

I am trying very hard to get equal coverage
for Maine on my website. However, I don't have much access to information on
many of the photos I obtain, so there may be errors such as the wrong track
involved - and there may be more unidentified drivers than i would prefer. I am
doing everything I can to give the Pine Tree State a fair shake. If you see
errors or you can help with who someone is please let me know at
wladabou@comcast.net.
Thanks.
Click on the Track
Page Name to go to That Section
The Tracks Andover Through Old Orchard Beach Are On The First Page
[Just
Click Here - Maine Race Tracks 1]
The Tracks Oxford Through Spud Are On Second Page
[Just Click Here - Maine Race Tracks 2]
The Tracks Unity Through Wiscassett Are On This,
the Third Page [Click on the Track Name]

UNITY RACEWAY
Unity, Maine

Dan
Ayotte Photo
This photo really
captures the essence of what is Unity Raceway since its inception.

Historic Aerials.Com
This recent
aerial view of the Unity Raceway layout is not much like it was in 1956 [below].
Early drivers
competed on a sort of tri - oval track. Early photos show houses, across the
street from part of the track,
getting a good view and a whole lot of dust. I cannot tell where these houses
would be from the 1956 aerial view.

Historic Aerials.Com

MVRCA Photo
Ed Knowles [ctr] is recognized as
the father of Unity Raceway, starting out in the late 1940's.

MVRCA Site

From Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center
Another view of the stands
from the fourth turn [present configuration] and [below ] probably a
paddock,
that is seen in the background of some of the action photographs.
EARLIEST PHOTOS OF
UNITY

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Barry Lyons' coupe
arrives on Unity's
opening day. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
A few more professional
- looking cars on the track at Unity's
opening day. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Spectators from
the overflow crowd
on opening day. barely flinch as a car
comes close. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Coming down the
stretch on the first
day of Unity racing. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Blackie Hilliard's odd -
looking coupe
prepares on
opening day.
|

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Good clear shot
of action on
opening day. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Sedans spinning and climbing
the sandbank Unity's opening day.
This would become
a common occurrence. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Unknown coupe
prepares on Unity's
opening day. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
The coupe of future
Hall of Famer Wild
Bill Carlton on
opening day.
|

Courtesy of Andrea Stutz
A field flies into
turn one at Unity
in 1951. They would be
navigating that odd
tri - oval that year. |

MVRCA Photoe
Keith Fuller struggles
with a pre-supermod
coupe arrives on Unity's
infamous sandbanks. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Red Giroux is finding
those sandbanks at
Unity. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
Keith Fuller's
long - framed super
waits for a break
to dust off the
coupes.
|
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Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
George Silva set a
speed record on this
day at Unity. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
This was labled as
Iran and Rowaine
Hatch - at Unity. |

MVRCA Photo
Barry Lyons' coupe
arrives on Unity's
opening day. |

MVRCA Photo
The wrecky board
fence did help keep
cars off the neighbors'
yards, but shattering
boards could be a
hazard, I would think. |

Courtesy of Fantasy
Speedway, Me
A good full field on the
move, on Unity's
opening day. |

MVRCA Photo
The starter flags off
future Hall of Famer
Dave Darveau.
|

MVRCA Photo
Wild Bill Carlton
in action on the
track. |

MVRCA Photo
Car X in trouble,
probably in the
early 1960's. |

MVRCA Photo
A classic shot
of Unity's
famous covered
grandstands. |

Wicked Good Racing Photo
A sedan has a little
help getting crossed up
on one of the stretches. |

Wicked Good Racing Photo
A 1966 late
model field lines
up at Unity.
|

Wicked Good Racing
Site Photo
Unknown early
jalopy. |

MVRCA Photo
Gov. John Reed
present Keith Fuller
as promoter Bob
Knowles looks on. |

MVRCA Photo
An early field kicks
up a lot of dust as
the guy in the truck
takes up the rear.
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MVRCA Photo
Cy Bennett - the
guy in the truck. |

MVRCA Photo
A woman in shorts
joins the group as
Al Robinson gets
some hardware. |

MVRCA Photo
Wild Bill Carlton
not only raced -
he cleaned up the
crashes he may
have caused.
|

MVRCA Photo
Henry here
definitely left home
in better shape than
he will be returning.
|

From Lost Trotting Parks Center
Oops ! |

MVRCA Photo
Al Robinson in Victory Lane. |

MVRCA Photo
Arthur Arsenault and
Franklin Prescott in
action. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan Dodge, I
think flagged
at Unity.
|

