NORTHEASTERN SPEEDWAY

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Courtesy of Cho Lee
Crews hustle out to a pileup on the front stetch. Visible are both Barber cars [46 and 47], George Hay's 58, Denny Dearborn [foreground],
and we can see a Freddy Mills crewman [26].

McIver Photo Courtesy of Cho Lee Harold "Hard Luck" Hanaford.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Harold "Hard Luck" Hanaford with the checkers at Waterford.	McIver Photo NE Speedway Site Clint Girard.	NE Speedway Site Clint Girard wins one.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Starter Archie Blackadar trophies local driver Skip Easter.	NE Speedway Site Skip Easter, winning another one.	McIver Photo NE Speedway Site Mutt Dexter, Lisbon, NH.	Courtesy of Glenn Andrews Mutt Dexter gets the Richard Rice Sportsmanship trophy from Mrs. R. Rice.	NE Speedway Site Mutt Dexter, on the track.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Car 99 scores at Northeastern. Phil Badger's car.	Cavalcade of Auto Racing Photo Bethlehem, NH's Ronnie Marvin, one of Northeast's bigger stars - in more ways than one.	Courtesy of Cho Lee The Bethlehem Bombshell nearly filled his little coupe,single-handedly.	Cavalcade of Auto Racing Photo by Norman McIver. Ronnie Marvin was shown in Cavalcade of Auto Racing in the early '60's as N'Er'n representative at Trenton.	NE Speedway Site Glen Gadapee.	NE Speedway Site Glen wins one at Waterford.	Gadapee Family Photo Glen Gadapee after a wreck. Archie Blackadar in the background.	Courtesy of Glen Gadapee An early Glen Gadapee car, the 669.	Gadapee Family Photo Glen Gadapee and starter Bob Quinn.
McIver Photo Courtesy of Cho Lee St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont's Johnny Gammell.	Courtesy of Cho Lee One of the many rides of Johnny Gammell. The Charles Ely 88.	Courtesy of Cho Lee St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont's Johnny Gammell. More Gammell cars below.	Courtesy of Glen Gadapee An original track stock certificate belonging to Johnny Gammell.	Courtesy of Cho Lee John Gammell, A at T Road with a CJ Richards - owned 32.	Ladabouche Photo A Gammell trophy from the track.	McIver Photo Courtesy of Cho Lee St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont's Dick Gammell	From the Northeastern Site Dick Gammell did not have a ton of fun at N'Eastern with this car.	Courtesy of Ken Paulsen Johnny Gammell leads Dick Gammell and Ray Stygles at Northeastern.
McIver Photo NE Speedway Site Freddy Mills, Groveton, NH Courtesy of Cho Lee Freddy Mills, Groveton, NH with his crew.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Freddy Mills drove this odd - looking B Class car at Northeastern in 1963 or 1964.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Freddy Mills, in Victory Lane at Northeastern. That is an Ingerson seen in the background, directly above the roof of the car.	McIver Photo NE Speedway Site Tony Colicchio 176 Racing.Com Tony, with a big win.	Courtesy of Ken Paulsen A hustling Archie awards the flag to Tony, the driver of the car 0.	McIver Photo Courtesy of Cho Lee Henry Montandon, The Frozen Logger Waits River, VT	Courtesy of Ken Paulsen Henry Montandon, The Frozen Logger Waits River, VT The Lloyd Hutchins 76	Courtesy of Cho Lee Henry Montandon, with a B class Ford.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Henry Montandon, with the same B class Ford at Barre.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Bobby Hood	Fred Daniells' car, St. Johnsbury, VT Both Photos Courtesy of Mrs. Fred Daniels via Pete Racine	Courtesy of Cho Lee Future Hall -of-Famer Beaver Dragon wins one in his first late model - around 1964.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Same shot, better angle.	NE Speedway Site Al Corey	Courtesy of Mike Gilbert Al Corey was one of several drivers who drove for George Hay, of Harwick, VT.	