The sport, in our region, has seen a number of prominent photographers, some of whom liked to feature their subjects with portraits. I hate to try and list these people for fear of leaving out someone who really deserves that recognition. When I first started doing this work, two men stood out - one in my immediate area and one in a nearby state. My friend, the too - early - departed Cho Lee had shared numerous photos, some of which were portrait photography by Norman McIver, who specialized in covering Northeastern Speedway in Lower Waterford, VT and Thunder Road, in Barre, VT.
         The other guy's name was almost always hand written on the bottom of each photo. Bob McDowell covered more tracks than I would care to try and list. Although he had some shots in Vermont, his stomping grounds were primarily in New York state, on the eastern side and as farther north as Warrensburgh. These two and many other racing lensmen have left us with hundreds of good portraits of race drivers and other important racing figures.

              Since I began poking through my 47 images folders, I felt kind of stupid, realizing that Plattsburgh, NY photographer Bob Mackey likely has more portrait photos in my stuff than the previous two guys. Mackey not only snapped drivers at Airborne, but had photos from Saranac Lake Speedway, Otter Creek Speedway, Thunder Road, and more. I won't be surprised if his section is equal to or larger than either of the other two. Other photographers who will certainly have a number of portrait offerings are Bob Frazier [Fairmont, Devil's Bowl and Otter Creek Speedways], Frank Simek [too many to mention], and Russ Bergh [Fonda and Victoria Speedways and others]. I have a number of portraits whose photographers I don't know. Ace lane took thousands of photos in Pennsylvania and New Jersey but I have had trouble getting enough portraits for a section here.

NORMAN McIVER
Northeastern Speedway, Thunder Road mostly
[Donated either by Cho Lee or the Northeastern Speedway Site]

Andre Manny Multi - Time Quebec Champion. Mostly a NASCAR modified and sportsman driver.	Art Taylor 1968 Catamount Stadium Flying Tiger champion.	Archie Blackadar Long - time NASCAR official and former flagger.	Archie Blackadar NH flathead racing star. Raced widely but concentrated on Claremont and Fairmont Speedways a lot.	Bob Brunell Raced Late model sportsman and modified cars. Owned a speed shop. NASCAR NY hobby champ one year.	Bob Dragon Track champion, winner of hundreds of races. in late model sportsman and hobbies. Also drove modifieds.	Jean-Paul Cabana  NASCAR champion in late model sportsman, and sportsman coupes. Canadian Champion.
Dale Gilbert Flathead coupe driver - primarily at Thunder Road.	Denny Dearborn NH flathead coupe driver. Later became a Jack Kochman Hell Driver.	Donald "Monk" Ingerson The least active of four NH racing brothers. Raced flathead coupes.	Jack "Blackjack" Dubrul Raced in assorted NASCAR divisions. One of the founders of Catamount Stadium.	Emilio Girelli Long - time NASCAR official and Bear Ridge official. Did drive flathead cars.	Ernie Reid Long - time NASCAR sportsman driver.	Roy "Pappy" Forsyth 1950's racing pioneer. Winner of countless races - mostly with flathead cars.
Dick Gammell Flathead coupe driver and lesser known of two VT racing  brothers.	Johnny Gammell Flathead coupe driver and late model sportman, too. A VT racing pioneer.	Harold "Hardluck" Hanaford Flathead coupe champion and NH racing pioneer. Won VT's 1st Milk Bowl.	Henry "The Frozen Logger" Montandon Flathead coupe driver and frequent winner.	Jerry Bigelow Flathead coupe driver and frequent winner at Notheastern Spdw. A VT racing pioneer.	Keith Ballard Flathead coupe driver at Thunder Road and 1962 hobbby class champion at Otter Creek Speedway.	Larry Granger Flathead coupe standout driver and occasional Flying Tiger driver.
Doug Ingerson Flathead driver and one of the middle Ingerson brothers.	Mike "The Yankee Flyer" Osborne Flathead coupe driver and frequent winner.	Tom "The Kentucky Colonel" Tiller Flying Tiger driver and late model sportsman driver. Track champion and big winner.	Ron "The Bethlehem Bombshell" Marvin Flathead coupe driver, LMS driver, and frequent winner.	Al Corey Early flathead coupe driver.	Lenny "Tiger" Stockwell Flying Tiger, and LMS driver. The face of the Tiger division.	Larry Demar Flying Tiger driver and frequent winner. Won a track title.
Rex Shattuck 1950's star whose career carried over to Thunder Road.	Tom "T Bone" Curley Drove Flying Tigers and sportsman cars. Became the creator of the American - Canadian Tour.	Mack Miller NY NASCAR sportsman driver. Won a track title at Saranac Lake Spdwy.	George Whitney Flathead coupe driver.	Art Taylor 1968 Catamount Stadium Flying Tiger champion. Different portrait.	Mike Cody Claremont Speedway regular who ran for a bit at Thunder Road. Big winner in NH.	Chet "Chester T" Wood Drove flathead coupes and LMC cars. The ultimate successful runner on a shoestring budget.
Russ "The Wild Child" Ingerson The youngest Ingerson and probably the winningest.	Pete Racine Vermont racing pioneer.	Harmon "Beaver" Dragon Drove the old coupes, sportsman coupes, Flying Tigers, and LMS cars. Track and series championships.	Marcel Godard Quebec sportsman and modified driver.	Paul Hamel Quebec sportsman and modified driver. a Canadian champion.	Leland "Lee" Ingerson Eldest Ingerson brother, and very successful driver.	Freddy Mills Flathead coupe driver.
	Ralph Stygles B Class, flathead, and sportsman driver.	Mutt Dexter Flathead coupe driver.	Norm Chaloux Flathead coupe driver.	Clint Gerard Flathead coupe driver.	Bob Doyle Bardahl dealer, photographer, and overall leading figure in northeastern VT racing.