MVRCA Photo
Another guy in a truck
is on the pole in this
early lineup.
|

MVRCA Photo
Fuzzy Holden |

MVRCA Photo
Dave Darveau, Al
Robinson, and
a 3rd driver. |

MVRCA Photo
Note the one car with
the tow bar and
taped headlights. |

MVRCA Photo
Harold Pappy Wilcox
Supermod 2 |

MVRCA Photo
Harold Pappy Wilcox
Early sedan |

MVRCA Photo
Harold Wilcox
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MVRCA Photo
Car 2 1/2 goes
wide into the
sandbank.
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MVRCA Photo
Early pit scene
at Unity. |

MVRCA Photo
Dave Darveau gets
the checkers. |

Courtesy of Pete Silva
George Silva,
1955 Unity Champion.
|

Courtesy of Pete Silva
George Silva,
1955 Unity Champion
the his wife and
Ed Knowles.
|

Courtesy of Pete Silva
George Silva,
wins another one. |

Courtesy of Pete Silva
George Silva,
with a crewman. |

MVRCA Photo
Dave Darveau with
the checkers and
the hardware. |

MVRCA Photo
Ed Knowles
|

From Charlie Sheehan
Likely a Frank Oakes Photo
The
Harold Wilcox super. |
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Better
shot of the Harold Wilcox super. |
From Walter Newell
Unity's
earlier days. |
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From Walter Newell
An early lineup
that included
Harold Wilcox. |

Back in the Day.Com Photo
An early car - might be
#287. A photo above claims
this is George Silva. |
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Source Unknown
Through Richard Petty's friendship
with Robert Knowles, Unity had an ad on the Petty Plymouth for a while.

Storyboard Web.com
Random early shots of Unity
action.

From Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center
Random shots of early stock
car racing action at Unity.

Back in the Day.Com Photo
An early lineup that may
include Dave Darveau [8] and Bob Bushley [P38].

MVRCA Photo
Keith Fuller's super and John
Potter's coupe line up for a race at Unity Raceway - likely in the late
'50's.

Back in the Day.Com Photo
An early shot of the apparent
pit entrance.
LATER PHOTOS OF
UNITY

MVRCA Photo
Robert Knowles Unity's
promoter for many years.
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Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Wild Bill Carlton |

Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Al Robinson |

Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Dana Graves |

Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Doug Ripley
|

Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Stan Meserve |

Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Bill Bailey |

Cavalcade of Auto
Racing Photo
Vince Thibedeau |

Unity Site Photo
Pete Silva, with
father, George
and promoter
Ralph Nason.
|

Circle Track Photo
A modern late model
passes in front of
the covered stands. |

MVRCA Photo
Fuzzy Holden in a late model. |
From Walter Newell
Harvey
Corson. |
From Walter Newell
Harvey
Sprague. |

From Walter Newell
Pete
Silva, crew, and the '64 Chevelle. |

From Walter Newell
Charlie
Merrill. |

From Walter Newell
Foster
Robinson. Looks to be about the same era as
the Merrill car at left.
|
From Walter Newell
Unity's
godfather, Ralph, the Rac -ah Nason. |

From Walter Newell
Ya won,
Pet_ah, look a
little happi -ah. |
From Walter Newell
Ray
Pickering. |

From Walter Newell
Definitely
an early one for Larry Pottle. |
From Walter Newell
Not sure
why these
are being called
modifieds.
|

From Walter Newell
Arvid Good. |

From Walter Newell
Gary Wright. |
From Walter Newell
Unity's
godfather, Ralph, the Rac -ah Nason has left the house. Also seen
are Wild Bill Carlton and Dave Wilcox |
From Walter Newell
Wilbur Rowe
beats out Fuzzy Holden. |

From Walter Newell
Doug Ripley,
long-time
Unity runner. |

From Walter Newell
Joe Drown. |

From Walter Newell
Very early
Ralph Nason entry. |

From Walter Newell
Early Larry
Colston page from Unity program.

From Walter Newell
Early Dave St.
Clair photos from Unity program.

