MARTY HARTY They Made One and Threw Away the Mold

I had heard about Marty Harty long before i got to meet him at one of Ron Bouchard's vintage racing reunions. Cho Lee, having seen his cars perform in the early days of Thunder Road, was always in awe of Harty. From the photos I had seen of the Harty cars at Thunder Road, it appeared he was kind of an eccentric, using car bodies no one else did. Since then, I have seen his cars which ran at places like Hudson and Brookline. He was an amazing technical wizard for his time, purely and simply. Rather than my writing a whole spiel for this page, I offer this wonderful article down by Ken Paulsen and placed on the http://www.176racing.com/gatorinvt.html website.

Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen Car #329. Note the vertical exhausts. This must be Marty and a son.	Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen The first car #329. Marty poses with some of the trophies.	Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen The car #329, with driver Leo Richard.	Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen The next car #329. Note the vertical exhausts are not on there yet. This is a '32 Ford.
Courtesy of Cho Lee The very strange - looking Harty 28 and 9/10, involved in a Thunder Road mixup in 1960. The driver was probably Roger Lancey.	Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen NH driver Roger Lancey, at the wheel of the 28 and 9/10 sedan at Thunder Road.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Another view of the sedan - with either Roger or Ernie Gahan at the controls. There was a coupe of the same number - I can't find the shot yet.	Ladabouche Collection The number 28 and 9/10 was the price of gas at Ralph Atkins' gas station in Troy, NH. Here, Atkins, the sponsor, was supposed to try driving at Fairmont in1963, but I never saw the car there.
Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen An early version of the 000. This is Freddy Borden and it is taken either at Brookline or Hudson.	Harty Collection via Cho Lee The first car #329 [behind the 537], and the 000 - running at Hudson.	Harty Collection via Ken Paulsen A Harty - built Class B car that won a slew of races in NH.	Harty Collection Another shot of the highly - successful car 000. Might be Traverse.