BOB McDOWELL
Rhinebeck Speedway, Pine Bowl,  Stateline Speedway, and many more
[Donated mostly by Ken Gypson or Phil Miller]

Jerry Golden Eastern NY and western Massachusetts 1950's driver.	Ken Goodermotte Eastern NY and western Massachusetts 1950's driver.	Jim Reed 1950's NY driver who starred in NASCAR's Short track division.	Doug Garrison Hall of fame NY driver from 1950's thru 1970's. Ended up as major Leb. Valley star.	Doug Benjamin Eastern NY and western Massachusetts 1950's driver.	Bob Devine 1950's NY and MAss. driver. Ended up in the United Stock Car Racing Club's Grand American divison in the 1960's.	Russ Truelove  NASCAR driver in several classes. MOst known for spectacular crash on the Daytona beach course with a Mercury he drove down there from NY.
Bud Williamson 1950's stock car driver .	Jokko Maggiacommo 1950's star in a number of classes of racing".	Bob Tator 1950's driver. One of Gordon Ross' first drivers.	Whitey Brainerd Southern New England driver of early modifieds called "cutdowns".	George Welch Up and coming late 1950's NASCAR driver. Killed flagging at Empire Raceway.	Al Keller 1950's stock car driver who graduated to open wheel racing.	Steve Danish One of the all - time stock car racing pioneers and winner of many honors - mostly in NY.
Paul Roesch 1950's stock car driver.	Neil Cole 1950's stock car driver.	Bud Hitsman 1950's stock car driver.	90% of Bob's portraiture involved the race car with the driver. I will put a few examples, but he has too many hundreds of them to attempt showing them all.	Link Pettit Hall of fame NY driver from 1950's thru 1960's. Ended up as major Leb. Valley star.	Charlie Morse A major 1950'star.	Ray "Zero" Brown Hall of fame NY driver from 1950's. Went on to star in open wheel cars. There was another accomplished Ray Brown as well in Massachusetts.
Spence Parkhurst Hall of fame NY driver from 1950's. I can recall seeing him race, even though I was five.	Leo Nadeau The 1950's star appeared with this car all over hell and creation. Amazing !	Carl Fink Started in the early 1950's as places k=like Rhinebeck and Burden Lake. Ended up driving a sportsman at Fonda in the early '60's.	D.D. "Rebel" Harris One of the most iconic stars of  the early racing in our region.	Jolly Ollie Palmer NY driver, mostly in 1950's. I can also remember him at Pico Raceway in 1952.	Stan Disbrow Hall of fame NY/MA driver from 1950's thru 1970's. Ended up as a midget star.	Pete Corey Hall of fame NY driver. One of the best drivers and car builders ever.

