jones. a year later, it was returned to him, the thumb part still in the glove. Then in 1951, Irv Fried and Al Gerber became promoters. Within the 1.5-mile oval's confines, a newly-revised 2.28-mile road course, a quarter-mile short oval, and a 0.6-mile karting track are held, and the track's owners also own a drag strip and dirt short oval across the highway. Although Langhorne would become famous for races featuring the Champ Cars that ran at Indy and so-called Big Cars, now known as sprint cars, the first event also included a Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix car. But my right hand was like hamburger when I got finished. The final race held at Langhorne occurred on October 17, 1971, with Roger Treichler claiming the win at the national open for modified stock cars.[4]. mile track at Langhorne. Only two have died since 2000, and none since 2010. They only want to race in the softer spots. Considering the risk of speed record attempts and the 104 years of doing so at Bonneville, we can hope that this count stays low, if not static. No Man's Land by L. Spencer Riggs: "With all other courses up to that time being fairground horse tracks, Langhorne was the first [one-]mile dirt track built specifically for cars". There were two accidents, but . See all (5) After the Indy car race was cancelled, two final modified races were run in 1971. Jones was making his debut at the 'Horne in 1960 when Bryan died in an aerial wreck in Puke Hollow. Bob Veith asked for Today. OConnor, Ken Gottschalk and Elmer George. No Man's Land," calls the track "a man-maker and a man-breaker." Curtis Turner won. quest for three straight wins took a hit around lap 66, when his cars engine Drivers said Puke Hollow was softer and forever changing during a race, in part because underground springs made the ground beneath the racing surface swampy. (Larry) Crash Crockett was fatally injured. I was at the Selinsgrove Speedway, last Saturday, March 20th, I Since 1965, however, the track has not suffered a single known fatal accident. Had seen a couple guys not coming home from there. Amick was 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. looking at previous trips to Langhorne, and the times that we arrived back Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. in row 8 and Dick Rathmann and Elmer George in row 9, The length of the oval itself is contested, with different organizations claiming 1.0-mile, 1.015-mile, and 1.032-mile lengths. It might as well have been called the Killing Field. Iron Mike Nazaruk won that day, and a short Foster had been preparing to make his second NASCAR Grand National start. Because the track was round, you couldnt see very far ahead of you. for Ferrari, both in sports/racing cars and also in Grand Prix cars, after LeMans. A [9] Several other noted drivers were injured in accidents, often described as spectacular, due to high speeds on the mile-long but rough dirt surface. Langhorne continued to host an annual stop on the Grand National schedule from 1950 to 1957. Little Freeland and George. Pinterest. We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/ldrivers.asp and my own memories of the Both cars caught fire. Some of North Americas most popular racing venues have fatality counts in the dozens. winners were Nick Fornoro, Fred Jiggs From 1951 to 1957, the race was sanctioned by NASCAR. It also marked the final IndyCar race to be held at the circuit. Locations suitable to attempt these records are few, as they require miles of straight, absolutely flat terrain. These events included AMA-sanctioned National Championship Motorcycle races between 1935 and 1956, AAA-sanctioned Championship Car races between 1930 and 1955, and USAC-sanctioned Championship Car races from 1956 to 1970. Keep in mind all these cars were powered by 220 cubic inch Ofenhauser engines, back then, and they ran on skinny miles. The Langhorne Speedway was a one-mile oval racetrack located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. If you suddenly ran up on cars, it was hard to dodge them. track that day, as the racing usually was at the , Here The American Motorcycle Association sanctioned bike races at the 'Horne for more than a decade, and Carroll Shelby even won a sports car race there, holding off a 4.4-liter Ferrari in his bizarre-looking Cadillac-powered mongrel. from the book Langhorne! Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. Marvin's car hit the outside fence, flipped high in the air and landed on Bud Tinglestad's car. [2] His first win happened at Seekonk Speedway in 1946 and he won seven times in 1947. car had stopped. The press, and Ralph Liquori and Jim Hurtibise(#88) leap from their cars as Mel Kenyon(#21) slumps in the cockpit, badly burned and unconscious. Stock car drivers were killed in 2001 and 2002; the latter was T-boned at almost 170 MPH due to poor marshaling by the race's governing body. Thats TOTAL pay off, folks, In fact, the nation's deadliest racetracks share one common trait: They've been around a while. was a consolation race and Crockett won that, with OConnor and Jiggs Peters following him. . Teamates, Johnny Thomson and Al Keller had the fastest times during time effect, caused his car to run rich, thus burning up extra fuel. the win, but fell about a car length short. In the 1970 race, he passed his brother, Al, with nine laps to go to take the lead for good. Keep this in mind as totals continue to rise further down the list. One in 1952, another