Green Mountain Raceway

      Said to be located on Brigante truck farm land on Williams Road, the track is called by most of the old hands "Harvey Moody's Track". Once described as a "5/8 mile chicken wire deal", the track did not have the best spectator protection - relying a lot on a ditch beside the track and a fairly flimsy catch fence. It is said by Ed Charbonneau, one of those old hands from the day, that the racing made Mr. Brigante so nervous that he would pace up and down Williams Road on race programs but never go in. Harvey Moody was apparently an in - law of Brigante's.
      Green Mountain Raceway came three years after the similarly - named Green Mountain Farms Raceway in Sheldon. Several photos of cars at the track appear to be taken when no one else is there. Mooday apparently let people try out their cars there. Another of the old hands said that - many times - Moody didn't draw enough cars due to running against the Walter Barcomb track; so they had an arrangement wherein fans and participants would pack up at Mood's and travel over to Barcomb's track where their admissions would be honored.
      Begun in 1951, the track lasted only one or two seasons. Luckily, historian John Nelson found a 1961 aerial photo of Colchester which shows the track because there is not the slightest trace left of it to see now.

Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson
This grainy shot of Bob Bushey practicing shows Green Mountain's iconic judges' stand, one of the few in Colchester with a roof.
You can see the rather minimal fencing and imagine how sandy most of the grounds were.

FE Hart Family Photo via Arnie Hill Young Ed Hart shields his eyes for the camera as grandfather Hart stands in the background at Harvey Moody's track.	FE Hart Family Photo via Arnie Hill Frank Hart tands with another man named Layton at their practice session.	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson This shot of Gordy Owens being pushed into the infield shows Green Mountain's tower. The pusher is Rex Shattuck.	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson This shot of Gordy Owens practicing in the first ever car of Ralph Bushey at the track shows how sandy it is.	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson Owner Ralph Bushey stands at far right as muchanics and onlookers discuss the car. Note how loose the grounds was in the infield.
Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson A youngster stands by as a great deal of fussing goes on with the car.	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson A mechanic rides on the running board at Green Mt. Raceway. This is one of three cars which ran there without a roof.	Trayah Family Photo via Jodie Trayah and Steve Jangraw Beansie Dumas' roofless 99 at the track. The Trayah brothers, Norm Chaloux and others are in the shot.	Trayah Family Photo via Jodie Trayah and Steve Jangraw The third roofless car at the track. TheTrayah brothers, are at right and the Farnsworth brothers are at right.	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson A mechanic talks to driver, Gordy Owens.
	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson The crew working on the Spud 19 at Green Mt. Raceway.	Bushey Family Photo via Jack Anderson Bob Bushey on the track at Green Mt. Raceway.	Bushey Family Photo via Gail Bushey Horn Bob Bushey with the 358, another car he may have had at Green Mountain.

NEWS CLIPPINGS

Burlington Free Press April 25, 1951.	Burlington Free Press April 30, 1951. Off we go, the third track in Colchester simultaneously.	Burlington Free Press Ad for the track. They never mentioned Williams Road, instead using the between Nourses and Clarey's.	Burlington Free Press April results.
May, 1951. Apparently Towne [a driver I don't kow much about] liked that long track.	Burlington Free Press Ad for the Memorial Day program.	Burlington Free Press The Memorial Day program. results.	St. Albans Daily Messenger June 16, 1951.
Burlington Free Press July 19, 1951. Well oiled.	Burlington Free Press July 6, 1951. What was it rain ?	Burlington Free Press July 6, 1951. Owens wins and leads the donation parade.	Burlington Free Press July 17, 1951.It wasn't us !
Burlington Free Press July 28, 1951.	Burlington Free Press July 28, 1951. Track is misnamed in this article.	Montpelier Evening Argus August 17, 1951. Montpelier paper follows local drivers, who might have also been running at Northfield.	Vermont Sunday News September, 1951.
Burlington Free Press October 5, 1951. What the heck, doesn't everyone have a state championship race ?	Burlington Free Press October 19, 1951. Ad for what must be the season finale.	Burlington Free Press One particular 1952 ad. Material on the '52 season was very scarce.	Burlington Free Press Another 1952 ad.