Courtesy of Cathy Martell Paul Martell, Rochester, NH	Courtesy of Cho Lee Paul Martell in a different ride than his later-to-be-familiar 93.	Scott Haskell Photo The original 3J car that ran at N'eastern, as it sat at O'Connell's Auto Body.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Paul Martell and Dwayne Remick [left] come together on the frontstretch at Waterford.	NE Speedway Site Dwayne Remick, St. Johnsbury, VT	Courtesy of Mark Austin Dwayne's R1	Courtesy of Cho Lee Starter Archie Blackadar hands off the checkers to winner Dwayne Remick.	From the Northeastern Site Perley Densmore,	From the Northeastern Site Perley Densmore, actually at Riverside in Groveton.	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Northeastern regular Perley Densmore.	From the Northeastern Site An early Perley	\| Courtesy of Cho Lee A less happy day for Perley's best car.
From the Northeastern Site Perley Densmore, as he is today.	From the Northeastern Site George Whitney	From the Northeastern Site Geo. Whitney, in an Elms car.	NE Speedway Site Jackie Coolbeth	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Jackie Coolbeth and the gang.	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Harold Flanders at Northeastern.	Courtesy of P.Zampieri Rollo "Ripper" Lowe, shown here at Webster Flats, ended up running N'eastern for a brief spell.	Courtesy of P.Zampieri Ken Fenoff's car was numbered after a cigar brand.	Courtesy of P.Zampieri Ted Rivers The Sad Sack 2.
From the Northeastern Site Harold Flanders	From the MVRCA Site Glenn Andrews, Oxford, ME	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Glenn Andrews used this same car and crew at N'eastern: Bernard Perkins, Gene Remick, Glenn, and Harold Bates.	Northeastern Site Joe Bijolie	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Joe Bijolie, car 14	From the Northeastern Site Ned Lemieux	From the Northeastern Site Ned Lemieux wins one at Waterford.	From the Northeastern Site Ned Lemieux	Courtesy of Cho Lee Ned Lemieux's T Road wreck.
From the Northeastern Site Chester T. Wood	From the Northeastern Site Chester T. Wood with a rare number change. He would have run this car at N'estern.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Northern Vermont's famed underdog, Chester T. Wood, from Orange, VT with his first "gorgeous" car.	From the Northeastern Site Bobby Waugh	From the Northeastern Site Bobby Waugh [left] wins the Memorial Day race.	From the Northeastern Site A win at T Road.	Courtesy of Mark Austin A N'Eastern car of Waugh's.	From the Northeastern Site Ken Robinson's sedan.	From the Northeastern Site Ken Robinson's B class car.
NE Speedway Site Pete Racine then.	Courtesy of Paul Bellefeuille Racine now [left] with Johnny Gammell and Satch Hunt.	From the Northeastern Site Pete Racine arriving at Northeastern	From the Northeastern Site Maybe an earlier Racine car.	From the Northeastern Site Colicchio steals one from Racine.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Pete is headed in the wrong direction. Good look at the old announcer's stand.	From the Northeastern Site Pete Racine passes on the inside.	From the Northeastern Site Ernie Racine	From the Northeastern Site Both Pete and Ernie drove this car 69.
From the Northeastern Site Merlin Bean	From the Northeastern Site Merlin Bean, with Dick Blake's coupe.	From the Northeastern Site Satch Hunt	From the Northeastern Site Satch Hunt	176 Racing.Com Ronnie Satch Hunt, with his best - known car.	From the Northeastern Site A Thunder Road 1960 wreck of Satch Hunt's 46, a car from N'Eastern	From the Northeastern Site Clyde Andrews	From the Northeastern Site Clyde Andrews' coupe.	From the Northeastern Site Clyde Andrews' sedan.
