ARCHIE BLACKADAR

Photo by McIver - Courtesy of Cho Lee
Archie, in his flagging days - probably at Northeastern.

Contributor Unknown Sorry, I used to Know
Archie, unfamiliar without his glasses, is featured in theis early Thunder Road program.

There were few nicer men in the world than A.K. Blackadar. No matter what position he held in NASCAR, Archie was always accessible and friendly. He did everything, but I think he was a flag man at heart. I guess I may have seen him work the flags somewhere, but my recollection is as Chief Pit Steward at tracks like Catamount.

Bob DoylePhoto Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie and Skip Easter at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Awarding Dwayne Remick the checkers at Northeastern around 1959.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie and Bob Doyle, In Victory Lane at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie looks on in the background as Paul Martell [3J] and the driver of car 48 enjoy a joke in a race lineup at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie hands off the flag to Bobby Waugh at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Glen Gadapee Archie, hands on hips, is clearly disgusted at what happened to Glen Gadapee's car.
Bob Mackey Photo via Mike Watts, Sr. Around 1959 - flagging at Colchester - Bayview Speedway.	Courtesy of Ken Paulsen via Cho Lee Archie hands off the flag to Tony Colicchio in Andy Cote's 0.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie talks to track crew in front of the ever - present Hardwick ambulance.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Archie working the payoff booth at Airborne around 1960.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Mike Watts, Sr. Archie as an Airborne official around 1972.	Bob Mackey Photo via Mike Watts, Sr. Archie contemporary Bucky Barlow handing off a flag to Johnny Gammell at Colchester - Bayview. Archie did flag there a bit.
Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Archie at Airborne possibly with Bob Mackey	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Archie at Airborne around 1960, here as Pit Steward.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Archie at Airborne with another official.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Flagging at Thunder Road some time after 1960.	Courtesy of Steve Fisk This is a very early Thunder Road shot of Archie. Check out the RR ties instead of the frontstretch wall.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Putting himself in harm's way at Thunder Road at the start of a feature.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Keeping an eye on things from the flagstand at Thunder Road some time after 1960.	Courtesy of Mark Austin Jumping out of Mike Osborne's way after a feature win.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie eyes car 70 warily as it scrapes by him on three wheels.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie flags off a heat at Otter Creek Speedway in 1961. The all white car is none other than Beaver Dragon.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie watches from the track as Dick Gammell's car is cleaned up at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie reaches for the Caution flage as Dwayne Remick spins at Northeastern.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie is in the background as Jack DuBrul shows off his Avanti at T Road in the early '60's.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie displays the green flag to the field for one more lap. Note the RR ties instead of a wall.	176 Racing.Com Site Archie hands off the flag to Norm Chaloux	Courtesy of Cho Lee 1965: NASCAR sportsman days. Jean-Paul Cabana wins a feature at T Road.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie hands off a heat flag to Ronnie Marvin, who finished high in NASCAR national points that year, 1965.	Photo Source Unknowm With Gene Bonnette at Catamount around 1967.
Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Bucko Branham With Charlie Trombley at Airborne.	Courtesy of Cho Lee With Tom Curley and Lennie Stockwell.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie, Chuck Blanchard, and Frank.	Courtesy of Chris Companion One of two pre-season promo shots for Catamount.	Photo Source Unknown The other pre- season Catamount promo shot.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Officiating at the retirement of long-time flagger and official Pat McGraff.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie looks on from the track as Dick Gammell's Car is cleaned up.	Courtesy of Cho Lee In Victory Lane with Norm Chaloux and his car owner.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie rushes in with the track nurse at a bad T Road crash.	Courtesy of Paul Bellefeuille Keeping an eye on things.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Around 1967 - congratulating Larry Demar at Catamount as Ken Squier looks on.	Courtesy of Cho Lee At the handicapper's stand at Catamount, talking to Beaver Dragon and Tom Tiller
Courtesy of Chris Companion Around 1972 - an unusually dressed - up Archie surveys the damage from Ray Pretty's Hurricane Division crash.	Source Unknown In the executive suite at Oxford Plains with Bob Bahre, Dick Bahre, and Tony DiPompo.	Dragon Family Photo In the braintrust at Oxford Plains with Bob Johnson, Dick Bahre, and Beaver Dragon.	Courtesy of Andy Boright In the pits at Thunder Road around 1990 with Bob Doyle, another man who got pushed out way too soon.	Photo Source Unknown Archie and Pete, at yet another track.	Courtesy of 176Racing.Com Archie looks on from the track as the crew starts to clean up another wreck.

Courtesy of Cho Lee
Archie and Pete being honored by NASCAR's Pete Keller and presented by Ron Barcomb.

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Those very flags, beside the track, at Otter Creek in 1961 - with Archie in action.
The white coupe is Beaver Dragon's first car.