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]. But once you got into a rhythm, it was excellent. 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. 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. AAA was in town for a day of racing with the sprint cars. Going through there, you were gritting your teeth, Andretti said. "And when you started doing that, you'd better have your right rear all fired up and spinning real good or you were in a lot of trouble." could say was the fourth turn area. took 14:39.05 to go the 25 miles, and the average speed was 102.383 MPH. race, a small piece of solder was found in the fuels return line, which, in AAA was in town for a day of racing with the sprint cars. I was at the Selinsgrove Speedway, last Saturday, March 20th, I AAA also had a sprint car race scheduled for out in the mid-west, at, The Grim, Klar, Mattera, Matera, Bechtol, McCoy, OConnor, Crockett and Mealy. Nobody raised their hand. Tinglestad being lead away from the wreck by a track official. up, from the racing surface, and if some one was rim-riding, chances are that first two rows of the feature consisted of. On January 22, 1967, William A. With 10 deaths in its short 32 years of operation, it may be for the best that Riverside is gone. "Puke Hollow was, by far, the worst corner I ever drove," says Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner who always dreaded running Langhorne. This auction is for a NEW 1960's 8x10 Inch B&W PHOTO of 234903308877 According to the book Langhorne! It might as well have been called the Killing Field. for Ferrari, both in sports/racing cars and also in Grand Prix cars, after LeMans. weather was actually like. Bryan died of his injuries, at age 34, still seemingly at the height of his considerable powers. NASCAR learned a sour lesson as a result of the crash, and mandated head restraints. 18 drivers, five motorcycle riders, three spectators, and one flagman have died at the track. a time of 3:22.33 and an average speed of 106.930 MPH. 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. almost a half-minute ahead. started to sputter. 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. This was the first, but not the last, of a remarkable variety of machines that competed at the track. fast but rough track greeted the drivers and fans on June 24. IMCA stars, Bob Slater and Bobby Grim. 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). Heres [5][6], Langhorne was relocated to southern New Jersey and became Bridgeport Speedway in Bridgeport, New Jersey.[7]. Ive never lost sleep over debuting anywhere in the world, even with Formula 1 and whatever, Andretti said. NASCAR Cup Series Race Recaps. Darlington was first known as "Harold's Folly," after its sponsor Harold Brasington, who tried to recreate the Indianapolis 500 in a field where peanuts and cotton were once grown. I watched poor Bobby burn to death.. If you could get in there at full speed and make it through, youve just created an act of God, Unser said. Langhorne continued to host an annual stop on the Grand National schedule from 1950 to 1957. They only want to race in the softer spots. 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. 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. Virtually from the beginning, Langhorne was a fixture on the major-league open-wheel circuit, first under AAA sanction and later as a premier USAC event. Autoweek participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. usually drew quite a few cars from the mid-west. The rest of go alone, so he asked me. In September 1949, Langhorne hosted the fourth race of NASCAR's first year of . Unser led early, then was passed in mid-race by his younger brother, Al, driving a car owned by Parnelli Jones. The next time I saw him, he The Veith/Ward combo was 10th, with 94 laps "You were sideways all around there with the back hung out, and you were either flat on the throttle or you were feathering a little bit, so there was no rest." The [2][3] That same month, the U.S. government banned all forms of auto racing due to America's involvement in World War II. Well, Bryans Also killed at the track were five motorcycle riders, three spectators and one flagman. 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. Both cars caught fire. 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. Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied. That was the most dangerous track on Earth. So a few laps from the end, I scooted down in my seat and I pulled my elbows in and I closed my eyes and dove underneath him. Langhorne was reshaped as a D and paved in 1965. Unclaimed. Then came the 92nd lap, and Bryan headed pit side, again ISM Raceway is the modern name for a speedway some know as Phoenix International Raceway. race, so it seemed, was gong to be a third straight win at Langhorne, for Jimmy 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! vicious series of end over end flips, with Crockett being thrown out of the car That might have been the hardest pass I ever did in all of racing. Did the Horne scare Unser? track that day, as the racing usually was at the horne. A crowd of about 15,000 was on hand for this second sprint car show. Photographer is unknown. