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Charlie Jarzombek
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Charlie Jarzombek, from Baiting Hollow, New York, started racing in 1962 on the Long Island tracks of Islip, Riverhead Raceway and Freeport Stadium. Charging Charlie won a ton of races in Long Island and other tracks throughout the years until his untimely death at Martinsville Speedway in the spring of 1987.
During the course of Charlie’s career, he won 187 feature events at 16 different racetracks from Massachusetts to Florida. Career highlights include winning the 1986 Icebreaker at Thompson, the 1985 Stafford Speedway Modified Championship and being a part of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Charlie has driven modifieds at Waterford-New London and Plainville, as well as southern tracks including Wall Stadium, Martinsville, Trenton, and New Smyrna.
Charlie Jarzombek is celebrated in the New England Auto Racers Hall Of Fame and the Long Island Sports Hall of Fame.
At Riverhead Raceway in New York state, for many years the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour would run one extra lap in their feature races in his memory.
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