BOB MACKEY
Malletts Bay Raceway, Airborne Park Speedway, Otter Creek Speedway, etc.
[Donated mostly by John Rock, Dave Brown, or Mike Watts, Sr.]

Photographer Bob Mackey	Richie Panch Then, the 16 year - old son of Marvin Panch. He drove in Northern NASCAR in 1972.	Bucky Bousquet 1950's Airborne hobby driver.	Earl Maille Up and coming NY 1950's driver whose career was cut short by an injury.	Ken Platt From the area near Utica - Rome Speedway, he rose up to drive this Roerig brothers modified in the 1960's.	Unknown Airborne hobby class driver.	Ronnie Miller Airborne hobby class driver.
Paul "Cookie" Vallaires and protege Karen Sutliffe. Airborne Charger class driver.	Mack Miller Airborne sportsman driver.	Melvin "Bob" Bruno A major NASCAR national sportsman star for years.	Jim LaFountaine Airborne hobby class driver. He was one of the best ever in that class.	Paul "Cookie" Vallaires Airborne Charger class driver.	Bob Bushey The Vermont driver set a feature win record for Airborne in 1954 that still stands.	Trombley brothers Bob, Charlie, and Ron. Charlie's career stretched into the 1970's.
Danny Bridges An ultimate shoetring budget racer, he lived mre feet from the track.	Bud Besor Airborne sportsman class driver.	George Bridges Danny's father, shown here after winning a winter "ice race" at Airborne.	Charlie Trombley One of Mackey's few traditional portraits.	Harry "The Head" Provost NASCAR sportsman driver in the 1960's.	Allie Swears Glens Falls, NY NASCAR car owner with his Daytona Permatex car.	Jack "Blackjack" Dubrul NASCAR modified / sportsman driver. He co-founded Catamount Stadium in 1965.
Gene Mangino Schenectady driver chasing the 1970 modified circuit.	Bernie Griffith Popular local Airborne sportsman driver.	Rene Charland The future and reigning National Sportsman champ was a regular at Airborne.	Brian Ross The young local driver rose as far as the ARCA series before he was done.	Roland Brown Airborne hobby class driver. Very strong in the mid 1960's.	Joe Thomas Popular Airborne driver in numerous divisions.	Dick Nephew With his Allie Swears Daytona car, in the midst of his 1961 national title run.
Harmon "Beaver" Dragon Milton, VT driver in many divisions. Championships, NEAR HOF, etc.	Bill Conover Driver in Hobby, Charger, and late Model divisions.	Bill "Wild Bill" Branham One of four racing brothers. A local hero around Airborne for years.	Henry Jarvis Drove mostly in the 1950's at Airborne and later at Saranac Lake.	Bob Brunell Modified and late model driver. Speed shop operator.	Bunn Reed Drove mostly in the 1950's at Airborne and later at SFort Covington.	Kay Hanson [and Mrs.] Was a NASCAR pit steward for years - at tracks all over the Northeast and Quebec.
Jean - Paul Cabana Canadian champion in more than one division.	Bill Wimble 1960 and 1961 NASCAR National Sportsman Champion, with an earlier ride.	Sherwood Holliday Brother of Buck Holliday, with an early Floyd Geary car.	Ken Dukette With Wes Moody's first real race  car.	Melvin "Bob" Bruno Airborne champion, politician, school teacher.	Lee Begor Airborne hobby class driver.	Paul Demers Famed Canadian flag man. Focused on NASCAR tracks.
Dick Gushlaw Drove mostly in the 1950's at Airborne.	Shorty Carmichael Drove mostly i nthe 1950's at Airborne.	Dick Nephew 1961 NASCAR National Sportsman co - Champion. 1960 runnerup.	Bob Bruno Early ride with the McGee/Bridges MB2.	Dick Fowler Modified driver around 1970.	George Baumgardner 1950's shot with Ted Vogel's sedan. Baumie was very strong at Stateline Speedway.	| Don Thomas 1969 of the late model driver. Would be flagger at Airborne in 1984.

