THE INCOMPARABLE INGERSON BROTHERS Tough Competitors in Two Eras of North Country Racing

THE INCOMPARABLE INGERSON BROTHERS
Tough Competitors in Two Eras of North Country Racing

The Ingerson brothers, all hailing from New Hampshire, were one of the most successful brother combinations in North Country racing - right up there with the Libby brothers in Maine and the Dragon brothers in Vermont. My only experience with them is few years, towards the end of their careers, when they ran the Flying Tigers at Catamount and the late model sportsman program, By 1975, they were all essentially retired.
Donald raced the least; Douglas had the fewest photos [in proportion to the number of races he ran or won]; Leland was - in some ways - the most successful; and Russ, the youngest was also very successful while racing the furthest into the modern era. They were good - looking men, undoubtedly the heartthrobs of a number of female spectators, and good enough fellows to get along with until you pissed them off. Pretty tough bunch if that happened, so I hear. Russ seems to be the only one still around, and - while once being very flamboyant -he is very publicity shy now.

Cavalcade of Auto Racing Photo - likely From Bob Doyle
Russ leads Doug across the finish line at Thunder Road in this famous blanket finish. Russ is in the Pelletier / Falzarano 51;
Doug is in the legendary George Hay car; and Leland is in the second George Barber team car.

Courtesy of Cho Lee
This poster, designed by the ever - publicity - conscious Ken Squier, shows Doug, at left, with Leland and Russ. Much was done to further
the mystique of the brothers, as the two photos, shown below, Russ' Pelletier / Falzarano 51.

Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee, at the height of his career, with the prominent George Barber team car.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Leland [left] and Doug in T Road Victory Lane with Johnny Gammell.	George Barber Collection Courtesy of Cho Lee Again, with the second Barber car.	Ladabouche Collection In the same era.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Leland, in the 47, with legendary Roy Pappy Forsyth in the team 46 - at T Road.	Barber Photo Courtesy of Ken Paulsen Lee's car, with rare damage. Must have been "the morning after". Note the Forsyth car in the garage.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee's last real racing effort - a stint in Tom Tiller's back up car - around 1971.	Courtesy of Rich Palmer The Tiller car, with one seven removed.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Another potrait.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee in a Thunder Road B Class Vic Lane with Mike Beattie and George Horn.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee winning with Bill White's coupe at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee [car 47] beside Doug in a pileup at Northeastern Speedway.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee, flanked by Llouyd Hutchins< Henry Montandon, Freddy Mills, and Mutt Dexter at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee [white outfit center] talks with Skip Easter as a concerned group of drivers surrounds the critical wreck of Wayne Vincent at T Road.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee and Doug, in a 1960's pit meeting at T Road.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Lee's car later on at T Road. DIfferent professional lettering than the earlier cars.

Courtesy of Ken Paulsen Doug, with the George Hay 68, winning at Northeastern Speedway. The "reference to Ray Stygles is after Ray was seriously injured at T Road in another Hay 68.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Doug [center] in T Road Victory Lane with Johnny Gammell [right] and Leland.	George Barber Collection Courtesy of Cho Lee With another of the Hay cars at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Doug looks forlornly at Big John Untied as the latter directs slavage operations at T Road.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Closeup of above photo.	Courtesy of Mark Austin Doug in an all white 58. Not sure if this is a Hay car or not.	Courtesy of Mark Austin Doug in an all white 42. No idea of the car owner.	Courtesy of Rich Palmer Doug, with a Tiger car he ran around 1968.
	Courtesy of Cho Lee Doug looks to the inside in car 58 as Despault avoids a wall banging Bobby Giroux.

RUSSELL PHOTOS
There are many others on the Pelletier / Falzarano Page - CLICK HERE

Courtesy of Jeff Elliott This is supposedly Russ [left] and Doug with Russ' first car.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Russ [68] and Lee [47] seem to have avoided this Northeastern Spdwy pileup around 1961.	Courtesy of Mike Gilbert The Pelletier car at Northfield, VT's Dog River Speedway. There is question as to whether owner, Ed, or Russ was driving the car then.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Russ, in the immaculate Pelletier / Falzarano 51, with a T Road win.
Courtesy of Lloyd and Greg Gilbert Russ, with an early Flying Tiger. The car says #51, but I don't recognize the crewman as a Pelletier / Falz. guy.	Courtesy of Mark Austin The Elms family sedan at Northeastern.	Courtesy of Mark Austin The Elms family coupe at Thunder Road.	Courtesy of Mark Austin A different Thunder Road win with rhe Hudson coupe.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Another flathead coupe at Northeastern.	Steve McKnight Photo Russ walks out of the Catamount infield around 1968. Is that his wreck behind ?	Courtesy of Andy Boright An early Flying Tiger ride at Catamount.	Courtesy of Jeff Elliott An early Flying Tiger wreck at T Road.
Courtesy of Steve McKnight Russ at Catamount near what was likely a 1956 Ford Tiger.	Courtesy of Andy Boright An accident with Lennie Stockwell during the limited sportsman era.	Courtesy of Mark Austin The P&F limited sportsman.	Courtesy of Rich Palmer The first gorgeous Pelletier / Falzarano late model car. This was a limited sportsman. There are many more photos available - CLICK HERE.
Burlington Free Press Photo Ladabouche Collection The limited sportsman, featured in the local paper.	Courtesy of Tom Pelletier The new Chevelle attraacted media attention on opening day.	Courtesy of Tom Pelletier The 51 team.	Courtesy of Tom Pelletier Russ, on opening day with the new Chevelle.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Not such a good day with the famous Chevelle.	Ladabouche Photo The 2nd gorgeous Pelletier / Falzarano late model car. This was the famous Chevelle. There are many more photos available - CLICK HERE.	Courtesy of Steve Pecor Russ, on opening day.	Ladabouche Collection One of Russ' last appreciable rides came when the Blake & Loso - owned 72 was vacated by George Horn and turned over to Russ.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Things were a tough go for Russ in the B&L 72.	Courtesy of Andy Boright Russ takes the B&L 72 down the pit ramp	Ladabouche Collection Russ takes the B&L 72 down the pit ramp at Catamount. Visible are some of the classic haulers of the day, like Beaver Dragon's yellow bus that once carried Russ' #51 Chevelle.