GENE BERGIN Another of Those Hir

GENE BERGIN
Another of Those Hired Guns in the Northeast

Arrangement by Ladabouche
Gene was one of the drivers to be honored with All Star League membership.

Coming from where I did, in Vermont, I did not chance to ever actually be at atrack where Gene Bergin performed. He did drive in Vermont, at Catamount Stadium [before I was up there] and at Devil's Bowl [when I had moved out of that area]; but I seldom frequented the same tracks as would Gene. Bergin was not known as one of the stars [like say, Pete Corey] who often prepared and owned his own equipment. More in the vein of a Ken Shoemaker or a Don Wayman, he usually drove for one owner or another - probably for more than one at a time. One thing is certain - he was damned good !

Courtesy of Flemke.com
A very early portrait.

Probably Shany Lorenzet One of Gene's earlier cars -likely at Riverside. Nice looking car ! I love the era.	McDowell Photo Courtesy of Phil Miller At the Pine Bowl Speedway, back when Gene was one of the many Riverside drivers running at the track near Troy, NY.	Probably Shany Lorenzet via NE Vintage Mod Site Another early Riverside Pk ride.	Probably Shany Lorenzet via NE Vintage Mod Site Another Riverside Pk ride, the Jim Jorgenson/Dexter Burnham VO.	Probably Shany Lorenzet via Speedway Line Report Gene had a significant run with Sharkey Gaudiosi's 44 sedan on the Stafford Springs dirt.	Probably Shany Lorenzet via Speedway Line Report Gene also had one fo the worst crashes with Sharkey Gaudiosi's 44 sedan in the Stafford Springs dirt era. Probably Shany Lorenzet via Legends of NASCAR site
Courtesy of Lew Boyd Sharkey Gaudiosi's 44 sedan on the hauler.	\| Courtesy of Phil Miller A very early M-6 car. I am told this may be at Empire Raceway, Menands, NY.	Carcabni Photo A Riverside ride with the same 52 team as Tony Mordino drove for.	Courtesy of George M. An open wheel ride, somewhere along the way.	Courtesy of John Grady Gene had two stints with the Bobby Judkins 2X; this was a Ford which makes it quite early.	Courtesy of Ron WIlson More of the Judkins Ford coupe.
Courtesy of Mike Pa Gene and the first Ford.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Gene had two stints with the Bobby Judkins 2X; this was also in the earlier one.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby A stint with the Richie Mazza team.	Courtesy of Pete Zanardi At Lakeville with a midget, with what appears to be his All Star League helmet.	Vintage NE Mod Site The M-6, maybe at Eastern States Expo track.	Courtesy of Ken Pill With the trend - setting Judkins Pinto at Devil's Bowl.

Courtesy of Vintage Mod Site via New Britain A win with the Pinto.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby A stint with the Billy Simons team.	P.A. Smith Photo Courtesy of Tom Ormsby A win with another Pinto.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes A Corvair - bodied mod _ popular for a while.	Courtesy of Legends of NASCAR A win with yet another Pinto.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes A pose with the Judkins Pinto.
Courtesy of Vintage Mod Site Bergin was thought of highly enough to get an Indy ride.	Courtesy of Lew Boyd Getting some Indy advice.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby In front of an adoring crowd with Bobby's Pinto.	Courtesy of Norwood Site A win with a mod 15X.	Courtesy of vebidoo.com Somebody said this is Lakeville, but I kinda doubt it.	Courtesy of s695 photbucket A more recent M6.
Courtesy of Riverside Park Speedway Site A Riverside Pk win with the Jim Jorgenson/Dexter Burnham VO.	Legends of NASCAR Site Another Riverside Pk ride, the Elm Garage 5.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes An early Armstrong 1. Kinda looks like an old Tant/Mitchell 11 doesn't it ?	Courtesy of Dave Dykes The potent, and well - financed Armstrong Pinto.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes The famed Bebe Zalenski M-6 coupe.	Stock Car Racers' Reunion A less familiar color for the Zalenski coupe.
Legends of NASCAR Site The potent Judkins Pinto at speed.	Legends of NASCAR Site The Don Crammer Gremlin.	Stock Car Racers' Reunion The M-6, maybe at Riverside.	Norwood Arena Site The M-6 at speed at Norwood Arena.	Norwood Arena Site The M-6 winning at Norwood.	Karma.com Photo A good portrait.
Shany Lorenzet Photo Another Bergin ride.	Via Tom Ormsby Another shot of this Zalinsky 283.	Car Cabin Site The M-6 under service at Langhorne.	Via Fred Ciavola Gene took his turn driving one the potent Garuti cars at Riverside.	Via Bob Simons A slightly different look for the Judkins Pinto.	Courtesy of Bob Simons Another Simons shot.
t via Vintage Mod Site A much later M6.	Courtesy of Mike Anop With tthe 69 0f Red O'Keefe.	Courtesy of Joe Cryan At Nazareth, on the dirt.	Courtesy of Joe Cryan At Nazareth, on the dirt.	Via Vebidoo.com At Lakeville.	Bob Frazier Photo via Joe Grossetti Gene created quite a stir when he brought the Judkins car to Devil's Bowl.