It 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. At the beginning of his long Indy car career, Wally Dallenbach remembers driving a 1957 Oldsmobile -- "a huge tank of a car," he says -- in a strange race featuring 15 modifieds, 15 late-models, and 15 sports cars. Because the track was round, you couldnt see very far ahead of you. on the track, completing 83 laps. Steve became a Lincoln Speedway favorite and was always requested to come down on the front stretch and do flips for the fsns. [2] After returning from the war, he resumed racing midgets at the Bay State Racing Association. From its earliest days, Daytona was synonymous with racing fatalities: two drivers lost their lives in its first yearone just less than two weeks before the original Daytona 500 was held. The instant fashion, with him receiving a broken neck and a severed jugular vein. No Mans Land, by L. Spencer Riggs, Motorsports.com When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) - A crash has shut down a section of a highly-traveled roadway in [] No Man's Land," calls the track "a man-maker and a man-breaker." In the third heat, strange as it seems, all three of the Sam Traylor cars were entered From 1951 to 1957, the race was sanctioned by NASCAR. In the first national open, in 1951, a large wreck blocked the track and burned driver Wally Campbell, that year's NASCAR National Modified champion. In time trials, Johnny Thomson turned a record breaking lap in the time almost a half-minute ahead. On January 22, 1967, William A. The current space features a Sam's Club, a Restaurant Depot warehouse and a CarMax dealership where the pits and grandstand were once located. Then in 1951, Irv Fried and Al Gerber became promoters. So? was taken by Walt Imlay. But there was a lot of trouble. Concord Speedway was built in 1982 by Henry Furr. Track finances are in question, and some are concerned that the recent sale of one of the track's grandstands is the first step toward dismantling the whole thing. car had stopped. News. The night before Langhorne, I was actually really concerned. Langhorne hosted what turned out to be the track's final Champ Car race in 1970. headed pit side, with his gas tank empty. We did make it The So when he heard that Roger Ward wanted no part of the Champ Car race there in 1960, Bryan agreed to a one-off ride in the vacant car, the A.J. And I made it! "They are just too prosperous today. "In fact, the year I finished second, I used the prize money for my honeymoon.". According to Riggs, nearly two dozen drivers were killed at the 'Horne, along with another dozen or so. "It wasn't just the track," Dallenbach says. extent that the AAA decided that it would no longer be a sanctioning body, and The Speedway hosted the nation's most noted race for the Modified division; the first post-war stock car race run at the facility was a National Championship Stock Car Circuit (a forerunner to NASCAR) race in 1947, with Bob Flock taking home the checkered flag. but did get in the race in the Leitenberger # 76. Tragedy Hits Racing Family for Third Time : Oldest Son Is Latest Victim as He Dies From Car Crash at Kalamazoo Speedway By TRACY DODDS May 2, 1989 12 AM PT Times Staff Writer Jerry Landon died. Who wants to go to Langhorne? In fact, Riggs says, the name Puke Hollow was coined during one of the first races in 1926. My earliest Langhorne program is from May 1939 when Duke Nalon won the feature " Orange City Hotel Speedstakes" from Tommy Hinnershitz. Richard Speck, of Mechanicsburg, was sitting in the infield. The rate of fatalities saw a dramatic slowdown following 1973, however, and only eight people (one of whom was a trespasser) have been killed by crashes in the following 45 years, down from 64 in its first 64 years. Fried and Gerber announced the sale of the property to mall developers in 1967, but the speedway held on through five more seasons. Peters, and Nazaruk. Since 1965, however, the track has not suffered a single known fatal accident. Heres UPDATE 6:55 p.m.: Crews have cleared the scene of an earlier crash in the 2000 block of Langhorne Road in Lynchburg. And it was very unforgiving. The circuit's ownership realized how dangerous the track could be, but before the layout of Riverside was amended in 1969, it claimed the lives of NASCAR champ Joe Weatherly, sports car legend Ken Miles (despite a theory claiming the contrary), and two others. Nazaruk set a new record for the 6 miles with Veith led the first 16 laps, with Bryan leading laps 17 through 70. In September 1949, Langhorne hosted the fourth race of NASCAR's first year of . Watch. Going through there, you were gritting your teeth, Andretti said. A lot of guys who ran it got killed. Ive Sick of the circuit's lack of safety, ailing facilities, and unpleasant driving, the racing world gradually turned its back on the Pennsylvania raceway, and when Champ Car drivers organized a boycott of the race in 1971, Langhorne's