Reading Fairgrounds Speedway

Reading Fairgrounds Speedway (1924–1979) was a one half mile dirt/clay modified race track located in Muhlenburg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The track opened September 24, 1924 and ran until June 29, 1979.[1] It featured a regular weekly series of modified, sportsman modified, and late model stock car racing. Today where the racetrack once stood is the Fairgrounds Square Mall, which opened in 1980 and closed in 2018.

History

Lindy V. Vicari was a stock-car racing promoter and operator of the Reading Fairgrounds from 1955 until 1979.[2]

All-Time Victory Leaders

Kenny Brightbill is the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway all-time wins record holder with 135 track victories. Tommy Hinnershitz had wins at the track early in his career.[3]

READING FAIRGROUNDS MODIFIED VICTORIES
compiled by Bill Braga
DRIVER TOTAL 1ST WIN LAST WIN
Kenny Brightbill 135 4/17/70 6/24/79
Gerald Chamberlain 92 7/26/68 4/1/79
Dick Tobias 90 6/4/65 11/20/77
Al Tasnady 52 3/31/63 6/27/71
Bobby Gerhart 41 3/24/68 3/25/77
Jackie Evans 20 7/30/65 5/10/70
Freddy Adam 20 6/5/64 6/30/78
Johnny Botz 17 4/3/71 9/7/75
Jim Keppley 17 8/8/69 10/22/77
Kenny Weld 15 3/23/74 7/3/77
Bobby Blatt 14 7/4/69 8/6/71
Jimmy Horton 14 6/19/77 5/20/79
Dave Kelly 13 4/9/77 6/29/79
Frankie Schneider 11 10/21/62 10/17/65
Buzzie Reutimann 11 6/28/68 10/1/71
Jackie McClaughlin 9 5/5/63 8/21/64
Budd Olsen 9 4/24/64 8/19/72
Harry Moore 8 7/10/64 4/26/74
Red Coffin 7 5/29/70 5/18/75
Meme Desantis 7 8/5/77 6/25/78
Bobby Hauer 7 5/15/70 8/20/78
Rags Carter 6 7/9/65 7/22/66
Stan Ploski 6 9/3/65 5/26/68
Carl Van Horn 6 8/9/68 4/10/71
Jim Kirk 6 4/8/72 8/21/77
John Kozak 6 5/27/77 10/8/78
Laudan Potts 5 8/8/69 9/15/72
Bob Malzahn 4 10/22/61 5/12/67
Hal Browning 4 8/8/71 6/30/74
Glenn Fitzcharles 4 9/3/71 10/25/75
Gary Gollub 4 7/10/77 7/21/78
Billy Deskovick 3 10/6/63 10/3/65
Tommy McAndrews 3 8/23/63 3/12/67
Larry Voss 3 8/28/64 9/3/67
Whip Mulligan 3 7/17/64 10/15/67
Bill Williams 3 5/9/65 9/13/69
Billy Osmun 3 9/21/75 10/18/75
Russ Delp 2 4/19/63 4/5/64
Shorty Kerschner 2 5/15/64 5/6/66
Donnie Varner 2 4/6/73 4/13/73
Don Kreitz 2 10/1/71 7/22/75
Jim Baker 2 6/16/74 9/5/75
Walt Olsen 2 4/30/76 9/10/76
Jay Stong 2 8/26/77 10/22/77
Mike Meals 2 5/21/78 7/9/78
Frank Cozze 2 8/7/77 7/14/78
Tom Hager 2 9/24/78 10/22/78
Vince Conrad 1 8/30/63
Leon Manchester 1 6/19/64
Whitey Kerschner 1 6/17/66
Bob Siedel 1 9/9/66