From the Northeastern Site Wayne True	From the Northeastern Site Archie Beland	Courtesy of Paul Zampieri Unidentified car at Northeastern or Lyndonville.	From the Northeastern Site Dick Johnston's well - used OK.	From the Northeastern Site Dick Johnston, with a partially - restored OK	Courtesy of Cho Lee Unidentified driver wins one at Northeastern.	From the Northeastern Site Henry Whipple, father of writer and historian Phil.	From the Northeastern Site Dale Gilbert	From the Northeastern Site Dale Gilbert's Northeastern car.
From the Northeastern Site Emilio Girelli	From the Northeastern Site Emilio Girelli's sedan before the fateful T Road wreck.	NEAR HOF Portrait George Barber, Bradford VT His legendary 46 was driven at N'Eastern by three different drivers.	Ladabouche Photo The Barber 46 Coupe, in a restored state. [Below] The earlier version driven by Stub Piper. Courtesy of Cho Lee	From the Northeastern Site Stub Piper, the first Barber driver.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Roy "Pappy" Forsyth, the 2nd and most famous driver of the Barber 46.	NE Site Photo Ray "Junior" Coffin, the car's 3rd driver. Coffin? That's a bad name for a race driver !	Courtesy of Ken Paulsen The Barber team car, as it looked when it was running at Northeastern with Lee Ingerson.	From the Northeastern Site The former Barber team car, as it looked when it ended up with Alan Whipple.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Henry Montandon, Waits River, VT The Frozen Logger	Courtesy of 176 Racing.Com The Lloyd Hutchins 76 that Henry drove.	Courtesy of 176 Racing.Com Lloyd Hutchins [right] and Henry with the restored 76.	Courtesy of 176 Racing.Com Lloyd, Lee Ingerson, Henry, maybe Bobby Waugh, and Mutt Dexter.	Northeastern Site Ralph Stygles.	Courtesy of Cho Lee A photo of the car Ray usually drove, the Geo. Hay 68. This shot is actually Doug Ingerson.	Courtesy of Steve McKnight Russ Ingerson	Courtesy of Cho Lee Doug Ingerson	Courtesy of Cho Lee Doug Ingerson, in the other Geo. Hay car.
Northeastern Site Norm Chaloux, Barre, VT An unbelievably muscular granite cutter.	176 Racing.Com Norm, with a restored version of one of his cars.	176 Racing.Com Norm, with a win at T Road.	176 Racing.Com Norm, with the Northeastern car.	176 Racing.Com Bill White and his B Class Studebaker.	176 Racing.Com Dickie Southworth and a Ford B Class entry. Ladabouche Photo Restored.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie oversees the lining up of a feature.	Source Unknown An unknown B Class car with a win - maybe Ralph Stygles.	Courtesy of Cho Lee A Bob Doyle - sponsored N'eastern car.
From the Northeastern Site 2 1959 views of N'Eastern when it was dirt.	From the Northeastern Site A N'Eastern peek into the infield.	Courtesy of Cho Lee July 4th festivities at Northeast Speedway around 1960.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Finding the Waterford pit entrance.	Courtesy of Cho Lee A photo finish, with Russ Ingerson in the George Hay #68 - winning by a hair.	From the Northeastern Site Pete Racine and another car get a bird's eye view of this roll.	From the Northeastern Site A backstretch tangle that includes the Ely 88 of Gammell and Peter Bryant's 97.	From the Northeastern Site A N'Eastern tangle by the flagstand.	From the Northeastern Site Colicchio [0] and others in a mixup.
From the Northeastern Site Dwayne Remick, Ron Marvin, and Tony Colicchio.	Courtesy of Ken Paulsen Johnny Gammell [rt] and others at a Northeastern banquet.	Courtesy of Cho Lee New York Ford driver Jim LaFountaine wins at Northeastern.	From the Northeastern Site Northeastern Victory Lane shot that includes Bob Doyle.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Larry Granger, at Waterford. Libero Buzzi's 93 car.	From the Northeastern Site Sonja Struthers, apparently a trophy girl.	Courtesy of Cho Lee TheB Class division lines up for the feature in a night race at Waterford.	Courtesy of Scott Haskell Article about the opening of the track.	From the Northeastern Site Denny Dearborn or maybe Harold Hanford in trouble with the 7.

