TRACK OFFICIALS
Behind the Scenes and Often Unrecognized

 
Courtesy of the Starin Family
A list of officials from Empire Raceway in the 1950's.

TRACK ANNOUNCERS

Ed Feuz Collection Fonda Book Red Wildey Fonda Speedway, Pico Raceway, and others.	Bob Mackey Photo via John Rock Red O'Connor Airborne Speedway	Courtesy of Russ Farr Howard Cameron, with Pete Hamilton Devil's Bowl Speedway	Courtesy of Russ Farr Ken Squier, with Bugs Stevens Catamount Stadium, Thunder Road, and too many other venues to list.	Courtesy of Mike Visconti Uncle Art Stuarts Lebanon Valley Speedway
Ed Feuz Collection Fonda Book Mike Valchovic Fonda Speedway	Courtesy of Walter Newell Bob Walker, with Wally Patrick Oxford Plains Speedway.	Bob Frazier Photo Bill Barsalow., Sr. [right] Fairmont Speedway, Otter Creek Speedway.	MVRCA Collection Floyd Zeke Trask Early Oxford Plains Speedway	ebay.com Dave Moody Thunder Road, ACT, and national radio networks

 
Courtesy of the Starin Family
A list of officials from Langhorne Speedway, 1955.

Courtesy of  Ed Brownt
Officials List
Alcyon Speedway

FLAGGERS      AND STARTERS

Bob Mackey Photo via Ardyce Blohm Art Prairie AIrborne Park Speedway	Courtesy of Maine's Lost Speedways As yet name unknown Arundel Speedway.	Courtesy of  Dean Gallant Hutch Hutchinson Beech Ridge Speedway.	Gerard Major Collection Paul Demers Various Quebec Speedways	Courtesy of Greg Rickes Legendary Chet Hames Fonda Speedway, Stateline Speedway, Pico Raceway, Victoria Speedway etc.
Courtesy of Remo Shurling Red LaBelle Stafford Speedway and others.	Courtesy of Ken Lane Scotty McLaughlin Early Unity Raceway.	Courtesy of Andy Boright Bob Quinn [on track] and Jack Paradee [flagstand]. Thunder Road Speedbowl and Catamount Stadium [Earlier].	Courtesy of Walter Newell Bobby Ayer Speedway 95.	Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of Rutland Daily Herald Bunny Bunnell [left] and Jim Frye [2nd from right] Fairmont and Devil's Bowl Speedway.
Courtesy of Rick Parry Ed Ryan Brookfield Speedway and others.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's As yet name unknown Fairmont Raceway.	Courtesy of Mike Stridesberg Dick Willette Later Catamount Stadium.	Courtesy of Steve Pellerin Pete Tanguay [2nd fr Rt] Beech Ridge Speedway.	Courtesy of Chas Hertica Ted Ryan Lebanon Valley Speedway.
Courtesy of Gerard Major Paul Boyer [right] Riverside Speedway and other Quebec tracks.	Courtesy of Northeastern Speedway's Page Emilio Girelli Bear Ridge Speedway.	Courtesy of Chas Hertica Marty Berberwyck 2nd fr Rt] Lebanon Valley Speedway.	Courtesy of Starin Family George Welch Empire Raceway.	Courtesy of Bob Miller Whitey Gorsuch South Seneca Speedway and many others.
Sophie Hertkorn Photo Courtesy of 3 Wide Picture Vauolt Tex Enright Victory Speedway and numerous PA / NJ tracks.	Courtesy of George Hunt Jimmy Costello Thompson Speedway.	Courtesy of Lou Lazarro Johnny Telleni [left] Utica-Rome Speedway Albany-Saratoga Speedway and others.	Courtesy of Pat McGrath John Untied, Bob Quinn, and Pat McGrath Catamount and Thunder Road [Earlier].	Courtesy of MVRCA Lefty Ellis Early Beech Ridge Speedway.
Courtesy of Roberta Dumas Maury Dumas Oxford Plains Speedway.	Courtesy of Andre Chausse As yet Unknown Fury Speedway.	Courtesy of Chas Hertica As yet Unknown Rhythm Inn Speedway.	Courtesy of R. LaBreche Family As yet Unknown Kempton Park Speedway and Noel Raceway.	Courtesy of Sonny Clogston Ted Winot Claremont, Bear Ridge, and Riverside Speedways.
Aldo Merusi Rutland Herald Courtesy of John Nelson AAA Flagger Rutland Fair 1954.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Don Phoenix Midstate Speedway, Fonda, and Others.	Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Danny Rumpf Fairmont, Otter Creek, Fonda, and Devil's Bowl Speedways.	Courtesy of C. J. Richards Bucky Barlow Malletts Bay Speedway. Otter Creek Speedway and others.	Courtesy of Gerard Major As yet Unknown Bouvrette Speedway.
Courtesy of Andre Chausse As yet name unknown Quebec Moderne Speedway.	Courtesy of Maine's Lost Speedways This UNK Flagger Has to be Nuts! Waterville-Oakland Speedway.	Courtesy of Rick Parry As yet Unknown MIdstate Speedway.	Courtesy of Carl Blum A Western NY Flagger ? Speedway.	Courtesy of Pascal Cote Albert Therrien Riverside Speedway [QU].
Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Mike Watts, Sr. Midget Flagger Thunder Road.	Old 8MM Footage Courtesy of Brendon Gibbons and Scott Belknap Flagger is 2nd from Right on the Right Side of Photo 1940's NY Jalopy Track.	Courtesy of Bob Miller As yet name unknown Satan's Bowl O' Death 1949.	Courtesy of Ginny Ross Collection via DIvck Hansen and Chas Hertica As yet name unknown Riverside Park Speedway.	Courtesy of Midstate Club 2 Flaggers Watertown [NY] Speedway.
Courtesy of Fan Speedway Maine Unnamed Flagger Norridgewock [ME] Speedway.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock As Yet Unknown Airborne Park Speedway.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Perhaps a third flagger Watertown [NY] Speedway.	Rutland Herald Photo Courtesy of Mike Richards USAC Sprint Car Flagger Rutland [Vt State] Fair.	Courtesy of MVRCA Stan Dodge Early Oxford Plains Speedway.
From Phil Chastenay Ted Burr Claremont Speedway.	Eugene Lent Photo Speed Besemer ? Speedway.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's As Yet Unknown Accord Speedway.	From Pascal COte Larry Godin [lft] Conducteur in 1953 Bouvrette Speedway.