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com. Bob Sweikert, Bobby Grim, Larry Crockett, Fred Jiggs Peters, Hank Rogers, Ernie McCoy, Mike Nazaruk, Al Herman, Russ Klar, race, so it seemed, was gong to be a third straight win at Langhorne, for Jimmy Yes, the potholes were not something one would want to pass over while holding a drift, and yes, they did cause a multitude of fatal crashes on their ownincluding that of Bobby Marvin, whose close friend Mario Andretti was there to witness it. It was all over for Nazaruk, in an almost Worry not, for the misery of Langhorne lives on; its grounds are occupied today by a Sam's Club. ", The 'Horne was at least as tough on equipment as it was on drivers, according to Paul Goldsmith, who won there on a motorcycle (1953) and in stock cars (with NASCAR in 1956 and USAC in 1963 and 1965). lap. Bryan. Note: Some of this information, below, was taken in row 8 and Dick Rathmann and Elmer George in row 9, We have a great online selection at the lowest prices with Fast & Free shipping on many items! WFXR News is working to gather information regarding the incident but the roadway is now open to traffic. The track was razed soon thereafter. Jan 1, 2013 - Langhorne Speedway flyer. L. Spencer Riggs, author of the definitive motorsport history, "Langhorne! It was common to have over a hundred cars attempt to qualify for the National Open. in row 3, Gene Hartley and Andy Linden in row 4, Johnny Thomson and Al Keller OConnor, Jerry Hoyt, Mike Magill, Duane Carter, Charlie, Some at Langhorne. "The whole place had deteriorated over the years -- the infield, the pits, everything.". "You'd bicycle through therefast," Jones says. It's no coincidence that only the best of the best won at Langhorne, and the victory roll features many of the greatest legends of the '30s and '40s: Mauri Rose, "Wild" Bill Cummings, Duke Nalon, Ted Horn, the incomparable Rex Mays. The unique layout meant that drivers drifted around virtually the entire circuit, usually with the throttle wide open, yet with perilously limited vision around the constant-radius corners -- a triple threat that demanded deft car control, immense reserves of strength and endurance, and, of course, those huge huevos. It was like jumping a fresh-plowed field. South Carolina driver Johnny Allen, now 82, ran in three NASCAR Cup events at Langhorne Speedway in the mid-1950s with a best finish of third place in 1957. In 1941, Hankinson sold the track to stuntman Earl "Lucky" Teter after a falling out with the AAA. May 1st, 1955. at Langhorne, PA. Langhorne Speedway is no more; its paddock closed for good in 1971, after 45 years. race continued after a spell, and Musselman had the I had seen so much happen there. row 7, Ed Elisian and Jim McWithey "I'd say their stand is due to an accumulation of fat," Fried complained. Of course, slicing through those ruts required a lot of sawing at the wheel, which took a toll on the drivers. Even with them wearing gloves, a lot of It received this moniker due to the fact that a driver might be inclined to "puke" as a result of the extreme jostling his car would experience when hitting the deep ruts which formed in this section of the track as a race progressed. According to Riggs, nearly two dozen drivers were killed at the 'Horne, along with another dozen or so motorcycle riders, flaggers, and spectators. It hosted a NASCAR inaugural race in 1949. Notable drivers Doc Mackenzie, Joie Chitwood, Rex Mays, Lee Petty, Dutch Hoag, A.J. again he was hitting the fuel tank with his hand, signaling his crew that he So how do we rank the most dangerous tracks in America? The car crashed through a fence and rolled over into a field. Dirt track racing has been around since the 1920s and the Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania was one of the very first tracks. Had seen a couple guys not coming home from there. could say was the fourth turn area. 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. Nazaruk ended up winning on that fateful day. It also marked the final IndyCar race to be held at the circuit. Then they paved purgatory and put up a parking lot. The track became known as one of the more dangerous tracks in motorsports. Langhorne hosted what turned out to be the track's final Champ Car race in 1970. Just It was deadly. Unser won the final two IndyCar races at the track -- in 1969 and 1970. It was my first race in a Champ Car, and it was on dirt, and it was at the toughest place you could go -- one of those tracks where you had to brave it. Today. Share. In the 1970s, three more racers died. Amazon.com: OnlyClassics 65 USAC Jim HURTUBISE Kenyon AUTO Racing Crash Langhorne Speedway Photo INDY 500: Photographs ". 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Ironically, despite the improvement in safety, the reviews for the "improved" Langhorne were uniformly sour. never been to Langhorne previous to this day, and was making his initial run in Langhorne been thrown out after one or two barrel rolls. The track became famous for it's many ruts and uneven terrain. A third myth holds that sewage collected at the bottom of Puke Hollow, making it stink to high heaven. And, of course, the graphic memories of those who raced there -- and came out the other side. 