Will Cagle 1 6/23/67
Bob Pickell 1 9/4/67
Eddie Pratt 1 3/23/69
Ralph Smith 1 4/4/70
Dave Marburger 1 4/11/70
Dizzie Dean 1 7/5/70
Bobby Braxton 1 6/22/75
Ronnie Tobias 1 7/14/75
Dick Quallio 1 9/3/76
Tommy Long 1 4/15/77
Freddy Brightbill 1 6/24/77
Billy Ellis 1 7/22/77
Junior Mikosz 1 7/7/78
Ron Tobias 1 9/17/78
65 Drivers 716

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Reading Modified Top Ten Performance Index
CAR TOP TOP
DRIVER #'s 1 2 3 4 5 FIVES 6 7 8 9 10 TENS HTS CONSI
BRIGHTBILL, Kenny 135 80 48 27 13 303 16 13 8 5 7 352 128 18
KEPPLEY, Jim 17 38 54 39 37 185 38 29 18 32 15 317 90 28
TOBIAS, Dick 90 62 43 36 18 249 21 9 16 10 3 308 74 26
CHAMBERLAIN, Gerald 92 52 34 34 21 233 17 14 14 11 5 294 71 41
GERHART, Bobby 41 59 46 35 27 208 28 16 11 12 12 287 69 18
HAUER, Bobby 7 21 24 30 30 112 35 42 32 23 29 273 45 44
ADAM, Freddy 20 18 27 29 23 117 28 25 12 22 15 219 76 29
MOORE, Harry 8 14 13 27 28 90 16 25 29 21 20 201 50 17
KREITZ SR, Don 2 8 7 11 29 57 25 26 27 29 26 190 5 31
COFFIN, Red 7 11 17 22 23 80 15 25 21 12 9 162 47 17
QUALIO, Dick 1 6 9 3 13 32 21 21 27 27 28 156 26 20
REUTIMANN, Buzzie 11 22 18 26 18 95 20 13 7 5 7 147 58 9
BOTZ, Johnny 17 11 18 26 16 88 14 16 10 5 10 143 37 12
TASNADY, Al 52 26 14 9 11 112 6 6 1 5 6 136 59 17
POTTS, Lauden 5 4 12 18 17 56 20 11 15 14 11 127 62 18
BRAXTON, Bobby 1 2 9 12 19 43 12 11 10 31 12 119 29 12
KELLY, Dave 13 10 16 10 21 70 11 13 10 6 7 117 47 10
OLSEN, Budd 9 16 14 17 14 70 10 9 7 5 2 103 26 12
EVANS, Jackie 20 14 19 11 17 81 5 1 6 2 2 97 16 17
DEAN, Dizzy 1 4 7 7 5 24 15 15 20 10 13 97 19 13
KOZAK, Johnny 6 1 7 5 16 35 9 9 14 14 13 94 13 11
HAMILTON, Jackie 1 5 5 6 17 7 17 17 23 13 94 3 10
BLATT, Bobby 14 11 9 10 6 50 11 7 6 9 10 93 24 18
BAKER, Jim 2 7 10 11 6 36 4 15 13 12 8 88 24 13
KIRK, Jimmy 6 6 14 8 8 42 17 7 10 7 4 87 30 6
WILLIAMS, Bill 3 9 10 10 13 45 11 8 9 5 7 85 12 5
BROWNING, Hal 4 5 13 7 10 39 4 9 12 8 12 84 27 17
KERSCHNER, Shorty 2 2 7 6 12 29 9 14 15 5 8 80 24 7
ELLIS, Billy 1 1 1 7 11 21 11 9 11 13 15 80 32 14
McANDREW, Tommy 3 6 13 9 9 40 11 12 5 2 6 76 14 10
CARTER, Rags 6 12 4 5 6 33 5 5 7 14 8 72 17 5
DELP, Russ 2 4 3 9 8 26 11 7 7 10 5 66 29 4
FITZCHARLES, Glenn 4 4 7 7 4 26 7 7 6 7 8 61 20 8
OLSEN, Walt 2 5 1 9 6 23 10 5 13 3 7 61 17 8
LONG, Tommy 1 8 10 5 4 28 6 7 5 8 3 57 6 10
MULLIGAN, Whip 3 5 10 8 4 30 5 5 6 7 53 8 5
MARBURGER, Dave 1 3 1 6 2 13 5 8 9 10 8 53 34 7
HORTON JR, Jimmy 14 9 11 8 1 43 4 1 1 1 2 52 19 4