BOB FRAZIER
Fairmont Speedway, Otter Creek Speedway, Devil's Bowl mostly
[Donated mostly by C.J. Richards, Norm Vadnais, Me, Mike Laduc, and Marty Kelly Jr.]

Buddy Bardwell NH - based NEAR HOF driver who ran from the early 1950's through most of the 1960's.	Harmon "Beaver" Dragon Primarily a Northern NASCAR driver who did spend several full seasons at Devil's Bowl.	Charlie Towslee  1960's Hobby driver at Fairmont.	Dexter Dorr Up and coming  VT 1960's driver who ended up establishing a career as a car builder.	Ted Brown Keene, NH driver who was a terror in Vermont in the 1960's.	Chet "The Jet" Doaner Rutland, VT - based driver who won a lot at Fairmont and Devil;s Bowl in the 1960's.	Gene Tetreault NYSSCRA Hall of fame driver from Manchester, VT.
Charlie "Ol' Reliable" Laduc Drove cars at C.J. Richards' tracks for decades. Might have been best in the Fairmont hobby class.	Harmon "Beaver" Dragon Primarily a Northern NASCAR driver who did spend several full seasons at Devil's Bowl.	Russ Shaw Replaced Vince Quenneville driving for Norm Scarborough. Ended brief career driving for Dooger Jones.	Howard Stevens Popular Claremont, NH driver who nearly pulled off a track title at Fairmont in 1965.	"Wily Will" Cagle A close friend of C.J. Richards, he dominated at Devil's Bowl at times.	Chet "The Jet" Doaner Rutland, VT - based driver who won a lot at Fairmont and Devil;s Bowl in the 1960's.	Gene Tetreault NYSSCRA Hall of fame driver from Manchester, VT.
Charlie "Ol' Reliable" Laduc Drove cars at C.J. Richards' tracks for decades. Might have been best in the Fairmont hobby class.	Harmon "Beaver" Dragon Primarily a Northern NASCAR driver who did spend several full seasons at Devil's Bowl.	Russ Shaw Replaced Vince Quenneville driving for Norm Scarborough. Ended brief career driving for Dooger Jones.	Howard Stevens Popular Claremont, NH driver who nearly pulled off a track title at Fairmont in 1965.	Vince Quenneville, Sr. Arguably C.J. Richards' most accomplished drivers ever.	Vince Quenneville, Sr. His last ride, the Jack Ryan 28.	Charlie Draper A Fairmont Speedway invader from Saranac Lake Speedway in 1965.
Mert "Socks" Hulbert With the cae with which he won the 1967 Devil's Bowl title.	Roger Gauthier After replacing Russ Shaw in the Norm Scarborough Mustang.	Cecil Bosworth Began racing in NH in the late 1940's. Still ran at D. Bowl in late 1960's, and Bear Ridge Speedway after that.	Bill Threw West Glens Falls, NY driver who ran mostly in 1960's.	Jim Kohler Connecticut driver who ran C.J's tracks, on and off.	"The Unbeatable' Lennie Wood In 1965 he never lost a race that he finished or which involvedcars of his class.	Ed "Peanut" Foley The Leicester, VT driver started in hobby cars in 1961 and rose to top modified cars in early 1970's.
Bill Wimble The legendary two - time national champ in his only visit to D. Bowl.	Ralph Soulia Late Model Vermont State Champion.	"Steady Eddie" Allen The successful local driver with his former Rene Charland car.	Bob Dragon Drove cars both on dirt and on pavement at Devil's Bowl.	Nelson Moore Popular NY veteran driver won both for C.J. and at NASCAR tracks.	Pete Corey The legendary driver and car builder visited D. Bowl and - soon after - sold this car to Chet Doaner.	George Rogers Castleton, VT racing legend whose career spanned from 1950 to 1967.