in 1954, still another in 1957, three support personnel at the 1960 Southern 500, and its most recent in 1965. Langhorne Speedway, which opened in 1926 and closed in 1971, was tabbed with numerous nicknames during its almost half-century of stock-car, open-wheel and motorcycle racing. at Langhorne. area. In 1939 the Langhorne Speedway was part of an organisation called "Hankinson Speedways" - Hankinson ran events under AAA sanction at a long list of tracks both in the North-Eastern USA as well as in the Carolinas. A conservation effort has sprung up in support of the Mile, but petition signatures can do little about the unsteady fiscal situation in which the track finds itself, due to investments in facility upgrades (safety included) during the 1990s and 2000s. The Mile is safer than ever before, but the racing is gone, and the track may soon be too. All cars were flagged in and the race . Add a photo Ratings and reviews RATINGS Food Service Value Atmosphere Details CUISINES American, Diner Special Diets AAA also had a sprint car race scheduled for out in the mid-west, at Salem. After the barrel rolling along the low wooden fence. However, Teter's tenure only lasted until July 5, 1942, when he was killed while attempting his rocket car leap stunt at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. was taken by Walt Imlay. Then they paved purgatory and put up a parking lot. Less than a month after the racing ban was enacted, Hankinson, the man so instrumental in bringing notoriety to Langhorne early on, died of natural causes in Florida. In 1965, one of the most spectacular comebacks in auto racing history began with the serious burns and injuries to Mel Kenyon. News. High-profile American racing clubs like the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), American Automobile Association (AAA), and United States Auto Club (USAC) made Langhorne one of the stops on their national circuits. If something went wrong, you were in the wall.". and Thomson in the first row, followed by Magill and Sostilio. Langhorne hosted what turned out to be the track's final Champ Car race in 1970. Fonda Speedway. car had gone through the fence, minus his helmet and most of his clothing. Joe Mattera, Dick Mealy, Harold Bechtol "You'd bicycle through therefast," Jones says. The Palm Beach Speedway in West Palm Beach, Florida, was a half-mile, dirt track that saw its first NASCAR event when it opened the 1952 NASCAR season on January 20, 1952. A special thanks to Eric Cardona for sharing this historic footage.Apart from Mann's fatal crash, there were several injuries during the race. FIRE IS A RACE CAR DRIVERS WORST ENEMY! Billy Garrett, who had ", "Paving the track spoiled its identity," Dallenbach adds. back in time. and Ratjmann were out before 60 miles had been three in a row came to an end. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com. Langhorne rough track played havoc with both drivers and machines. It was deadly. Unser won the final two IndyCar races at the track -- in 1969 and 1970. Team Tactics Come Into Play track that day, as the racing usually was at the horne. I Al gave his car a little breather there, and I kind of closed my eyes and got around him and won the race. Furr previously operated a dirt track which was sold. first two rows of the feature consisted of. It was common to have over a hundred cars attempt to qualify for the National Open. The blood would start running out of my hands with about 10 laps to go. May 3, 1930 : Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA : AAA Indy Car : Bill Cummings: June 16, 1940 : Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA : AAA Indy Car It was another racetrack, another day at work, he said. Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. Thats because it was totally round with no banking. 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McElreath caught local favorite Mario Andretti napping on a lap-75 restart and jumped into the lead aboard the Offenhauser-powered Zink Trackburner. In fact, Riggs says, the name Puke Hollow was coined during one of the first races in 1926. It's been gone for years now but this video shows you just how intense these guys were. Heat I was part.of his pit crew for a while when Stevie raced for MK Speed Shops in Langhorne. In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. When the track was reconfigured and paved over in 1965, the smooth and level asphalt racing surface essentially prevented the formation of any rough patches and effectively eliminated the "hollow". Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. OConnor, Jerry Hoyt, Mike Magill, Duane Carter, Charlie, Some home, I decided that Id go with him, and just hope wed get back in time for When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. "Puke Hollow was, by far, the worst corner I ever drove," says Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner who always dreaded running Langhorne. Langhorne hosted the fourth-ever Cup race in that series first season -- on Sept. 11, 1949. That might have been the hardest pass I ever did in all of racing. Did the Horne scare Unser? Reports I had read said he lost part of a thumb, along with a glove, and the last row. But if I'd gone 10 feet past that pole, I would have gone straight over the guardrail.". a time of 32.941. in row 3, Gene Hartley and Andy Linden in row 4, Johnny Thomson and Al Keller "I saw his shadow right over me," Grim later told L. Spencer Riggs. In 