DUNSTAN, Ronnie 2 3 2 9 16 7 7 3 7 8 48 16 15
VAN HORN, Carl 6 10 4 3 4 27 3 4 2 4 7 47 27 9
MALZAHN, Bobby 4 4 4 5 5 22 5 5 5 5 4 46 9 1
TOBIAS, Ronnie 1 2 1 7 6 17 5 3 5 4 11 45 9 4
BOTTCHER, Bobby 1 1 4 6 6 6 7 7 13 45 9 5
DERR, Earl 1 2 1 4 1 9 7 8 15 44 16 6
SCHNEIDER, Frankie 11 10 2 3 2 28 2 4 2 2 2 40 10 6
COZZE, Frank 2 4 2 8 5 21 3 4 5 3 4 40 17 1
DeSANTIS, Meme 7 10 7 4 4 32 3 3 1 39 4 5
PLOSKI JR, Stan 6 9 4 4 3 26 3 2 3 2 2 38 11 8
SEIDEL, Bob 1 1 1 1 3 7 3 9 7 2 10 38 13 1
WELD, Kenny 15 8 5 2 30 1 2 2 2 37 32 2
VARNER, Donnie 2 1 6 5 1 15 6 5 7 3 1 37 11 4
VOSS, Larry 3 3 7 4 3 20 3 5 4 4 36 14 2
McLAUGHLIN, Jackie 9 6 3 6 3 27 3 4 34 11 1
MANCHESTER, Leon 1 1 4 5 11 1 4 4 6 6 32 3 5
TOBIAS, Ron 1 1 3 3 1 9 3 3 6 8 3 32 9 6
TROUT. Kim 1 3 3 7 3 3 7 3 9 32 12 2
BEAVERS, Sammy 3 4 5 12 4 3 2 5 4 30 3 2
BRIGHTBILL, Freddy 1 1 2 2 6 5 3 1 9 4 28 6 5
GOLLUB, Gary 4 2 5 4 3 18 4 2 1 2 27 18 3
PANTUSO, Vince 1 1 2 5 3 4 12 27 6 2
SMITH, Russ 1 2 3 3 5 4 7 4 26 6 3
FELTY, Elvin 6 5 1 1 13 3 1 2 3 3 25 5 6
STEIF, Billy 2 3 3 8 2 2 4 4 5 25 9 6
KERSCHNER, Whitey 1 1 3 1 1 7 4 2 2 6 4 25 11 3
REIFINGER, Hal 1 3 3 7 5 5 1 2 5 25 5 4
KENNEDY, Beader 2 3 1 6 3 3 7 5 1 25 12 2
YOUNG, Bruce 2 2 2 2 7 5 7 25 14 3
KELLY, Joe 3 2 1 6 1 8 1 5 3 24 3 2
DESKOVICH, Billy 3 1 6 3 2 15 3 3 2 23 7 5
ROSSELL, Bob 3 1 4 5 13 2 1 4 3 23 3 2
PICKELL, Bobby 1 2 2 2 1 8 2 7 5 1 23 5 5
SMITH, Ralph 1 1 2 1 5 10 4 2 3 2 21 1 5
BALOGACH, Paul 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 21 3 1
GARBER, Harry 1 1 2 3 2 7 5 20 7 3
GREEN, Butch 1 1 2 3 7 4 2 1 3 1 18 13 2
MILLER, Paul 1 3 4 2 1 7 1 3 18 4 2
MEALS, Mike 2 4 3 1 3 13 1 1 2 17 6 2
STONG, Jay 2 1 2 5 1 1 5 3 2 17 8 9
CAGLE, Will 1 5 3 9 3 2 2 16 8 3
SCHOFFSTALL, Dave 1 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 3 16 1 1
COLLINS, Kevin 3 2 5 10 1 2 1 1 15 13 1
KREITZ JR, Don 4 2 4 10 1 1 3 15 3 1
CONRAD, Vince 1 2 1 3 7 2 3 1 2 15 2 2
MOORE, Mose 3 3 2 2 1 4 3 15 4 2
REUTIMANN, Wayne 1 1 8 2 3 1 15 3
ALLEN, Bobby 3 1 4 2 10 1 1 2 14 3 2
BALOUGH, Gary 2 1 1 3 7 3 3 1 14 6 2
MIKOSZ, Junior 1 2 1 2 6 1 1 1 2 3 14 1 4
BROWN, Ralph 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 14 2 1
CAPIE, Tom 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 14 2 2
PRATT, Eddie 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 3 13 7 1
RILEY, Don 1 3 4 1 4 4 13 7 2
OSMUN, Dave 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 5 13 3 2
FITZCHARLES, Paul 2 2 3 1 3 4 13 8 1