From Walter Newell
Covers from
Unity programs - 1970's.
STAN THE MAN
MESERVE - MAYBE UNITY'S MOST FAMOUS GRADUATE

Cavalcade of Auto Racing

MVRCA Photo
Stan, at speed
with his Grand
National Dodge. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan, posing
with other GN
drivers including
Buddy Baker.
|

LadabouchePhoto
An earlier late
model sportsman Chevelle
at Catamount. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan with a
familiar '64
Chevelle. |

Courtesy of Andy Boright
Stan with a
very young
John Rosati,
at Catamount. |

Courtesy of Rich Palmer
Stan at Catamount
with a '72 Nova -
all the rage at the time. |

Wicked Good Racing
Stan with a
late model he
was running
in Maine. |
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Source Unknown
Looks like Stan in" he Butch
Lindley pits at an Oxford
race. Maybe but usually he was driving.
|

Courtesy of Andy Boright
Stan after an
Oxford win with
Dick Bahre and
Bobby Dragon. |

Source Unidentified
Another Chevelle. |

Wicked Good Racing
A very early Unity
late model entry. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan with one of his most familiar
late models. |

MVRCA Photo
With a
very young
bunch of guys
at Unity. |

Mike Cain Photo
Stan, here as an
ACT official, runs
out to the Beaver
Dragon crash at
Catamount in 1987. |
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From Walter Newell
This one
happens to be at Oxford but it's the same
Stan !. |

NEARPhoto
Program cover
for NEAR HOF
with Nason. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan at speed
with #28 LMS. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan in Unity pits
with an early LMS. |

SCR Mag Photo
Stan on the outside
going around Geo.
Summers in an Oxford
250. |

NEARPhoto
NEAR HOF
2013 Class - with
Nason and
Brian Ross. |
 |

MVRCA Photo
Stan, at speed
with his Grand
National Dodge. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan, posing
with other GN
drivers including
Buddy Baker.
|

LadabouchePhoto
An earlier late
model sportsman Chevelle
at Catamount. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan with a
familiar '64
Chevelle. |

Courtesy of Andy Boright
Stan with a
very young
John Rosati,
at Catamount. |

Courtesy of Rich Palmer
Stan at Catamount
with a '72 Nova -
all the rage at the time. |

Wicked Good Racing
Stan with a
late model he
was running
in Maine. |
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Source Unknown
Looks like Stan in" he Butch
Lindley pits at an Oxford
race. Maybe but usually he was driving.
|

Courtesy of Andy Boright
Stan after an
Oxford win with
Dick Bahre and
Bobby Dragon. |

Source Unidentified
Another Chevelle. |

Wicked Good Racing
A very early Unity
late model entry. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan with one of his most familiar
late models. |

MVRCA Photo
With a
very young
bunch of guys
at Unity. |

Mike Cain Photo
Stan, here as an
ACT official, runs
out to the Beaver
Dragon crash at
Catamount in 1987. |
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From Walter Newell
This one
happens to be at Oxford but it's the same
Stan !. |

NEARPhoto
Program cover
for NEAR HOF
with Nason. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan at speed
with #28 LMS. |

MVRCA Photo
Stan in Unity pits
with an early LMS. |

SCR Mag Photo
Stan on the outside
going around Geo.
Summers in an Oxford
250. |

NEARPhoto
NEAR HOF
2013 Class - with
Nason and
Brian Ross. |

Steve Pellerin Photo Coll.
A recently - found early
Stan car - probably from Wiscasset. |

From the djm34racing Site
Recent Track Logo

Nason Collection
One of Ralph Nason's kit cars is
photographed behind the famous covered stands. Below - a view freom
further back, in March - when the
track was apparently in a state of flex, between promoters.

Penn Bay Pilot Photo

From Charlie Sheehan
Unnamed driver
of car 3.
Charlie Sheehan Photos From Old Time Racers Site and Other
Sources

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Late Model support class car 07
not having a good
night. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Likely something similar to a B
Class coupe. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Likely something similar to a B
Class coupe. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Ya know I can't get no
respect. They beat me to hell and can't get me all
the way onto the trailer.
|

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Late models similar to
those at Oxford mix it up. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Looks like a main division
coupe arriving. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Looks like a main division
coupe arriving. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
I came .... I saw.... |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
I overheated ! |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A pretty competitive
looking late model. |

Frank
Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A Flower Power late model
that looks like it is or was a Fuzzy Holden car.
|

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Whatever make of late
model
this was - it sure hit hard ! |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
#66 coupe has arrived. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A less common four door
support class late model. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Frank captured a
pretty coupe
showing up at the track. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A pretty competitive
looking late model
showing battle scars.
|

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Coupe 60
appears to have seen no action yet. |

Frank Oaks Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A late model field parades
by I like that white '57 Chevy. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Dick Somebody. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Dick
Wolstenhume
maybe. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Hobby car Mr.
X. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Another of the
bob-tailed hobby cars. |

via Charlie Sheehan
Another car
with no
ass. Was there a sheetmetal - eating
monster at Unity ?
|

via Charlie Sheehan
Car B49 and
proud
crew. |
viaPete Silva [I
snuck that one ine]
Unity drivers'
group. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Class A or
sportsman car 9.
|

via Charlie Sheehan
Hobby car D5. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Hobby car 33. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Unity bumpah
stickah. |
|

via Charlie Sheehan
A vintage
Decal.

via Charlie Sheehan
A
field of wild - looking 1964 super
coupes ready to take green.