RUSS BERGH
Fonda Speedway, Victoria Speedway, mostly
[Donated mostly by Rick Parry, Otto Graham, Scott Belknap, and dozens more]

Russ Bergh Middleburgh, NY.		Steve Danish  Known to many other drivers as Mr. Danish, he was one of the most racing pioneers in the Northeast.	Bill Wimble The two - toime national champ was a Fonda regular for years before moving to Leb. Valley.	Lou Lazzaro A legend in NY sportsman and modified coupes - both on dirt and pavement.	Howard "Jeep" Herbert A long-time top shelf driver and one of the most popular ever.	Jim Luke A very exceptional NY driver for years.
Pete Corey A legend both in driving and in stock car building.	Andy Romano Posing with the loquacious "Papa Joe" Romano, his dad. Andy raced well, forever.	Like a lot of others, most of Russ' portraits are not head shots, but rather have car and driver.	Herbert "Skip" Roots The tall, lanky second generation driver ran his skunk - themed three window coupe in the mid 1960's.	Jeep Herbert Posed here with the Henry Caputo Mopar coupe [said to be a DeSoto].	Richard "Otto" Graham The man who got me into this business, he was a driver and is still quite a photographer.	Paul Marshall Paul's physique would overshadow a lot of the pro wrestlers of the day but he was a nice man.
Jeep Herbert With Chris Drellos' 3 window backup coupe in 1963 . The car was a slug.	Richard "Otto" Graham The man who got me into this business, he was a driver and is still quite a photographer.	Pete Corey When he came out with this trend - setting Falcon, it seemed like every one then had one.	Ken Meahl The Buffalo - area verteran would have one of the most spectacular wrecks with his car ever seen at Fonda.	Lee Millington The popular Palatine Bridge, NY driver with the iconic Dick Bennett Bernie's Liquor Shop 71.	Ed Pieniazek Like Irv Taylor, Pieniazek was one of the few in the scant inner circle of Pete Corey. Good driver; good race mechanic.	Pete Corey Russ captured the legend with his evr - present coffee and cigarette. Beautiful Mustang !
Ernie Gahan The Dover, NH driver, about the time he was NASCAR National Modified Champion.	Steve Danish The NY racing legend with his last car.	David Lape His first car; he still went by David, not Dave.	Andy Romano With a beauitiful injected sedan around 1966.	Ed Ortiz Like Meahl, another Buffalo area driver with the advantage of a thundering B&M motor.	Irv Taylor The widely - hired driver who also could build a good car.	Robbie Kotary Youngest of three Rome, NY racing brothers, he won his share with various owners.
Rene Charland The Champ drove dozens of cars - this one is Russ Betz' 59.	Dutch Reed The journeyman was one of many drivers to try out Tony VIllano's cars.	Irv Taylor With Pete Corey's injected coupe. Darn few drivers got to drive Corey cars.	Paul Marshall The big guy with Bill Fowler's 27Jr arou nd 1964.	Rene Charland The four - time national champion, with his car for Fonda's Grand National race in 1965.	"The Judge" Jack Farquhar With the superb Vince Barbuto car.	Don Antolick One of the first Fonda late models.

FRANK SIMEK
Many Speedways in the Northeast
[Donated mostly by Rick Parry, Otto Graham, Frank Simek and more]