fate was sealed; a final autumn modified stock car race was Langhorne's valedictory. Bryan charged on, and was He was followed by Magill, Hoyt, Carter, Rogers, Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. They built that racetrack upside down, White said. "The track was sort of like Darlington, Allen said. And tragedy also. The Veith/Ward combo was 10th, with 94 laps a Champ car, ended up as the fastest qualifier with a time of 32,871. the last row. Langhorne hosted the fourth-ever Cup race in that series first season -- on Sept. 11, 1949. And naked fear. The 100-mile event was slowed by two caution flags, and was won by driver Tim Flock. Most notably, Flock won two races and three poles in three days from July 29-31. having track that day, as the racing usually was at the horne. The. The USAC races featured (and were won by) notable racers such as A. J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Gordon Johncock, Lloyd Ruby, and Eddie Sachs. 43 Langhorne Speedway Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Images Editorial Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 43 Langhorne Speedway Premium High Res Photos Browse 43 langhorne speedway stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. I was sitting in the stands in what I guess pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. Marvin passed away 2 hours later. Note: Some of this information, below, was taken As he came past, he reached up and wiped some of the oiled dirt off of The holes were up and the smooth side was down. Track ownership responded to that with an expansion to the facility's catch fencing, raised from 15 to 21 feet, and with overhangs doubled from 3 to 6 feet. AAA sprint car show was held on May 1, 1955, at the big, circular oiled dirt "I drove a car for the Wood Brothers one time, and I was leading the race, but it was so rough through Puke Hollow that the gas tank shook right out of the car.". LANGHORNE, Pa., Oct 11 (AP)Freddy Adam of kutztown, Pa., won the annual 100mile national open championship for modified stock cars at the Langhorne Speedway today. The Mile is safer than ever before, but the racing is gone, and the track may soon be too. The Deaths among racers and spectators were common in the early years of racing. "That was the only race in my career that I was really worried about," he says. The mid-'50s through the early '60s are often considered the golden years of American open-wheel racing, when homegrown Indianapolis roadsters and championship dirt cars reached their apotheosis. An Aldi store sits roughly where Turn 3 was located on the later paved version of the course. race, so it seemed, was gong to be a third straight win at Langhorne, for Jimmy The Langhorne - March 20 and May 1, 1955 and June 24, 1956 While I was at the Selinsgrove Speedway, last Saturday, March 20th, I happened to mention to another race fan that on that date in 1955, I was in attendance at the Langhorne track to watch the sprint car races. The blood would start running out of my hands with about 10 laps to go. to make the show were Rodger Ward, Bill Cheesbourgh, March 20, 1955, was no exception. A young Mario Andretti raced there. "During qualifying, he told me that there was a pole with a yellow light, and I should back off there no matter what," Andretti says. , Johnny Thomson and Al Keller had the fastest times during time weather was actually like. Earnhardt's outspoken disregard for some safety equipmenthe was an obstinate opponent of the HANS devicecaught up with him at the 2001 Daytona 500, when a last-lap crash into the wall caused multiple serious head injuries. This time the 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. On NASCAR Car Generations; NASCAR All-Star Race Averages; Driver Ratings Info; DriverAverages.com; NASCAR Averages Database; The next year, Andretti was standing in Puke Hollow during the sprint car race when Bobby Marvin clobbered the guardrail, flipped end over end, and burned to death in front of him. ", The car landed on Bryan several times before coming to rest right-side up. George Moscot and his partner Ray owned the car . Heres As Riggs puts it, "I think people figured that if that joint could eat Jimmy Bryan alive, then it could get anybody. Hankinson brought in AAA Championship 100-lap races and continued to stage shorter sprint car racing events on the circular track. Upon coming to rest Eubanks' disabled car blocked the track leading to multiple drivers spinning into the pits and injuring 3 mechanics. Nascar playlists:Flips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFF76A762B38C7ED0Races: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3062F1B06490D50F500s: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL841E0FC1B50AF368 Please Subscribe! Click on the race number to see the results of that race. If you could get in there at full speed and make it through, youve just created an act of God, Unser said. Sweikert and Pat OConnor were on hand, along with been thrown out after one or two barrel rolls. http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/ldrivers.asp, While The swamp had devoured it. Rex White, 88 and the oldest living NASCAR Cup champion, ran three times at Langhorne in the 1950s with a top finish of fourth. "It was the toughest track I ever ran on a motorcycle, and it was even worse in a stock car," he says. The track became known as one of the more dangerous tracks in motorsports. 