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A late model
field
that includes a sharp
Ford a Christine car. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A late model feature
lineup, from the looks. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A late model feature
lineup, from the looks. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
More of a late model
feature lineup. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Sedan 52
appears to be a
B Class entry. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
An unmarked super in the
Unity pits. Appears to be the
same as those at Beech
Ridge at that time.
|

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Ridge
regular Bob Libby,
apparently at Unity. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
An
interesting car
message. Kind of a
political stand, given it's
during the Nam years. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Sharp
looking [and fast] car 40 with checkers. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
I
yam what I yam...
car 2 ! |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A healthy
field of
B Class entries. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Not the
first Maine
B Class entry that looks like it had its ass chewed off by an
alligator.
|

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Al Robinson. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
Another
chewed off beauty. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A color
lineup shot. |

Frank Oakes Photo
via Charlie Sheehan
A 58 Ford
getting lined
up. |

From Walter Newell
A mix up
in years later than most of the preceding shots. |

From Walter Newell
Barry
Lyons. |

From Walter Newell
Bobby
Hayden.

From Walter Newell
Butch's
program cover.

From Walter Newell
Another of
Ralph Nason's innumerable wins at Unity.

From Walter Newell
Bob
Merrill.
|

From Walter Newell
Bob
Merrill. |

From Walter Newell
Bob
Hallee. |

From Walter Newell
Brad
Joseph. |

From Walter Newell
Dana
Graves' '65 Ford. |

From Walter Newell
Dana
Graves' 'Stang. |

From Walter Newell
Dave Steuber. |

From Walter Newell
Don
Drake. |
From Charlie Sheehan
A Henry J
I am
assuming is entering
Unity. |
From Walter Newell
Norris
WIllette. |

From Walter Newell
Quite a
hood configuration Barry Lyons ! |

From Walter Newell
Mac Moore
of Skowhegan, the same Mac as drove in those early races at
Lewiston Fairgrounds. |

From Walter Newell
Dave
Darveau and hardware.

From Walter Newell
Perfectly
gorgeous Fuzzy Holden coupe - looks like first time out.

From Walter Newell
Familiar
runner, Fuzzy Holden of Skowhegan.
A SPECIAL SECTION FOR THE GREAT GEORGE SILVA

Via Pete Silva
A victory pose, likely at
Unity. I'm sure he drove at Waterville - Oakland, as well.
|

Via Pete Silva
Kind of looks like the Unity
grandstands. |

Via Pete Silva
With one of his crews. |

Via Pete Silva
With an older man who could be
grandfather Silva,
at some track.
|

Via Pete Silva
Coming straight at you, on what
looks like old 8MM. |

Via Pete Silva
Coming out of four, on what
looks like old 8MM. |

Via Pete Silva
In mid broadslide on old 8MM. |

Via Pete Silva
George used to be at
Catamount with son, Pete. I wish I had known of his history. I
would have had a ton of questions for him.
|

Via Pete Silva
In the pits on old 8MM.
Pretty clear why Pete ran the X so often himself. |

Via Pete Silva
In mid broadslide on old 8MM.
|

Via Pete Silva
George at the lake with his
boys. |

Via Pete Silva
George with another Unity win. |
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Via Pete Silva
With Ed Knowles as Unity champ. |
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SOME BLURRED BEAUTIES FOUND BY CHARLIE SHEEHAN [and a few
others]

Via CHarlie Sheehan
A mid - '50's late model Chevy
on the track. |

Via Charlie Sheehan
Kind of looks like a '59 Chevy.
SOmeone couldn't hold their Kodak very still. |

Via Charlie Sheehan
This part of the bleachers gets
a good
view of turn four action. |

Via Charlie Sheehan
With an older man who could be Someone's #8 mini stock Saab
at home. I think part of the problem with these shots is that
texture they put on photos in the '70's to reduce glare.
|
via Charlie Sheehan
Just back from
winning the car
show at East Pucklebrush Four
Corners. |
via Stephanie Burgess
Bob Knowles and
CJ Richards had one thing in
common: superbird pace cars. [Only difference
is no racer went off and ran into Bob's car]. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Didn't Maine
love their Saab mini
stocks ? Back in Vermont, we
had mostly VW's. |
via Charlie Sheehan
OK folks,
sportsman 33 is
IN THE HOUSE ! |
ANOTHER SECTION FOR LATER FINDS - NO SPECIAL ERA

