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FAIRMONT SPEEDWAY - 1962 RUTLAND HERALD ARTICLES

ARTICLES 16 and the Final Race


Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr.
Click on a name in this article and - if I have one - a photo of that person or car will be linked to.


Bob Frazier Photo via C.J. Richards
Buddy Bardwell
               From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's
        Skip Wilcox
      Courtesy of Norm Vadnais
   Phil Russell

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 Roger Dutton		  
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Art Cody
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Jerry Pennock 



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Neal Davis' Checkmate and my Art Cody model. The dust is, of course for authenticity - not lousy housekeeping.


From the Laduc Family Collection
 1962 Season regular Beryl Fitzgerald's F4 [far left] and George Pritchard's RR [white coupe sideways at left]
were both ruined in the first Rutland fairgrounds race pileup. Below -the F4.

Courtesy of C.J. Richards

 



Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr.
This one has no links. We don't have the actual news results article.

Photos from that race. All shots snapped after at the this race were taken in failing late October light. Very bad quality.


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Sonny Rabidou, active at Fairmont only
towards the end of the 1962 season, won
the final championship race on Oct. 21.
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Connecticut native Art LaBelle, running out of
Rutland, ran this car at the end of the season.
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Leo Howland was back with the Curt Dragon 31
after a few weeks with another car.

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Phil Russell, with the better of his two Checkmate cars. He also became the sole driver, having used John Quenneville some - especially at Otter Creek Speedway in 1961.		  
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Vince Quenneville [no relation to John]
won one race in 1962 with this}
Norm Scarborough Chevy Coupe. GMC
Six cylinder power.
 		 
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Johnny Spafford would sell this car
after his rookie season and concentrate
on operating a push truck at the
track.
 
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The George Ingalls 888, driven by
Cecil Bosworth, was one of the heavy
favorites to win this race.		  
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This little - known car was on the
Fairmont program roster all year. But,
it only showed up twice. This time,
 I think Jerry Pennock drove it.		  
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The Wilfred Brown 409 appeared
at the first race of 1962 and the last.
Driver was likely Walt Brown, Jr.
 

                       

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