Frank Simek and Yours Truly My wife's trying to get Frank to smile and it's killing me.	Unknown Many of Frank's portrait shots are men I don't recognize.	Unknown Frank seemed to gravitate towards the lesser known driver, many times in his shots.	Unknown Couldn't keep those eyes open.	Ernie Gahan The 1967 NASCAR National Modified Champion.	George Janoski A long-time top shelf driver from Connecticut.	Irv Taylor A very exceptional NY driver for hire.
Bill Wimble The 1960 and 61 NASCAR National Sportsman Champion.	Canido "Ken" Canestrari The Cohoes body man had some of the best looking cars ever.	Mr. and Mrs Bill Wimble The 1960 and 61 NASCAR National Sportsman Champion.	Ken "The Shoe" Shoemaker Friend to Corey for life. A legendary driver for hire.	Pete Corey Before he became The Crescent Hillbilly	Bruce Dostal Very early in his career.	Robbie Kotary During his days with the Ward Pettit 148.
Jean - Guy Chartrand Announcer Mike Valchovic would call out: Jon Geee Shartrayund, from Montreal.	Melvin "Bob" Bruno Fonda invader from upstate Airborne Park Speedway.	Dave Lape Around 1966.	Paul Marshall Made a career mostly as a driver for hire.	Steve Danish The legendary Cropseyville Courier.	Chet Hames The flamboyant flagger during Fonda's Golden era.	Chuck Mahoney Leadfooted and tough on equipment, the Utica native had once run in NASCAR's Short Track Division.
Jerry Cook Very young here; would go on to multiple NASCAR National Modifed Championships.	Lou Lazzaro No early Fonda set would be complete without the Utica runner, who was younger than most of the men he outran.	Jack "The Judge" Farquhar The racing justice of the peace from Ephrata, NY. Here with an early ride, the John Cross 47.	Dave McCredy The Sherburne, NY car dealer and owner of Wimble's 33's.	Howard "Jeep" Herbert The popular veteran shown here in one of his stints with the Frank Trinkhaus 62.	Jim Luke Another great Utica driver.	Jerry Townley The Catskill, NY vet's career took off when he signed on with Pop Wilcox' #32.
Dick Nephew The 1961 NASCAR National Sportsman Champion was considered another Airborne invader.	Unknown	Skip Roots A few of the more regular racing portraits by Frank.	Mel Austin A few of the more regular racing portraits by Frank.	"Tiger Tom" Kotary A few of the more regular racing portraits by Frank.	Sterling "Buck" Holliday A few of the more regular racing portraits by Frank.	Ken Shoemaker A few of the more regular racing portraits by Frank.

THE CATAMOUNT / THUNDER ROAD AREA
Photogs like Earl Vierling, Bob Doyle, Denis LaChance, Helen Owen, and Many Others
[A vast majority of the photos I have were not identified as to the photographer]

Harmon "Beaver " Dragon A name synonymous particularly with Catamount Stadium.	Bob Dragon The younger Dragon. There are few portrait shots like this of him.	Ron "Red Dog" Barcomb A very young shot.	Maurice "Little Moe" Dubois Top season was runnerup for state title in 1970.	Stanley "Stub" Fadden One of the most popular drivers up here ever.	Bob Giroux Ran until around 1974. Brother - in - law of Dubois.	Clem "Desperate" Despault Raced through four decades.
Rene Maxfield Known for racing with the tiger on his roof	Jim Gates One of a long line of good Hardwick, VT drivers.	Larry Demar 1968 Catamount champion.	Joe Couture Raced while supposedly also attending college.	Lee Carpenter With the fan favorite Studebaker Lark.	Hector LeClair Catamount champ one year.	Don Turner The Flying Milkman.
Ernie Turner The eldest [and first to race] of  three Turner brothers.	Ira Turner The youngest [and strongest] of  three Turner brothers.	Don Bevins One of the best - looking cars of the early late model sportsman era.	Ed Doggett The Plymouth, NH driver was one of two to start the Chevelle revolution.	Eldon Fleury The other guy to start the Chevelle trend [it's not shown here].	Red Fisk Had a long career out of Northfield, VT.	Art Taylor Won a track title in the 1960's.
Ray Manny Came from the same town as Art Taylor. They were closely associated.	Webster Krupp The St. Albans taxi driver had one great year at Catamount around 1966.	John Palmer One of the racing Palmers from Georgia, VT. Not sure if brothers or cousins.	Scooter Palmer One of the racing Palmers from Georgia, VT. Not sure if brothers or cousins.	Junior Gilman Another of the racing drivers from Georgia, VT.	Gary Bevins Younger Bevins brother with Don's former car.	Jim Gallison With car builder and owner Gil Rhoades, himself a former driver.

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