Charlie Jarzombek was an American racecar driver from Baiting Hollow

Baiting Hollow, New York

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, New York

New York

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Racing career

He started racing in 1962 on the Long Island tracks of Islip, Riverhead Raceway

Riverhead Raceway

Riverhead Raceway is a quarter-mile oval race track with a Figure 8 course, located in Riverhead, New York. It is the only auto racing venue on Long Island since Westhampton Raceway closed down in 2003...

 and Freeport Stadium. Charging Charlie won on Long Island and other tracks throughout the years.

Jarzombek won 187 feature events at 16 different racetracks from Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 to Florida

Florida

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 in his career. Career race win highlights include winning the 1986 Icebreaker at Thompson International Speedway

Thompson

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. He won the 1985 Stafford Speedway

Stafford Motor Speedway

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 Modified Championship. He raced on the NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Whelen Modified Tour

Whelen Modified Tour

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified division. The Modified division is NASCAR's oldest division, and its one of two open-wheeled divisions...

. Charlie drove modifieds at Waterford-New London

Waterford Speedbowl

Waterford Speedbowl is a 3/8 mile asphalt oval race track located on Rte 85 in Waterford, Connecticut, just off Interstate 395. It first opened for business on April 15, 1951 as "The New London-Waterford Speed Bowl", the track has been in continuous operation every season since it initially opened...

 and Plainville, as well as southern tracks including Wall Stadium, Martinsville

Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...

, Trenton

Trenton Speedway

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, and New Smyrna

New Smyrna Speedway

New Smyrna Speedway is an asphalt track that is 0.48 of a mile in length, located near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, that races Florida Association of Stock Car Automobile Racing stock cars every Saturday night. It also has a smaller track, known as "Little New Smyrna Speedway" in the infield...

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Death and memorials

He died from the effects of a racing accident at Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

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 in the March 1987 event.

Charlie Jarzombek was inducted in the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame

New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame

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 in 2004 and the Long Island Sports Hall of Fame.

At Riverhead Raceway in New York state, for many years the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

Whelen Modified Tour

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified division. The Modified division is NASCAR's oldest division, and its one of two open-wheeled divisions...

would run one extra lap in their feature races in his memory.