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FAIRMONT SPEEDWAY - 1962 RUTLAND HERALD ARTICLES

ARTICLES 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr.
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Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Gene Tatro [Actually Tetreault]	Courtesy of Neal Davis Buddy Bardwell	Brown Family Photo Walt Brown, Jr.	Ladabouche Photo Ed Baker
	Bob Frazier Photo  Ladabouche Collection Butch Jelley

Two Shots of the Opening Day Feature Lineup Memorial Day, 1962

Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais
The crowd of thousands, having baked in a terrible hot sun for better than four hours, awaits the sending off of Fairmont's first feature. Bob Hoffer's
Thunderbird was deputized as the pace car for the day. Hoffer was likely in the race, as a driver himself. The cars were well ready; likely, the
stressed - out handicapper and scorers were not.

Courtesy of Mike Bruno
Same scene - wider angle.

Cavalcade of Auto Racing
Folksy Bill Barsalow [right], the track announcer [and an experienced auctioneer] talked the crowd through that hot, slow first program on May 30, 1962.

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Courtesy of Norm Vadnais John Quenneville	Courtesy of Ed Fabian Leon Shaw Car 14 after wreck.	Brown Family Photo Walt Brown, Jr.	Courtesy of C. J. Richards Frank Hatch
	Cavalcade of Auto Racing Lloyd "Lucky" Thompson	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Bill Threw

Drawing by Ladabouche

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Ladabouche Photo Buddy Bardwell	Bob Frazier Photo  Ladabouche Collection Art Cody	Courtesy of C. J. Richards Frank Hatch
Bob Frazier Photo  Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Gene Tetreault	Ladabouche Photo Joe Spellburg	Oh well, I tried.

From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's
Joe Spellburg and Buddy Bardwell line up for a feature race at Fairmont in 1962.

 
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Ladabouche Photo Ed Baker	Bob Frazier Photo  Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Gene Tetreault	Ladabouche Photo Joe Spellburg
Bob Frazier Photo  Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Frank Hatch	Ladabouche Collection Joe Messina	Ladabouche Photo Walt Brown Jr. Lois Brown
	Ladabouche Photo Dick Pennock

 
Ladabouche Photo
A high handicap heat lines up in the 1962 season at Fairmont Speedway: 13, Buddy Bardwell [the second car he ran that year]; 33 Art Cody [in front of 13];
33 1/3 Red Smith; and, on the outside of Cody - Ed Baker's 6 PACK.

 
From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's
A typical 1962 lineup comes out of the infield pits. P61 was Bob Loomis; 61 John Ballantine: Bob Boy's 535 was behind Loomis; and
the others are unrecognizable. Vern Hall may be back a few rows, to the far right.

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From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's Gene Tetreault With his own car which he used in the '50's at Fairmont.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Germaine	Ladabouche Photo Ed Baker
	Ladabouche Photo Bill Threw

 
Courtesy of Ed Fabian
I made this photo larger so you could make out the Jud Cenete car in the woods, off the track.

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