MORE PHOTOS FROM THE THUNDER ROAD FLATHEAD COUPE ERA Bob Doyle Photos Courtesy of Cho Lee

MORE PHOTOS FROM THE THUNDER ROAD FLATHEAD COUPE ERA
Bob Doyle Photos Courtesy of Cho Lee, Unless Otherwise Stated

Keith Ballard, who won a hobby class track title at Otter Creek Speedway, the next year, leads a field at Thunder Road.	Spade Cooley, one of the track owners, awards a trophy to Pappy Forsyth.	Spade Cooley interviews Rex Shattuck, another driver who spent a lot of 1961 at Otter Creek Speedway.	Gilles Brochu, one of the first stock car drivers in Quebec, brought down his supermod with his customary # B14.	Dale Hatch poses his Hudson with one of the Eastman kids.
Charles Ely delivers Johnny Gammell's #88 to the track. Ely may have had one of the first slant bed haulers.	One of Perley Densmore's last [and best] cars. He had been a regular at Northeastern Speedway.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Henry Montandon, The Frozen Logger.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Ron "Satch" Hunt	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Northeastern Speedway [left] Lloyd Hutchins, Leland Ingerson, Henry Montandon, Freddie Mills, Unknown Man
Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Henry Montandon, The Frozen Logger. Very Poor Quality Shot.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site A driver poses after his crash at T Road.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Russell Ingerson in Ed Pelletier's 51.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site The Wayne Vincent wreck. He sustained serious head injuries. Certain figures of the day, such as Tony Collicchio, John Untied, Skip Easter, and Lee Ingerson are seen.	Chester T. Wood, Orange, VT The Ultimate Shoestring racer.
Norm "The Flying Frenchman" Chaloux in Victory Lane. His car owner, is at left, along with the race sponsor and starter Archie Blackadar [right]	A 1960 pit meeting. The Bardahl presence is from dealer Bob Doyle, also this photographer.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Norman McIver Photo A Northeastern pileup with many of the same cars running Thunder Road in 1960. That same 55, as shown above, is in the middle of it. HMM	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Norman McIver Photo Officials run to a crash on the Widowmaker. Track nurse, Rose Cooley is seen.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Norman McIver Photo Archie Blackadar joins Rose Cooley at the crash site.
Courtesy of 176 Racing Site A car thought to be Rex Shattuck dances along the Widowmaker.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Ronnie Marvin, Bethlehem, NH A huge, scary man.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Satch Hunt and Car 4 hit the wall as drivers like Denny Dearborn, Henry Montandon, and Ronnie Marvin get by.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Norman McIver Photo A very young Ken Squier interviews an equally - young Lloyd Hutchins, as Lee Ingerson looks on.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Officials help out with a crash on the Widowmaker. John Untied and others stand on the Nick Tigenson 52 and pull a very tall Denny Dearborn out of his #7.
Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Norman McIver Photo The track flag flies hopefully in front of a very threatening sky.	Courtesy of 176 Racing Site Keene, NH star Buddy Bardwell supposedly built this car to run at Thunder Road. Most of his equipment was for dirt.	Cigarette in hand, Archie Blackadar keeps an eye on the action at T Road.	T Road flagger Archie Blackadar displays the green to signal "start next lap".	Norman McIver Photo The dreadful Ray Stygles tree crash off turn 3.
Archie congratulates Canadian star Jean - Paul Cabana during 1965, the last year of the coupes.	Rene Charland, headed for one of his national titles, gets the Governor's Cup from then - Gov. Phil Hoff. Bob Doyle is at left.	Dale "Tubby" Hatch, Groton, VT	Jack DuBrul, on the T Road track, around 1963. Very Blurry.	Bardahl dealer Bob Doyle [left] and Emilo Girelli.
Norman McIver Photo Grant Bashaw, in the Ping Puentes Flying A	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Glenn Andrews, an Oxford, ME driver with a local car, wins at Barre. [from left] Bernard Perkins, Gene Remick, Andrews, and Harold Bates.	Norman McIver Photo Harold Hanaford enjoys his trophy from John" Untied as Ray Cooley looks on.	Norman McIver Photo The unique Marty Harty sedan, driven by Roger Lancey. Once in a while, Ernie Gahan would climb aboard.	Photographer Unknown Ray "Jr" Coffin, one of the drivers of the Barber 46.
The green flag flies in 1960 heat races.	Bruce Pierson, East Corinth, VT	That same car 55 blasts off turns 1 and 2 - probably at the beginning of the wreck shown in above cells.	Courtesy of Neal Davis More early coupes.	Courtesy of Neal Davis Grant Bashaw, in the Puentes Flying a chases Norm Chaloux.
Courtesy of Neal Davis Ronnie Marvin goes to the outside of Mutt Dexter.	An early lineup, from the front.	Courtesy of Mark Austin Norm Chaloux leads an unidentified coupe and Leon Hayford.	Courtesy of Mark Austin A trophy presentation.	Courtesy of Mark Austin Towing off Paul Martell's injured 3Jcoupe.
Courtesy of Mark Austin Freddie Mills and Tony Colicchio head off turn three as car R2 gets by.	Courtesy of Mark Austin Freddie Mills over to talk to Tony Colicchio after the two flew off turn 3.	Norman McIver Photo Courtesy of Mark Austin A beauty of a pileup.	Courtesy of Mark Austin The Bud Messier 50 gives Ronnie Marvin a run for his money.	Courtesy of Mark Austin A great shot of \|a star-studded flathead field coming down for green.

View from Bud Hill. The yellow car is the 3J Cote - owned car of Paul Martell.	View from Bud Hill. The inside car is one of the George Barber cars.	View across the track.	View from behind the grandstands.	Similar view from behind the stands.
Fourth turn action. The red 19 is Rex Shattuck.	View from Bud Hill. The 3J is seen as well as the yellow and black Ed Pelletier 51.	Sylvio Bilodeau in the purple 92 paces the field. That same car visits the track yearly with NEAR.	Another action shot.	View from Bud Hill. Here come de pace car .