Via Dan St. Pierre
A wreck that includes Bob
Merrill.
|

Via Dan St. Pierre
Unidentified support class
winner. |

Via Dan St. Pierre
Unidentified support class
winner. |

Via John Merry
Buster Grover, said to at right;. the
guy with the flag is Norris ??.
|
via John Crawford
Dave Darveau, Blackie
Hilliard, and someone named Red. Sorry, I never got
to go to Unity. |
Cavalcade of Auto Racing via Brad Bellows
Blackie Hilliard, at a car
show with Bob Knowles. |
via Brad Bellows
Maine racing greats at Unity:
dave Darveau, Al Robinson, Gardiner Leavitt, and DIck Wolstenhume. |
via Dan St. Pierre
Redd Giroux hits the sand.
I can't imagine what that had to like inside the car.
Spit ! Spit ! Ptui !!
|
via Charlie Sheehan
Class A or
sportsman car 0. |
via Oliver Thayer
Gordon Lawrence, Alvin Thayer,
Blackie
Hilliard and flagger Roger Randlett.
|
via Charlie Sheehan
The same Class
A or sportsman car 9 shown above, only in color. |
via Charlie Sheehan
A hobby car on
the flatbed. |
via Lester Griffeth
Not sure. This
is said to be
a one - armed driver. |
via Charlie Sheehan
Class A or
sportsman cars
arriving.
|
via Charlie Sheehan
Car 99, great
looking !. |

via Charlie Sheehan
It was a
horrendous crash, Flash !. |
via Randy Lancaster
Unity Raceway Hall of Famers
and families.
SOME SCENES OF TYPICAL UNITY RACEWAY LIFE

Via Charlie Sheehan
A 1970's cotton candy stand,
complete
with local kid smoking away, way
under age. |

Via Charlie Sheehan
Tech guys taking a bemused look
at one of the entries. "See that mouse thay-uh, Rick? That's what
pow-ahs the cah."
|

Via Charlie Sheehan
Oh sure, they said. Ya have a
glory job
at the race track, they said ! |

Via Charlie Sheehan
We have a nice full pit area
tonight, ladies and gentlemen.
|

Via Charlie Sheehan
A good view of a lot of the
spectator
area, from the infield. |

Via Charlie Sheehan
Don't hand me the ticket yet,
ma,. I'm finishin' off that cotton candy. |

Via Pete Silva
Drive faster, Rafe that nut in
the
truck is right behind ya ! |

Via Pete Silva
Can't have a Unity show
without
those %$#!x sand banks ! |

WASHINGTON COUNTY
SPEEDWAY
Cherryfield Park
Cherryfield, Maine

Historic Aerials.Com Photo
Washington
County Speedway is often confused with the track shown below, but the town of
Washington [below] is not in the county of
the same name. Cherryfield is best known - at least in racing - as the home of
Andy Santerre. This was another track that
ran only in the 1950's. The Ellsworth [or Graham Lake] track, opening nearby
after this one was closed, must have served many of
the same teams and fans. This is a 1951 view.
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Larry Smith Jr
and Sr
with a crewman. |

Wicked Good Racing
This is very likely
taken at Cherryfield.
|

Wicked Good Racing
A car from Dexter, Me
sitting in the Washington
County pit area. |

Wicked Good Racing
It wasn't a good
idea to get off the
racing surface
at this track.. |
From Charlie Sheehan via
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Cherryfield
article.
|
Possibly FrankOakes Photo
From Charlie Sheehan via
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Cherryfield
cars ready to run. |
Possibly FrankOakes Photo
From Charlie Sheehan via
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Cherryfield
cars ready to run. |
From Charlie Sheehan via
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Vintage
Cherryfield adv . |
From Charlie Sheehan via
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Vintage
Cherryfield program . |
From Charlie Sheehan via
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Cherryfield
track closes .
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Washington County Speedway was
long closed by this view in 2007 - but still visible.

