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RHYTHM INN SPEEDWAY
Where Being on the Pole Might Have a Whole Different Meaning

From what people tell me, the Rhythm Inn Speedway was located down a driveway, past a strip club that was its namesake. If a driver referred to getting into a driving rhythm down there, in Millers Fall, Massachusetts, you might want to clarify what he meant. To add to this shady information, I have learned from Chip Cormie, in his words:

Courtesy of Chip Cormie
This is one of my favorite shots on the whole site. A little makeshift souvenir stand operated
by Mr. and Mrs. Walt Renner.

At any rate, it is clear that Rhythm Inn drivers were probably some of the same who participated at West Brattleboro, Claremont, Cheshire Fairgrounds, and others in the southern Vermont / New Hampshire / northern Massachusetts area. Therefore, we give Rhythm Inn its own page. It is clear from efforts I have seen on the Racers Bored .com site that the old track was held in high regard down that way.

Courtesy of Chip Cormie
Rhythm Inn action, with Pappy Forsythe, #80. That B1 is in a lot of shots. He's Ray Brown ?

According to Chip Cormie, any vestiges of the old track are now bulldozed away to make way for construction of a new Elks lodge. He did say, however, the Elks will devote a wall inside to memorabilia from the track.

Google Earth Photo from racersbored.com
I don't know if the site still looks like this. It is supposedly under attack from development.

Courtesy of Bob Grover
An extremely rare pit pass from the track. Here, it is with AHRRC, rather than Triangle Racing Aassociation. It also ran under Pioneer Valley at one point.

From racersbored.com Prominent racer Ed Patnode gets a win at R. Inn in 1953 See Below	From racersbored.com A R. Inn car at Ed Cormie's gas station. Any idea whose ?	From racersbored.com R. Inn crash in 1953. Art Lewis, in the Bill Carey car.	From racersbored.com Trophy presentation at a R. Inn banquet. Ed Cormie is the recipient.	From racersbored.com Ed Cormie, Greenfield, MA Track Champ	From racersbored.com A Rhythm Inn win for Ed Cormie and Crew
From racersbored.com Ernie Bodreau Claremont, NH Did he race at R Inn ?	aimhmga.com Community Website Photo Cecil Bosworth Athol, MA	Snape Family Collection Sonny Rabideau Brattleboro, VT Did he race at R Inn ?	From dl Collection Flash Gordon Brattleboro, VT Did he race at R Inn ?	From dl Collection Kison Apparently at W. Brattleboro Did he race at R Inn ?	From dl Collection Dick Stone Brattleboro, VT He did race at R Inn .
Ladabouche Photo Mac McDonald North Adams, MA He definitely race some at R Inn.	Ladabouche Photo Jim Koehler Coventry, CT Did he race at R Inn ?	Ladabouche Photo Russ Blake Pittsfield, MA Did he race at R Inn ?	Ladabouche Photo Frank Hatch Williamstown, MA The Ed Wynn M2 Did he race at R Inn ?	Courtesy Neal Davis Roger Dutton Keene, NH Did he race at R Inn ?	Ladabouche Photo Coll. Butch Jelley Pownal, VT Did he race at R Inn ? This is the Ed Winn Y out of Northern Mass.

From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's Joe Ryan Shown here at Brattleboro Speedway	LadaboucheCollection Rene Charland Holyoke, MA Track Champ CLICK HERE for action shots	From racersbored.com Buddy Bardwell Keene, NH Track Champ	Courtesy of Neal Davis Roy Forsyth Keene, NH Track Champ	Courtesy of Chip Cormie Forsyth trophied. This is his own car. That dirty tee shirt shows he has been to Noel Speedway, outside Montreal, at some point.	Speedway Line Report Buddy Krebs Hartford, CT
Photo via Bob SPencer "Racer Bill" Fredericks	From racersbored.com George Yconic	Courtesy of Chip Cormie One of Charland's earlier cars. The fascinating airplane car of Rhythm Inn CLICK HERE	NE Vintage Mod Site Ray Brown, McDowell Photos via Phil Miller	McDowell Photo via Phil Miller Tom Branch and his cutdown were apt to have tried out Rhythm Inn. It looks like a Gaudiosi car, no ?	McDowell Photo via Phil Miller Bob Devine, Poughkeepsie, NY
McDowell Photo via Phil Miller Tim Hallock	McDowell Photo via Phil Miller Bob Tator, the first driver for Gordon Ross.	McDowell Photo via Phil Miller Ed Hill, Mapleville, RI	McDowell Photo via Phil Miller Dick Eagan	Photo via Walt Perkins Buddy Krebs at Rhythm Inn	Photo via Racers Bored Site John Hendrickson's crash at Rhythm Inn . Did he land on a spectator's car ?

From racersbored.com
Action in the turn at Rhythm Inn Speedway in June of 1954. Ray Brown [B1] came all the way from the rear of the field .

From racersbored.com
Action in the turn at Rhythm Inn with a field that includes Rene Charland, 12. Below, the same car is pooned, by the George Barber car probably driven by Pappy Forsythe.

Courtesy of Chip Cormie.

From the Riverside Site
Leo Matte and Ed Patnode, building the car #107 shown above.

Keene Sentinel Photo
Lionel Arel has problems at Cheshire fairgrounds in Keene. He shows fifth in the point standings above.