From the Thunder Road History Courtesy of John Casey and Others.
Part of the Thunder Road history program that discusses Northeastern as a predecessor.

For a really good closeup satellite photo of present day Northeastern Speedway, click on this link to Google Map.

This Terraserver shot is not as distinct, as the Google shot; but, it shows the track's remnants in the middle of the lower portion.

ACT Archives Courtesy of Cho Lee. McIver Photo
A marching band and color guard at what appears to be
opening ceremonies at the track.

Courtesy of Glen Andrews
Some people think this might be the first feature at Northeastern Speedway / Waterford Motordrome. I do not [although the building in the
upper righthand background is about where the ticket booth was.

Courtesy of Gadapee Family
Glen Gadapee, in an early coupe of his, in a blanket finish with the George Hay 68 of Al Corey and another car.

From the Northeastern History Program
It is a wonder Mabel Densmore wasn't killed when she was out of control due to mechanical problems in a powder puff race.

Courtesy of Ken Paulsen
Johnny Gammell, the day he led the 2007 walk around Northeastern prior to Paul Bellefeuille's restoring the grounds.

Courtesy of Glenn Andrews
Judging from the pace car, this is a 1963 lineup at Northeastern. The C6 belonged to CV Elms and could be Stub Fadden.

Courtesy of Scott Haskell
This shot of Joe Bijolie, car 14 is exceptionally good because it shows the track water truck, a view of the track
from the pit area, and - of course - Joe, with his spare tire still on the car.

via Julie Bigelow
Either at a banquet or these were track officers for a year: front row - Bumps, Berube, and Bigelow. [Sounds like
a Law firm]. back - Corey, Chaloux,Frazer, and Daniells.

via JNeal Davis
Northeastern poster. One of those businessman's races is supposedely how Stub Fadden got into the sport.

via Julie Bigelow
Award lineup on the track: Wayne True, Stub Fadden, Skip Easter, Lee Ingeson, and Chet Wood.

8MM Frame Capture from Film
Courtesy of Tim Campbell Sr.
Oxford, Maine's Glen Andrews with a Danville, VT - owned car. Andrews is one of the track's legends.

8MM Frame Capture from Film
Courtesy of Tim Campbell Sr.
Doug Ingerson [ctr] with Harold Hanaford [right] and an unknown podium finisher.

Courtesy of Cho Lee Archie Blackadar and Bob Doyle, two very important figures at the track.	Ladabouche Photo A jacket somebody bought from Bob Doyle.	Courtesy of Marty Harty Jim Travers in a Marty Harty entry that might have raced at Waterford.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Silvio Bilodeau Ladabouche Photo George Silsby has restored the Bilodeau car.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Unknown car 6 circling the track.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Should know this one but I don't.
Courtesy of Cho Lee Drivers wanting to pit would look for an arrow on the wall to find the partially - hidden pit entrance.	Ladabouche Photo Arrow shown above in 2008 photo.	Courtesy of Scott Haskell 1963 aerial view.	Image Shack. Com A Google Photo Much later aerial.	Historic Aerials.COm 1964 view.	Northeastern Site Photo Clyde Andrews [20] and others in action.
			Northeastern Site Photo Dennie Dearborn leaves the chaos behind him.

J. St. Louis Photo Turn 4	J. St. Louis Photo Coming out of 2	J. St. Louis Photo Looking at wall
J. St. Louis Photo Looking toward 2	J. St. Louis Photo Looking at wall from 1	J. St. Louis Photo Turn 3 banking
J. St. Louis Photo Looking into 2 from backstretch	J. St. Louis Photo Junk on the front stretch

Bill Ladabouche Photo Front wall and broken fence mounts	Bill Ladabouche Photo Front wall and wreckage of stands and tower	Bill Ladabouche Photo Backstretch from 2
Bill Ladabouche Photo Backstretch to 3	Bill Ladabouche Photo Out of 4, down the chute	Bill Ladabouche Photo From backstretch to front, across infield
Bill Ladabouche Photo Close up of track surface	Bill Ladabouche Photo A look perhaps at parking lot ?	Bill Ladabouche Photo Not sure of this view
	Bill Ladabouche Photo The backstretch

Paul Belfeuille Photo The surface still looks good.	Paul Belfeuille Photo	Paul Belfeuille Photo The front stretch wall, too.	Paul Belfeuille Photo The house is kind of close, eh ?	Paul Belfeuille Photo Turn 3 cleared.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Front straightaway and wall.
Paul Belfeuille Photo Turn 1 cleared.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Dunno, could be turn 4 or going by the old pits.	Ladabouche Photo Broken fence mounts on the old retaining wall.	Ladabouche Photo A piece of broken metal pole sits right above the start/finish stripe on the old retaining wall.	Ladabouche Photo Remnants of a painted sign for the pits on the old retaining wall.	Ladabouche Photo maybe this is the old finish line on the old retaining wall.
Ladabouche Photo Cho Lee's favorite thing about Northeastern: the arrow indicating the pit exit on the old retaining wall.	Ladabouche Photo A look at the cleared off track area from the pits.	Ladabouche Photo New fence and reseeding.	Ladabouche Photo Paul managed to find some remaining RR ties by the spectator entry path.	Bellefeuille Photo Entrance to the track grounds.	Ladabouche Photo Entrance to the newly - cleared pit area.