OSMUN, Billy 3 2 5 1 3 2 1 12 6 1
HAVENS, Dick 2 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 12 2
DETWEILER, Ralph 0 1 2 3 2 4 12 3
SHEETZ, Tommy 2 2 4 2 2 2 10 3 1
TILLMAN, Herbie 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 10 1 1
HALDEMAN, Ed 0 1 2 4 3 10 1 2
BURKHART, Barry 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 9 7
SLEIGHT, George 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 9 1 2
EPPIHIMER, Bob 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 9 2
COVILLE, C D 2 2 2 6 2 8 2
PAUCH, Billy 2 2 1 5 1 1 1 8 3 3
HAGER, Tom 2 2 4 2 1 1 8 5 2
VON DOHREN, Barry 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 8 4
LINGLE, Joe 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 8 2 5
DeGROOT, Fred 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 8 1
HARWI, Otto 1 1 3 1 2 7 2
COX, Dan 0 3 1 1 2 7 1 1
SHAW, Bob 0 1 4 2 7 4 2
SASSAMAN, Dave 0 1 1 1 1 3 7
RAFTER, Bill 3 1 4 1 1 6 1
COLLIS, Carl 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 6
RICHARDS, Harvey 1 1 2 1 3 6 1
SWEIGART, Bob 1 1 1 1 3 6 3 1
HILDRETH, Elton 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
SLADE, Ron 1 1 1 2 2 6
DECKER, Charlie 0 2 2 2 6
LESHER, Red 0 3 3 6 2 2
MOYER, Gene 0 1 2 1 2 6
CAMERON, Alex 0 1 1 2 2 6 8 1
SWINEHART, Ray 1 1 2 4 1 5 5 1
KELLY, Mike 1 1 2 1 1 1 5
DICKSON, Larry 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 2
SKIAS, Chris 2 2 1 1 1 5 4
ERB, Mike 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
TAYLOR, Lee 1 1 1 1 2 5 1
BUTLER, Gary 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 1
GEORGE, Del 0 1 1 1 2 5
SCHELL, Tim 0 1 1 2 1 5
PAXTON, Lynn 0 2 2 1 5 1
TILLEY, Ray 2 1 3 1 4 3
CRONCE, Howie 1 1 1 3 1 4 1
SAUDER, Kenny 1 1 2 1 1 4 10
WISMER SR, Kenny 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1
WOLFORD, Gary 1 1 1 1 1 4 2
SEROKA, Lenny 1 1 2 1 4
PAULSON, Ronnie 1 1 1 1 1 4 4
KOCH, Paul 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2
WARREN, Smokey 1 1 2 1 4 1
BRACKEY, Bruno 1 1 1 1 1 4 1
WEAVER, Mark 1 1 1 2 4 2
FORRETTE, Maynard 1 1 1 2 4
GEMENDEN, Phil 1 1 3 4 1 2
GRBAC, Mike 0 2 2 4 3
GILMORE, Charlie 0 1 2 1 4 1
OCHS, Larry 0 1 1 2 4 3
FRENCH, Ralph 0 2 2 4 2 2
SNELLBAKER, Smokey 0 2 2 4 2
KANTORSKY, Pete 0 2 2 4 1
ROHS, Steve 1 1 2 1 3 1
BLACKLEY, Johnny 1 1 2 1 3 1
DENGLER, Smokey 2 2 1 3 3 1
BREEDING, Walt 1 1 1 1 3
REICHERT, Joe 1 1 2 3 2 1
STUMPF, Don 1 1 1 1 3 2
HULBERT, Mert 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
