Jean Guy Chartrand

Courtesy of the Mr. Chevy Black Website for Model Cars
Chartrand in my favorite of his cars, at Fonda - in the mid 1960's.

One disappointing Saturday night in the summer of 1963, my uncle and I had traveled all the way to Fonda Speedway, from Rutland, VT, under cloudy enough skies to where I guess we should have known enough to turn around and go back home. The speedway was deserted, the races apparently having been called hours before. As we were sitting by the closed ticket booth in the front entrance of the track, a car hauler pulled up to the site, paused briefly, and rolled away, back where it came from [but not before I got a shot of it with my trusty Kodak Brownie box camera]. It turned out to be my first and only glimpse of Guy Chartrand for many years thereafter. Thanks to some photos of my own, sites on the internet, and a collection from Richard Chartand [courtesy of Neal Davis], I have enough for a page on the man most famous for driving the Ed Cloce Hemi -Cuda #69 out of Potsdam, NY.

Ladabouche Photo
I wonder if Bob, of Bob's Chevy, is Chartrand's relative - Bob Chartrand. Notice the other disappointed people standing around
in the background. Fog is rising off the warm ground. This is when the cars went in a different gate than today.

THE REMAINING SHOTS ARE IN APPROXIMATE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
A Few Photos Are of Older Chartrands

Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Bob Chartrand, at Bouvrette Speedway circa 1956.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Supposedly Guy Chartrand, at Bouvrette Speedway Year unknown.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Chartrand in Bouvrette Speedway crash circa 1958. Note both of the Gaylord Rowe cars [26 and T800] are involved.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Bob Chartrand, at Bouvrette Speedway 1950's.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Bob Chartrand, with checkers, at Bouvrette Speedway circa 1956.
Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Supposedly Bob Chartrand, at Bouvrette Speedway. He's the car on its side.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Bob Chartrand, at Rigaud Speedway. I never heard of it.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Guy Chartrand, with an early sportsman.	HAMB Site Contribution Guy Chartrand, at Daytona Permatex race in the early to mid 1960's.	Courtesy of Gerard Major Guy Chartrand, at Riverside Speedway circa 1966.
Ladabouche Collection Bob Chartrand, at some Canadian speedway with checkers.	Ladabouche Collection Guy Chartrand, at Devils Bowl Speedway circa 1967[background].	Ladabouche Photo Entering Fonda Speedway in the twilight around 1967.	Courtesy of Jo Towns via Otto Graham Guy Chartrand, in the Sonny's Tire car, which many stars drove in Quebec.	Courtesy of John Grady Myf avorite shot of my favorite of his cars.
Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis The Chartrand crew somewhere in Quebec.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Disaster #1 - a fire at Fonda.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Disaster #2 - rearranging the track infrastructure in Quebec somewhere.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Another shot of the Sonny's Tire sportsman.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis A wreck in the sportsman ranks. That is Black Jack DuBrul on top of Chartrand's car.
Ladabouche Collection Guy Chartrand, at Fonda Speedway with my favorite of his cars.	Courtesy of Pascal Cote Website An Guy Chartrand sportsman shot.	Courtesy of John Grady Guy Chartrand, in the beginning of the Ed Cloce, with a pre-Hemi -Cuda coupe.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock A rare shot of the Cloce coupe in a mod heat at Airborne.	Courtesy of Jo Towns via Otto Graham Guy Chartrand will always be best known for driving the Ed Cloce Hemi - Cuda.
Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Another shot of the Hemi - Cuda in action against Richie Evans.	Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis Preparing to take out the most conspicuous modified at Langhorne.	Source Unknown Guy may have taken a turn in the well - known X-2 late model Sportsman.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock The Cloce Cuda a mod heat at Airborne.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock A rare shot of the Hemi - Cuda without the script 69 on the side.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly Another Cuda win.	Romano Family Photo Courtesy of Otto Graham Guy gets in on a conversation with promoter CJ Richards, along with Andy and Joe Romano.	Courtesy of Arnie Ainsworth The Cloce modified on way out to time trial.	Richard Chartrand Photo via Neal Davis Parked and waiting.

From the Pascal Cote Website
Guy Chartrand [second from left - blue sweater] at a Quebec old timers' reunion.

Courtesy of Flemke.,com
A meeting with Jean - Paul Cabana In later years.

THE HEMI CUDA WRECK THAT FINISHED A CAREER
All Courtesy of Richard Chartrand via Neal Davis

Courtesy of Russell Earl The familiar coupe seen at a major race - behind a posing Bill Rafter.	Courtesy of Richard Chartrand The Permatex Studebaker at Daytona.	Courtesy of Scheeves Second from left at a Fonda Speedway autograph session with Bill Wimble [first left], Ron Quackenbush, and Jeep Herbert.	Courtesy of 360 Nitro Site A very early 901, wrecked at Bouvrette Speedway circa mid '50's.	Burlington Free Press A 1966 Catamount win.
Bob Bruno Collection via John Rock Mid 1960's, at a Montreal area track lined up near Bob Bruno.	Courtesy of Cameron Gray A 901, lined up at a Montreal area track near Gilles Brochu.