WASHINGTON RACEWAY
Razorville, Maine

Historic Aerials.Com Photo
Washington Raceway is one of 25
race tracks which operated in Maine at one time or another and, like
most, was in operation for only a brief period in the 1950's. Owned and
built by Clifton Brann in 1952, the half-mile dirt track was located in
Razorville, Maine in Knox County and was closed following the 1954
season. Washington Raceway was the first track in Maine to install
lights and to have races at night. The following article appeared in the
Kennebec-Journal newspaper in August 29, 1992 courtesy of Tony Brann,
son of the track founder.

Written by Richard and Linda Peek - Made Available by
Tony Brann
A larger image of this article is
available at :
http://mainevintageracecars.com/MORRIS_SITE/Memories_Washington_Raceway.htm

Via the Richard and
Linda Peek Article
Former driver Tom Jones
[not the ASA star] as he
looked at the time of the
article.
|

Via the Richard and
Linda Peek Article
Driver Harrison Arthur throws
his helmet in disgust after this wreck. |

Via the Richard and
Linda Peek Article
Lining up a race at Washington
Raceway. |

Via the Richard and
Linda Peek Article
He must have been a spectator -
although, in those days, you
never knew for sure. |
The Lost Maine Speedways page seems to have
infornation that suggest this venue ran some sort of racing into the
1970's, unless there were two different tracks in the immediate area.
Everything I had read until I started looking at Lost Maine Speedways
had suggested racing ended in the 1950's, but one photo of supposed old
Washington cars sure looks like the '70's to me.

Lost Maine Speedways Page
Remnants of a race car that ran at Washington
Raceway.

WATERVILLE - OAKLAND RACEWAY
Waterville, Maine

Historic Aerials.com
One possible aerial of the track
from 1959. Below - They show what it looks like after all traces have been wiped
out by a marina.

Historic Aerials.com
Here's what the fine folks at Maine Vintage Race Car Association had to say
about the track : "
The Waterville-Oakland Raceway officially opened on Sunday afternoon, September
17, 1950. Leon Baker won the opening day feature race. A one-third mile dirt
oval, many of the top drivers who raced in the central Maine area competed at
Waterville-Oakland, including Russ Longley, Dick Burgess, George Silva and
others. Located in Oakland, the track had much promise but the raceway closed
forever after one full season in 1951. The track's future may have been doomed
from the start - a half-hour before its official opening, the grandstands
collapsed injuring two spectators. A marine and RV sales business now sits on
the site of the track."

Courtesy of Pete Silva
George Silva of Waterville was a big name in
1950's racing in the area.

From the MVRCA Page
A group of cars
that includes Larry LaCroix [4] and Willy Pelotte [44] in action. |

From the MVRCA Page
A group of cars
that includes Phil Vigue [720], first track winner Russ
Longley,and Dick Burgess [34] in action.
|

From the MVRCA Page
A group of cars
in action.
Willy Pelotte [44]] leads Russ Longley. |

Lost Maine Speedways Page
A distinguished
group of powder puff drivers. PP was a big deal in the 1950's . |
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Eastern States
Racing Assoc. rules for Waterville - Oakland.
|
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Nice drivers'
poster for Waterville - Oakland. I wish I could read the names. |
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Very poor photo
that shows Willy Pelotte and others. |

Lost Maine Speedways Page
Eastern Stock Car Racing
Association Board of Directors.
|
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Car 88 starts what looks like a
good mixup. |
Lost Maine Speedways Page
I wonder if anyone ever hit that
shack off turn 4. |
Lost Maine Speedways Page
A car 88 rolls in mid pack as
Dick Burgess, Willy Pelotte, and Phil Vigue seem to avoid it. |
Courtesy of Earl Bickford
Lost Maine Speedways Page
A program
cover. |
Courtesy of Earl Bickford
Lost Maine Speedways Page
2 cars begin a
scary synchronized flip routine. |
Courtesy of Earl Bickford
Lost Maine Speedways Page
The 2 car
flip routine
continues. |
Courtesy of Earl Bickford
Lost Maine Speedways Page
The 2 car flip
routine ends.
|
Courtesy of Earl Bickford
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Getting the
shaken drivers out. Remember, they probably had only a lap belt |
Courtesy of Earl Bickford
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Big discussion
afterward. |
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Strangley
developed shot of cars at speed. |

Lost Maine Speedways Page
Some press coverage.
Lost Maine Speedways Page
Some more interesting
history.

Lost Maine Speedways Page
Aw come on, give Leo a call !

WINDSOR FAIRGROUNDS
Windsor, Maine

Historic Aerials.com
The Windsor, Maine fairgrounds track as it
looked five years after racing there had stopped.

Historic Aerials.com
The Windsor, Maine fairgrounds track as it looked twenty - six years after
racing there had stopped.