GRIFFIN, Pee Wee 1 1 2 3 1 3
WIMBLE, Bill 1 1 1 1 3 1
NOTHSTEIN, Junior 1 1 2 3 1 1
EARNSHAW, Leigh 0 1 1 1 3 1
VOLZ, Tony 0 1 1 1 3 1
HUBBARD, Johnny 0 1 1 1 3 5
LODER, Don 0 1 2 3 1 2
SOLOMON, Larry 0 1 1 1 3
JOHNSON, Alan 2 2 2 2 1
SCOTT, Tighe 1 1 1 2 1
OSBORNE, Lee 1 1 1 2 1
STIVES, Don 1 1 1 2 1 1
FELTY, LeRoy 1 1 1 2 1 1
KNEISEL, Dave 1 1 1 2
HIEBER, Gary 1 1 1 2
OPPERMAN, Jan 1 1 1 2 1
SPENCER, Ed 1 1 1 2 1
SADLER, Blaine 1 1 1 2 4 1
LYNCH, Ed 1 1 1 2
WILLIAMSON, Kramer 0 2 2
BLUM, Bill 0 1 1 2
HENDRICKSON, Lee 0 1 1 2
BUNTING, Harold 0 1 1 2 1
KATONA, Les 0 1 1 2
HOLLAND, Eddie 0 1 1 2 1
STECKER, Russ 0 1 1 2 2
FARLEY, Ed 0 1 1 2
VAN KIRK, Billy 0 1 1 2
BITTING, Del 0 1 1 2 3 1
ABEL, Bobby 0 1 1 2 1
GUEST, Terry 0 1 1 2
ZIMMERMAN, Dick 0 1 1 2
BROMMER, Aaron 0 1 1 2
DALLENBACH, Wally 0 1 1 2
STRUPP, Sonny 0 1 1 2
WINKS, Jimmy 0 1 1 2
HEIN, Jim 0 1 1 2
REAKES, Sammy 0 1 1 2
JOHNSON, Bob 0 2 2 3 2
MATTA, Tony 0 2 2 3 1
ELY, George 0 2 2
DIFFENDORF, Don 1 1 1
REIDER, Blackie 1 1 1 1 1
RUDY, Jack 1 1 1
MAYBERRY, Tom 0 1 1
GILLETTE, Don 0 1 1
JOHNSON, Jack 0 1 1
LAPE, Dave 0 1 1
KESSLER, Randy 0 1 1
YETTER, Richie 0 1 1
REINERT, Noot 0 1 1
WELLER, Curt 0 1 1 2
DONAHUE, Joe 0 1 1 2
LAZZARO, Lou 0 1 1 2
EMERICH, Bob 0 1 1 1
DISSINGER, Butch 0 1 1 1
McCAUGHEY, Craig 0 1 1 1
BAILEY, Charlie 0 1 1
BRENN JR, Ken 0 1 1
CARROLL, Jackie 0 1 1
GRIFFIN, Bernie 0 1 1
KEMMERER, Jim 0 1 1
HARRISON, George 0 1 1 1
ROMER JR, Joe 0 1 1 1
TRAUTMAN, Bob 0 1 1 1
BUSS, Del 0 1 1
CHARLES, Harry 0 1 1
EPPOLITE, Frank 0 1 1
FREYER, Karl 0 1 1
HERN, Tom 0 1 1
MEAHL, Ken 0 1 1
SHIRK, Darryl 0 1 1
ROCHELLE, Paul 0 1 1
ALLEN, Jerre 0 1 1 2
TROUT, Bob 0 1 1 1 1
WALES, Milford 0 1 1 1
HALL, Bob 0 1 1
TAYLOR, Larry 0 1 1
BEHRENT, Harry 0 1 1
CLEAVER, Dennis 0 1 1
EPRIGHT, Fritz 0 1 1
GUINTHER, Ronnie 0 1 1
LAWSHE, Art 0 1 1
MURPHY, Johnny 0 1 1
RADFORD, Paul 0 1 1
READINGER, Dan 0 1 1
SHARP, Henry 0 1 1
SHIRE, Charlie 0 1 1
WISMER JR, Kenny 0 1 1
COREY, Pete 0 1 1
GAHAN, Ernie 0 1 1
STANTON, Dave 0 1 1
TOP TOP
drivers 1 2 3 4 5 FIVES 6 7 8 9 10 TENS HTS CONSI
SUMMARY 716 714 715 715 715 3575 715 715 715 715 715 7150 2009 839
1 TIE (1st) - Freddy Adam & Jackie Evans - 8/13/1967

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References
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  3. "Hinnershitz, Tommy - Historic - 2003 Inductees". Motorsports Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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