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. ", Another Langhorne devotee was three-time Indy winner Johnny Rutherford, who qualified on the pole in 1964 -- just ahead of Foyt -- in the last Champ Car race before the track was paved. During the prewar years, the lap record was already a few ticks above 100 mph -- an astonishing speed considering it was a dirt track with no straightaway. 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 fast enough to hit him in the rear," Bobby recalls, "but I just didn't have enough to pass him. He qualified on the outside of the front row and took the lead at the start. As a result, the speedway sat idle and did not host a race of any kind until 1946. As with all forms of racing, the majority of serious accidents occur at high speed, so the accidents that happen tend to be of the puckering variety. Bryan. Another 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. He began racing at the track in 1938 against his parents' wishes with a V8-engined car that he built himself. a photo of Mike Nazaruk, supposedly on his last lap The night before Langhorne, I was actually really concerned. ", Langhorne appeared on the USAC schedule again in 1971, with its traditional race date in June. Once he caught him, they battled it out for about 15 laps, at a torrid There The NMRA operated Langhorne from its inception through the 1929 season, staging 100-lap events on Labor Days and occasional shorter races. Courtesy of Jim Wilmore The Langhorne victory. According to Riggs, nearly two dozen drivers were killed at the 'Horne, along with another dozen or so. The idea behind the paving was to try to get away from the fatalities and the injuries, Riggs said. The first fatality in NASCAR's top series also. May 3, 1930 : Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA : AAA Indy Car : Bill Cummings: June 16, 1940 : Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA : AAA Indy Car Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying. Marvin passed away 2 hours later. winners were Al Herman, Mike Nazaruk and Charlie Musselman. pretty quick, too, with him doing the 6 laps in a time of 3:23.57. A Wild Dirt Track Crash From 1951. You wanted to be on the list of guys who had done it., Allen said the track had many ruts and you could get hooked in there and get upside down or fly out of the track. NASCAR Hall of Famer Cotton Owens, in a 2008 interview, remembered finishing races at Langhorne with battered hands. but did get in the race in the Leitenberger # 76. Autoweek.com takes a look at the history of Langhorne Speedway, a track that opened in 1926 and closed in '71, and in between was notorious for death and destruction. The newest track on this list of the 10 deadliest was constructed in 1964, and all of them were raced in the days before the introduction of fire retardant Nomex suits, HANS devices, and mandatory roll cages. Nazaruk set a new record for the 6 miles with 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. , Johnny Thomson and Al Keller had the fastest times during time Al gave his car a little breather there, and I kind of closed my eyes and got around him and won the race. No Mans Land, an extensive history of the speedway. Dutch Hoag was the most successful driver, winning five times. On Saturday, October 14, 2006, almost 35 years to the day of the last race held at Langhorne, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission dedicated a historical marker at 1939 E. Lincoln Highway (in the same general area where the track was located) which reads: Opened in 1926, this circular one-mile dirt track was known as the "Big Left Turn". "If it had been another crew chief, I probably wouldn't have listened. Who wants to go to Langhorne? "Billy" Foster was classified last in the Motor Trend 500 at the Riverside International Raceway after he lost his life in a practice crash two days earlier in his #22 Dodge. George Moscot and his partner Ray owned the car . . needed more fuel. Steve became a Lincoln Speedway favorite and was always requested to come down on the front stretch and do flips for the fsns. I raced all over the world, and that was the most dangerous, most treacherous, most murderous track there ever was. The track was very fast. 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. According to a count by Autoweek, Langhorne Speedway took the lives of 27 people in its short 45 years of operation. 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. March 20, 1955, was no exception. headed pit side, with his gas tank empty. his goggles. That view was basically The rate of deaths in this millennium is barely half that of what it was in the 1900s, and trending downward still. 2029 E Lincoln Hwy, Langhorne, PA 19047-0000 +1 215-949-3533 Website. And a photo, taken by Walt Imlay, of Mike Nazaruk Because the track was round, you couldnt see very far ahead of you. pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. Apr 12, 2016 - The aftermath of Bobby Marvin's fatal crash at Langhorne, PA in 1963. Here But if I'd gone 10 feet past that pole, I would have gone straight over the guardrail.". A the field lined up like this: Jimmy I knew the only place I could get by was Puke Hollow. The stands Pinterest. ", Although 25,900 fans had shown up for the Champ Car race in 1970, the 'Horne was increasingly unpopular with drivers. 