 
Courtesy of Norman Morley
Canadian National Exposition Track, 1950's.
CNE

Courtesy of Chris Cardarelli
1976 Thunder Road Officials. Many are the same as Catamount, but not all.

HANDICAPPERS    AND SCORERS

Source Unknown Clare Blanchard Catamount Stadium	Courtesy of Joan Swinton Walker Dot and Dave Bishop Champlain Speedway.	Courtesy of  Charlie Sheehan Handicapper and scorers' Tower Unity Raceway.	Bob Frazier Photo Ray Pritchard, Judge Fairmont Speedway	Courtesy of Cho Lee Dorothy "Pete" NIchols Catamount and Thunder Road.
Russ Bergh Photo Dee Herbert [ctr] Fonda Speedway.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Jeri Broderick Airborne Park Speedway.	Ladabouche Photo Dr. Gordon Nielsen ACT, Catamount,T Road.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's Tri-City Association Handicapper at RIght Stateline Speedway.	Otto Graham Photo Valley Officials. John Harper [briefcase] may have been the handicapper. Lebanon Valley Speedway
From The Uncle Art Stuarts Book Ed Canfield held almost every official role, including handicapper. Lebanon Valley Speedway.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD's Announcers and Scorers at Work in Crude Booth Pine Bowl Speedway.	Charles Zulla Photo Weissglass Stadium Judges' Stand. Could be handicappers and scores in there. Weissglass Speedway.	Mel Ogden Photo This couple sure looks like they might be handicappers or scorers. Midstate Speedway

Ladabouche Collectioin
ASL Program Officials' Page
All Star Stock Car Racing League

Courtesy of Mark Dean
1972 Catamount Stadium Officials

Courtesy of Chris Cardarelli
1978 Catamount Stadium Officials. It got more complicated.