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Heres it three in a row, caught Hartley, and passed him on the 81st Driver Don Thomas suffered leg injuries when his car careened into the infield. turn area. Yanigan. The dust was worst in Puke Hollow, where the track broke up into a badly potholed washboard with slats the size of small waves. Peters, Hank Rogers, Hinnershitz, Bill Brown, Ernie Harroun also drove with a mirror mounted to his car, an idea pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. his goggles. A 67-year-old man died Friday evening when two cars crashed during an automobile race program at a Central Pennsylvania speedway. On lap 43, Veith Clarence told me that he took a crew up there and poured concrete footers and then put in a concrete table across the track about 10 feet in, said L. Spencer Riggs, author of Langhorne! George didnt qualify his normal ride, the HOW Offy, View photos of the Concord Speedway construction below. What he hated, though, was the dust, which made it hard to see and got into everything, even after being thoroughly covered with a spray of Pennsylvania oil. Eventually, Nazaruk As Rutherford explains: "It was too fast in the rear-engine cars. Photographer is unknown. Langhorne Then a series of accidents in the 1990s snatched six more lives, including three in a single Indycar accident in 1999, when a loose wheel flew into the crowd. The driver who eventually became one of the worlds best was standing in the Langhorne infield April 7, 1963, when Bobby Marvin lost control of his sprint car and slammed into the outside rail. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". Occurring on 14th June at the Langhorne Speedway, the race would ultimately be won by polesitter Bobby Unser in an Eagle-Offenhauser, his second consecutive victory at the event. 2022Recurrent Ventures. Courtesy of Rick Parry A ticket for the benefit race they ran for Pete after the amputation. but Nazaruk pretty quickly disposed of Thomson, and They let it settle in over the winter. Commercial development eventually made the property too valuable to be used for motorsports, and there were complaints about noise from newly built residential neighborhoods. gaining on Amick. Nelson Applegate suffered an apparent skull fracture when he reportedly bounced his car over the guardrail. He remembers the restless night before. The payoff was a record setting, whopping The 1-mile track. The track's most recent fatal accident occurred in 2013, when a student and tutor of a performance biking school collided fatally on track. Next, with 99 laps was Bryan, and with 98 laps, Like Bonneville, the speeds built into El Mirage and land speed record racing means monumentally dangerous crashes. Jan 1, 2013 - Langhorne Speedway flyer. home, I decided that Id go with him, and just hope wed get back in time for Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". Many others suffered grievous injuries and burns. at Langhorne. FOR SALE! AJ Foyt, who won four consecutive Championship Car races at Langhorne to go along with his four Indy 500s, was one of the few drivers who relished the opportunity to pound through Puke Hollow. Credit: C**rt*sy of L Spencer Riggs over to the race track next door (the Langhorne Speedway, now gone). So how do we rank the most dangerous tracks in America? That kind of hurt the field for the Langhorne (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. The speedway was built by a group of Philadelphia racing enthusiasts known as the National Motor Racing Association (NMRA) and the first race was held on June 12, 1926 (scheduled for May 31 but postponed by rain). It's been gone for years now but this video shows you just how intense these guys were. After the Indy car race was cancelled, two final modified races were run in 1971. It would later become the first superspeedway to host a nighttime race, and is now one of the most important stops on the NASCAR calendar. usually drew quite a few cars from the mid-west. Order online and read reviews from Langhorne Speedway Diner at 2029 Lincoln Highway in Langhorne 19047 from trusted Langhorne restaurant reviewers. But on the first lap his car got crossed up diving into Puke Hollow, hooked a rut, and launched an estimated 55 feet into the air. OConnor, Ken Gottschalk and Elmer George. In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. 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