1941, Hankinson sold the track to stuntman Earl "Lucky" Teter after a falling out with the AAA. Both cars caught fire. A Though asphalt makes up most of Indy today, the start-finish line remains a ribbon of red bricks three feet across. a photo of Mike Nazaruk, supposedly on his last lap fate dealt Garrett a cruel blow when his steering arm broke, and he spun out. AAA was in town for a day of racing with the sprint cars. On January 22, 1967, William A. It was a challenge, but if youre a racer, you want a challenge. The night before Langhorne, I was actually really concerned. A lot of guys who ran it got killed. got the lead and pulled away slowly. was a member of the graduating class of 1956 from the Pearl River. only 40 laps. # 31, the car that he drove at Langhorne on March 20, 1955. Upon his discharge in 1957, Tilley began racing the Flathead Coupes at the three-eights-mile dirt Silver Spring Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and in the early 1960s he moved up into the Supermodified "Bugs" that were all the rage. And, of course, the graphic memories of those who raced there -- and came out the other side. Many drivers flat refused to go to Langhorne. Daytona International Speedway: 8 1965 2001 Langhorne Speedway: 3 1952 1956 Charlotte Motor Speedway: 1964 1965 Memphis-Arkansas Speedway: 2 1956 1956 Darlington Raceway: 1957 1965 Riverside International Raceway: 1964 1967 Talladega Superspeedway: 1973 1975 Atlanta Motor Speedway: 1984 1989 North Wilkesboro Speedway: 1 1954 Michigan . They still had horrendous wrecks on the pavement and people got hurt, but no one else was killed after the surface was paved. Paving removed some of the tracks fearsome nature, but those who ran its dirt surface had long memories. The Concord Speedway was built in 1982 by Henry Furr. "I hardly slept the night before. No credible source reports any deaths since. It was known in part for its pothole-infested first sector, known as "Puke Hollow." Eventually, Nazaruk Geoge Amick held on for the Indeed, Darlington was not a track to trifle with in its early days, as it claimed seven lives between the years of 1952 and 1965. That kind of hurt the field for the Langhorne Marvin was one of 18 drivers to die at Langhorne. hed be out of sight, with the stands blocking the view of the track, Courtesy of Rick Parry A ticket for the benefit race they ran for Pete after the amputation. go alone, so he asked me. See Race of Champions for a history of this race since 1972. The Veith/Ward combo was 10th, with 94 laps the September 11, 1949 (200 Miles at Langhorne Speedway) to the September 15, 1957 (300 Miles at Langhorne Speedway) Search DriverAverages. feature race would be over a distance of 30 laps 30 miles. They talk about Darlington, but I think Langhorne was probably as tough as any track because of no banking and alland you had to really drive it. Andretti won IndyCar races at Langhorne in 1966 and 1967, leading both races from wire to wire. On In the 50-mile feature, held as usual during the worst of Pennsylvania's summer heat, Russ Snowberger, who would go on to achieve considerable fame at Indianapolis, was overcome by the combination of humidity, dust, bumps, and fumes from his straight-eight Miller. a relief driver on his 55th lap, and Rodger Ward took over for him. on one of those flips with Crockett being found about 300 feet from where the It hosted a NASCAR inaugural race in 1949. Notable drivers Doc Mackenzie, Joie Chitwood, Rex Mays, Lee Petty, Dutch Hoag, A.J. Share. gaining on Amick. Langhorne, Penn. The lives of future racers of Darlington, I hope, will remain with them. The rest of (*) = Last race ever held at Langhorne Speedway. However advances in safety technology and specifications designed by . You know in your mind you could get killed or seriously injured, but you dont think about it. racing goes. Now a 1.022-mile, tricornered superspeedway, ISM once featured a 2.5-mile road course sewn into its layout that was reduced in 1991 to a 1.51-mile waltz through the infield. Heres Vukovich, Bob Slater, Jerry Hoyt, Charlie Miller, Garrett, who had passed Veith, would assume That view was basically That 1964 race -- which Foyt won, with Andretti ninth -- was the last one on the original dirt surface. An Aldi store sits roughly where Turn 3 was located on the later paved version of the course. What is undisputed is that the Milwaukee Mile's future looks grim. extent that the AAA decided that it would no longer be a sanctioning body, and . Next, with 99 laps was Bryan, and with 98 laps, by Hartley, with Bryan, The speedway hosted a wide variety of races over the years, including NASCAR events and the Indianapolis 500. Guaranteed starting positions were awarded to the winners (or highest finishers not already qualified) at special Langhorne Qualifier races held at weekly racetracks throughout the Northeast and Southeast. Jack McGrath and Pierre Levegh, whos Going through there, you were gritting your teeth, Andretti said. at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA. pretty quick, too, with him doing the 6 laps in a time of 3:23.57. With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. Tinglestad escaped injury. This is not Mann's fatal flip as you can see the #43 of Mann spinning into the wreckage at the end of the clip. hesitant, at first, since we had a special graduating (religious) service at On Nobody raised their hand. Yanigan. 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