MVRCA Site Photo
Stock cars on the Windsor, Maine fairgrounds track around 1951.

WISCASSET SPEEDWAY
[Raceway]
Lincoln County Speedway / Superior Speedway
Wiscasset, Maine

Wiscassett Site Photo
A later aerial photo. The
track is not as old as many others, so it won't be too early.
The Maine Vintage Race Car Association site says: "WWiscasset
Raceway (Speedway) was built by Wilfred Cronk only a couple miles west of the
Town of Wiscasset. From the moment the track opened in 1971, Wiscasset Raceway
was billed as the "fastest track in the state". A one-third mile asphalt oval,
Wiscasset had the most banking in the turns
of any other track in Maine."
The fortunes of the track have risen and fallen over the years, but it has hung
in there for decades.

Wiscassett Site Photo
A shot of Wilfred Cronk and
probably his wife.

All Courtesy of the Wiscassett Memories Page
The track, by any other name, is still Wiscassett.
EARLIER PHOTOS

MVRCA Site Photo
An early shot of Ray
Penfold.
|

Wicked Good Site Photo
Brent Gray. |

Wicked Good Site Photo
Brent Gray. |

Wicked Good Site Photo
Earl "Parnelli" Jones. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Bob Hallee. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
1975 Chah - guh action. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
1976 Charger action.
Always loved that class
up there. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
1970's pit scene. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Bill Bailey. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Either the Chargers weren't
using firesuits, or this guy's the owner.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
This offical is standing in
front of one of the Chargers - brave man ! |

Wiscassett Site Photo
1974 Charger action. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
By Jim Swanson
Maine's remarkable female driver Sally
Graves. I dunno, was Wiscassett ever called Lincoln County or this a
different place ?.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
Weld's Randy Vining. I remember him in
the Chargers at Oxford. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Rob Trial's Charger.
Looks like it's had a few trials. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
The great Pete Silva having a less than
stellar outing. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A classic Charger in
Victory Lane, apparently with the daughter. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
An early composite of what was called
"hobby racing"on the site. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Alan Pinkham, Sr. 1980. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
This is the way I recall
Chargers looking when I saw them at Oxford. [Never got to Wiscassett]. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
By Paul Cheney
Frank Guptil,. 1978. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Nason with what almost could be the
first kit car, in 1978. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A 1975 LMS lineup. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Must be earlier years. This looks like
a '50's body. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A 1970 program. Look at that huge price
!
OTHER PHOTOS

Wiscassett Site Photo
Teddy Palino. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A composite of
the same guy. Nice Mustang
!
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
Maine's famed Dave Darveau. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
This late model is much further along
inthe track history. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Alan
Gassett. A
1992 entry. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A none - too - recent pit scene. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Bill Bailey, proudly posing
with trophies. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Bill Bailey, newer car.
Picture is very small. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Boss Hogg - on the track
around 1983. One of Maine's big names. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
By Dan Ayotte
Bruce Shaw.
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
Butch Burgess follows Dave
Darveau. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
UNK Camaro. Did the Potters and the
Shaws get up this far ? |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Not sure of the class, but
definitely later on in the track's history. Danny Bubar and Steve
Nelson.
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
What appears to be car 17 and crew. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
A support class car in Vic
Lane - maybe the 80's. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Support class cars on the
track. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
I guess this Charger overcharged. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Ray Penfold, 1986. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Kenny Wright.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
92 LMS wins. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Competitors composite.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
#7 Victory. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Leo Tanger 1986. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
By Dan Ayotte
Marty LeBlanc victory. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A great shot of Ralph the
Racer Nason and Earl "Parnelli" Jones.
STILL OTHER PHOTOS
Wiscassett Site Photo
A page from a 1970's
program. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
A young Ricky Craven at Wiscassett. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Wiscassett Site Photo
A 1970's LMS lineup. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
By Danny Grover
Dale Chadbourne. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
by Anderson
Another Darveau shot.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
Earl "Parnelli" Jones,
Farmington, ME |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Fairly early action. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Eddie Bellows. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Podium finishers. Sorry,
don't know names or era. |
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
Happy group in Vic Lane. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
By Dan Ayotte
Boss Hogg and Norm Sherman.
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
Jon JC Marsh,
Boothbay, ME.
A soft spot for this guy
. We both combined sign painting
and racing.
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
By Paul Cheney
Jim Burns. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Jim McGinnis. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Joe Geroux, Merle Grover,
and Mike Moody. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
John Hall, 1993. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
By Jim Swanson
Kenny Lund victory. |