Paul Belfeuille Photo The uniform of a Northeastern cop.	Paul Belfeuille Photos One of Glen Gadapee's trophies.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Glenn and Helen Andrews 1960 Pts Champion	Paul Belfeuille Photo Paul, with a uniform worn by one of the sheriffs working at Northeastern.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Merle Fitzgerald & John Gammell, with the 32.	Paul Belfeuille Photo A typical Northeastern jacket patch.
Paul Belfeuille Photo The Gordon Fitzgerald 32 of John Gammell, on Ed Mackay's lawn - back in the day.	Paul Belfeuille Photo The Gordon Fitzgerald 32 of John Gammell, on Ed Mackay's lawn - back in the day.	Paul Belfeuille Photo At one of the track restoration meetings, a participant examines a model of a Northeastern car - likely Ely's 88.	Paul Belfeuille Photo A track trophy - probably of Glen Gadapee - at a restoration meeting.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Paul Bellefeuille, [foreground] the force behind the track watches Johnny Gammell examine albums.	Paul Belfeuille Photo The Gadapee trophy.

Phil Whipple Photo Glenn Andrews, at one of the meetings, with one of his many N'east'n trophies.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Glenn and Helen Andrews, at home.	Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille The new property owners, Simon and Brown demolished the standsin 1971 upon buying the property.	Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille Bleacher remnants are seen, as well as dirt piled in turn 1 to discourage local hellions.	Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille A better shot of the turn one dirt pile.	Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille Turn One across to the backstretch.
Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille From the bleacher area across to tthe backstretch.	Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille From turn 2 over to turn 4.	Mike Fournier Photo via Paul Belfeuille From the turn 4 area over to the RR ties by the entrance walkway.

via Julie Bigelow Archie Beland.	via Judy Gauthier The Bud Davis 39, driven at times by Cuffy Cuthbertson.	via Bryan Marble Towing the very restorable sedan of Ken Robinson.	via Bryan Marble A gentleman I don't know standing with the very restorable sedan of Ken Robinson.	via Jerry Isham The Sunoco 44 team. Bob Bissell [helmet], Rob Marceau, Bob Isham	via Jerry Isham The Sunoco 44 car.
via Neal Davis Cuffy Cuthbertson ran this former Pete Racine car at Bear Ridge.	via Julie Bigelow Dick Gammell talks to the owner or a mechanic.	via Neal Davis Freddy Mills is being attacked by a giant document clip as he tried to have a victory lap at Northeastern.	via Julie Bigelow Johnny Gammell, his car 65 crew, and fellow driver Jackie Coolbeth.	via Julie Bigelow George Whitney takes one in the 10.,	via Julie Bigelow Harold Flanders after a less than perfect day.
via Paul Bellefeuille The late Harold Hanaford and Denny Dearborn [rt] converse at a recent track reunion.	Bob Hanafpord Photo via Neal Davis Harold Hanaford arriving at Northeastern.	via Julie Bigelow A very young Harold Hanaford with one of the first of his car 30's.	via Paul Bellefeuille Former Websters Flat star, Northeastern star, and later T Road star Jerry Bigelow of Lyndonville.	via Julie Bigelow One of the Bigelow boys displays Dad's trophy.	via Julie Bigelow Bob Bigelow works around his dad's restored B CLass car before a reunion.
via Jerry Jacques Jim Jacques with his Bear Ridge car that very well could have been a former Northeastern car.	via Neal Davis Joe Bijoli [14] and Pete Racine [69] ease by the 79 of Wayne True.	via Judy Gauthier Judy Gauthier and her brother pose with an old Merrill Densmore in front of someone's car.	via Neal Davis Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hutchins at a recent reunion.	via Julie Bigelow Mutt Dexter, wins in an Andy Cote - built car 90.	via Phil Whipple Dwayne Remick noses out the Isham 44.
via Jerry Isham Looks like Isham wiping up the Sunoco 44's numbers.	via Andy Boright UNK driver. Very possibly Clint Gerard.	via Paul Bellefeuille The Ken Robinson sedan- as it looked having been pulled out of the woods.	via Andy Boright Unknown B Class driver.	via Neal Davis Airborne Speedway had nothing on Northeastern, Here's a winter race there. too.	via Richard Jacques The track truck. It's a tad blurry.
Norman McIver Portrait via Paul Bellefeuille Skip Easter.	via Julie Bigelow At the banquet Freddy Mills is awarded by Roland "Pee Wee" Berube.	via Julie Bigelow Paul Belknap may have been a Northeastern runner.	via Neal Davis Pete Racine gets the wall. Also involved are Glen Andrews and someone in Bill White's 56.	via Julie Bigelow Rollo "Ripper" Lowe in the pit area.	via Paul Bellefeuille This might refer to the wreck show two rows above.