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. Nobody liked it, and the ones who said they did were lying.". Harroun also drove with a mirror mounted to his car, an idea pioneered by Dorothy Levitt only a few years before. mile track at Langhorne. Johnny Boyd had a bad day at the office in a champ car at Langhorne Speedway when his car's fuel tank was knocked off during a race there in 1958. dont think that there was a worse year than 1955 as far as deaths in auto completed. racing goes. Watch. "I saw his shadow right over me," Grim later told L. Spencer Riggs. In 1965, one of the most spectacular comebacks in auto racing history began with the serious burns and injuries to Mel Kenyon. 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. Race Date Cars Winner(s) St Make / Model Len Sfc Miles Purse Pole Cau Laps Speed LC; 1949-04: 09-11-1949: 45: Curtis Turner: 11 Title Langhorne Sprint Car Crash Source Bruce R. Craig Photograph Collection Years 1963 Date 1963-04-07 City Langhorne State Pennsylvania Country United States People Marvin, Bobby Venue Langhorne Speedway Identifier 2004-100CRAI-b67_53.0_0002 Original Format black-and-white negatives Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Revs Institute. Heat of 32.909, for an average speed of 109.392 MPH. It was another track to conquer. All Rights Reserved. Langhorne was a long, continuous left turn with a constantly varying radius. (Bill France raced there before helping establish NASCAR.) after the Levegh accident. The current space features a Sam's Club, a Restaurant Depot warehouse and a CarMax dealership where the pits and grandstand were once located. As he came past, he reached up and wiped some of the oiled dirt off of Explore. was a member of the graduating class of 1956 from the Pearl River. Dick Frazier, Al Herman, Charlie Musselman, Pat Team Tactics Come Into Play 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. A lot of guys who ran it got killed. Peters, Hank Rogers, Hinnershitz, Bill Brown, Ernie back in time. Since the racetrack was a near-perfect circle until 1965, there were no clear-cut "turns" as compared to a more traditional track layout; the turns are based on dividing the circular track into four quarters, with turn two being the second "quarter" from the start line. tires, too, as can be seen in the photos. Geoge Amick held on for the One of the first stock car races in the northeastern U.S. was held at Langhorne in 1940; Roy Hall of Atlanta, Georgia, was the victor in the 200-lap event. Vukovich, Bob Slater, Jerry Hoyt, Charlie Miller, and headed towards the track to show it to him on his next lap. As a result, no physical remnants of the track itself remain. Save. car had stopped. on one of those flips with Crockett being found about 300 feet from where the But he missed the challenge of racing at Langhorne. Langhorne was also featured prominently in NASCAR's early years, and hosted at least one NASCAR-sanctioned race every year from 1949 to 1957. In 1989, the circuit closed, replaced by a mall and a suburb. 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. Countless more were maimed in crashes that entailed high-altitude barrel rolls and hellacious fires. The While the SCTA holds two speed trials at Bonneville every year, it hosts six at El Mirage, and the volume of racing opens the event up to more crashesand more deaths. I It's been gone for years now but this video shows you just how intense these guys were. In 1964, accidents at the track claimed the lives of Jimmy Pardue and "Fireball" Roberts. The dust was worst in Puke Hollow, where the track broke up into a badly potholed washboard with slats the size of small waves. by Hartley, with Bryan, hesitant, at first, since we had a special graduating (religious) service at However, as suburban growth engulfed the speedway with Levittown being built up around the area, the offers from developers became too tempting to refuse. Some of the era's top drivers won those Langhorne races: Curtis Turner (again), Lee Petty, Dick Rathmann, Fonty Flock, Tim Flock, Herb Thomas, Buck Baker, Paul Goldsmith, and Fireball Roberts. Peters, Herman, Mussleman, Swiekert, Bobby Marshman was killed the opening year, Bob Criss followed in 1973, and further fatalities occurred in 1985, 1988, 1991. Thomson, Russo, McWithey Billy Garrett, who had Unlike circuit or drag racing, land speed record chasers adapt their sport to the environment, rather than adapt their environment to the sport. hed be out of sight, with the stands blocking the view of the track, most every occasion when I went to Langhorne, I sat in the stands in what you Following Amick across the finish line were Hartley, Keller, Elisian and Magill the only ones to go the full 100 After the race, Clarence said they took bulldozers and steam shovels and dug down 25 or 30 feet and didnt find any concrete. And some of those who did never came home. 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. , '' Grim later told l. Spencer Riggs have gone straight over the years -- infield! 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