From Walter Newell
St. Clair in an early
car.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
Lincoln County win for Meserve. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
"The Man" with another Victory. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
By Mike Lanoe
Meserve
and McGinnis.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
Earl Parnelli Jones. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Ralph Nason - 1987 win. |

Courtesy of Norm Sherman
Charger Class drivers. |

Courtesy of Norm Sherman
Street Stock drivers,
including Perley Childs, who I saw race at OPS.
|
Courtesy of Bill Penfold
Ray Penfold wth a nice
Chevelle. I thought he was a Ford Man then. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Street Stock winners,
including Guy Childs, who I saw race at OPS. |

Courtesy of
John Merry
Sportsman drivers. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Sportsman winners. |
Courtesy of
John Merry
Ralph Nason on the program
cover with a young admirere presenting a model.
|
Courtesy of Deb
C. Buckley
Remember when Teddy Palino
was a hobby driver ?. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Sportsmam
drivers who include old hand Dave Darveau. He won almost everywhere he
went. |
Courtesy of Norm Sherman
Limited Sportsman driver
Bob Studley. |
Courtesy of Norm Sherman
Limited Sportsman driver
Frank Guptil. |
Courtesy of Norm Sherman
Limited Sportsman driver
Jim Hayes. |
|

Courtesy of John Merry
A Hobby drivers'
page. |

Courtesy of John Merry
A drivers' page that
includes Skip Cahill, the Bath, ME tire dealer whom we used to see on
the Northern NASCAR Tour in Vermont. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Another drivers'
page. |
|
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
See caption. I remember Meserve [with
Gard Leavitt] hauling past my house in Milton to go to Catamount with
this very Chevelle around 1972 Stan didn't stay long, but Gard stayed for over a
decade.
MORE OLDER PHOTOS

Wiscassett Site Photo
Early car - could be
Buster Grover. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Early cars -
UNK driver. |

Courtesy of Bill Penfold
Ray Penfold in action
with the Sunliner.
|

Wiscassett Newspaper Photo
Won't you come home,
Bill Bailey ?. |

Julie Taylor Photo
CHarger winners: UNK,
Cooley and Williams. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Bill Bailey, Stan Meserve and Steve
Langelier. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Stan Meserve and another
driver are not awfully pleased with each other. |

Wiscassett Site Photo
Still not pleased. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
The Stan Meserve wreck that started the
fight. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
More of the Stan Meserve wreck that
started the fight. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Buster Grover, Stan Meserve,and Bill
Bailey,
|
Courtesy of David Greenleaf
Dale Chadbourne,
Woolwich, ME
|

Courtesy of
Caroline Connors
Steve Langelier with what
looks like a '60 Ford with a '57 nose section. |

Courtesy of
Steve Pellerin
Steve Langelier with a
Fairlane 500 in the pits. |

Courtesy of
Steve Pellerin
Steve Langelier with a
Fairlane 500 win. |

Courtesy of Bill Penfold
Ray Penfold wins with
the '58 Ford. |

Courtesy of Bill Penfold
Ray Penfold's '60 FOnd
Sunliner, at WIlfred Cronk's house, doing some publicity duty.
|

Courtesy of Bill Penfold
Ray Penfold at speed with
the Sunliner. |
Courtesy of John Merry
A Clint Feyler win. |
Courtesy of John Merry
A program page from
the older days. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Another Bob Hallee win. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Ho Hum, yet another Bob
Hallee win. |

Courtesy of John Merry
A figure 8 shot including
Don Bowie, who also ran
at OPS.
|
Courtesy of Mike
Ettinger
A bargain at $2 !!. |

Courtesy of John Merry
Caption
is pretty self-explanatory.
REGULARS' PHOTOS AND VISITING SERIES

Wiscassett Site Photo
Almost too pretty to race; but, judging from those
stickers, it definitely raced ...and won.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
Palino leads Nason and
others. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Wayne Marshall, 1986. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Somebody's wild - looking
Chevy. |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Dick McCabe, pre
BGNN days.
|

Wiscassett Site Photo
By Danny
Grover
Dale Chadbourne, 1986. |
VISITING RACE SERIES
|
Wiscassett Site Photo
Dick McCabe.
BGNN |
Wiscassett Site Photo
Meserve and Hector LeClair.
Nascar North |
Wiscassett Site Photo
by Jamie Williams
Kelly Moore and Dave Dion.
BGNN |
Courtesy of Norm Sherman
Key figures of NASCAR
North. |
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