PIT STEWARDS,  RACE   DIRECTORS,  AND SIMILAR POSITIONS

Source Unknown Big Bob O'Rourke All Star League Race Director	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Ardyce Blohm Kay Hanson NASCAR Chief Pit Steward Airborne Park Speedway, Otter Creek Speedway, Riverside [QU] and more.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy ofJohn Rock Bud Reed Airborne Park Speedway	Via Walter Newell Dick Bahre [lft] Oxford Plains Speedway He wore many important hats.	John Grady Photo Ralph Ouderkirk [rt] Chief Pit Steward and more at Fonda Speedway, Utica - Rome Speedway, and more.
Source Unknown Glenn Donnelly Main man for the DIRT circuit.	Source Unknown Archie Blackadar [lft] Chief Pit Steward Catamount and Thunder Road.	Source Unknown Glen Wright Race Director at Airborne.

PROMOTERS   AND TRACK OWNERS

Gareau Photo Bert Beaudoin [rt] Promoter of Drummondville	Courtesy of George Hill C. V. Elms, Sr. [Chuck] [rt] Bear Ridge Speedway's 2nd owner and promoter.	Courtesy of George Hill C.V. Elms, Jr. [Butch] Bear Ridge Speedway's 3rd owner and promoter.	Norty Foster Photo Steve Fuller [lft] Airborne Speedway owner.	Courtesy of Dean Gallant Cal Reynolds Beech Ridge Speedway - an owner and promoter.
Courtesy of Ed Feuz Collection Ed Otto  Promoter extraordinaire of many tracks such as Monroe County Fairgrounds, NY.	Courtesy of Stephanie Burgess Ed Knowles [left] and Bob Knowles Unity Raceway's 1st and 2nd owners and promoters.	Guide Autocom Photo Richard Foley, Sr. [2nd from rt] Riverside [Laval, QU] Speedway Owner	Courtesy of Gene Kennedy Harvey Tattersall, Sr. Early promoter and main man at United Stock Car racing Club.	|Courtesy of Bill Richards Harvey Tattersall, Jr. [rt] Later promoter and main man at United Stock Car racing Club.
Courtesy of Jeff Martel J. B. McConnell [rt] Early promoter and founder of Beech Ridge Speedway.	Phil Hoyt Photo Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Joe Tinty [rt]. Early promoter and founder of Plainville Stadium.	Courtesy of Gerard Major Gustave Bouvrette lft] Early promoter and founder of Bouvrette Speedway.	Courtesy of Jeff Hardifer Babcock brothers [lft] 1940's Langhorne Speedway.	Source Unknown Tom Curley Promoter and founder of American-Canadian Tour. Also Catamount and Thunder Road.
Courtesy of Justin St. Louis C.J. Richards Promoter of Fairmont and Otter Creek Speedways.  Founder of Devil's Bowl and CVRA.	Courtesy of Cavalcade of Auto Racing Carl Fuzzy Van Horn Promoter at Harmony Speedway.	Source Unknown Bruce Richards [lft] Promoter of Devil's Bowl and Albany - Saratoga Speedways. Mike Perrotte [rt] Promoter of Airborne and DIRT official.	Courtesy of Alex Alexander Ken Squier [rt] Promoter and owner of Thunder Road and Catamount.	Source Unknown Charlie Elliott Promoter and owner of New England tracks.
Source 1961 T Road Program Cooley brothers and Ken Squier Founders of Thunder Road Speedbowl and Catamount.	Courtesy of Pascal COte Andre Beaudry [lft] Promoter of several Quebec race tracks. Also top man in the racing group ACAQ.	Ladabouche Photo Charlie Nadeau Owner and promoter of Can - Am Speedway [Newport, VT]	Stock Car Racing Magazine Duke Donaldson [lft] and| Jake Kedenberg [rt] Early founders and promoters of Islip and other NYC area tracks.	Source: Camerlon Grey Gaston Amplemen [rt] and Maurice Vaillancourt [front]] Top brass at Quebec's Fury Speedway.
Courtesy of Empaonline Site Jerry Fried Early promoter of Nazareth Speedsway and Dorney Park.	Frank Simek Photo Courtesy of Scott Belknap Ed Feuz Early co -promoter and co - founder of Fonda Speedway.	Courtesy of Dave Loeffler Ron Campani [lft]. Fonda Speedway	Phil Hoyt Photo Courtesy of Tom Ormsby George Barber Promoter and founder of Bear Ridge Speedway.	Courtesy of Glen Tavares D. A. Veditti Early promoter and founder of Seekonk Speedway.
Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Gaston Desmarias A promoter of Adirondack Raceway [Airborne].	Courtesy of fortunecity.com Jack Kochman Early stock car promoter and thrill show owner.	Phil Hoyt Photo Courtesy of Scott Belknap Jim Gage [lft] Early co -promoter and co - founder of Fonda Speedway.	Courtesy of Lew Boyd Glen Donnelly Promoter and founder of DIRT.	Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of C.J. Richards Tom Perry Promoter of West Haven Speedway [VT]. [Devil's Bowl]
Courtesy of MVCRA George Damon Early promoter and founder of Oxford Plains Speedway.	Courtesy of Ken Mac Isaac Bob Bahre Best known Owner and promoter  of Oxford Plains Speedway.	Courtesy of Kennebec Journal Mike Liberty Next promoter and owner of Oxford Plains Speedway.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Oscar Ridlon Promoter of Hudson Speedway and other tracks.	Courtesy of Wiscasset Site Wilfred Cronk Founder and first promoter of Wiscasset Speedway..
Jjohn Grady Photo Courtesy of Scott Belknap Wes Moody Promoter of Airborne Park Speedway for a year.	Courtesy of Jim Kelly Lou D'Amico Founder and promoter of Victoria Speedway.	Courtesy of The Uncle Art Stuarts Book Lou Spanier Early owner/promoter of Lebanon Valley Speedway.	Courtesy of M. LaBelle Kendall Smith, Charlie Elliot, and Russ Conway. Founders of Star Speedway..	Source Unknown Sam Nunis Promoter of Trenton Speedway and other tracks.
Courtesy of Ken Parrotte Charlie Barry [front left],EdOtto [back rt] and other VIP's Oswego Speedway.	Courtesy of Republican File Ed Carroll Owner/Promoter of RIverside Park Speedway.	Speedway Scene Courtesy of Walter Newell Ralph Cusack Owner/Promoter of Beech Ridge Speedway.	John Grady Photo Courtesy of J. Chris Grady Joe Lesik and DIck Waterman Utica - Rome Speedway and other tracks.	Courtesy of Riverside Sites Mike Beattie Riverside Speedway [NH].
Courtesy of Flemke,com Larry Mendelssohn Promoter of Islip Speedway and other tracks.	John Grady Photo Courtesy of Mike Cranston Harry Hebenstreit [lft] Albany - Saratoga Speedway and other tracks.	Courtesy of Jeff Hardifer Roy Richwine [ctr] Promoter of Williams Grove Speedway and other tracks.	Courtesy of Foster's Democrat Raymond Normandeau Promoter of Sanford Speedway.	Courtesy of Lee USA SIte  Red McDonald Promoter of Lee USA Speedway.
Henry Ahlfs Photo Courtesy of Chas Hertica Enno Van Dam [lft] Promoter of Onteora Speedway and other tracks.	Courtesy of Senecal Family Lou Senecal Promoter of Rainbow Ridge Raceway [Otter Creek].	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Ardyce Blohm Maurice Broderick Airborne Park Speedway and other tracks.	Courtesy of Lief Tillotson Alayne and Mike Bruno Current Devil's Bowl Speedway.	Courtesy of Scott Belknap Al Gerber Promoter of Langhorne Speedway .
Fort Covington Sun Photo Pat Hotte [rt] One of many promoters of Fort Covington Speedway.	Courtesy of Cole Funeral Home George Emden Primarily known as race driver Jerry Jerome, Emden was once part of a promtion triumvirate of a roadster track in NY.	Source Unknown Jacques Lambert Promoter of Canadian tracks.	Courtesy of Pascal Cote Anatole Lavoie Promoter of Fury Speedway.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Ardyce Blohm Bert Blake [rt] Co-Owner and Promoter of Airborne Park Speedway.
Courtesy of FindaGrave.com Lindy Vicari Promoter of Reading Speedway.	Courtesy of Ron Blake Howie Commander Promoter of Lebanon Valley Speedway and Albany - Saratoga Speedway.	Courtesy of LLOAR Hilly Rife Promoter of Lincoln Speedway and more.	Courtesy of Wes Moody Aaron Hoyt Owner/Promoter of Saranac Lake Speedway.	Courtesy of Glens Falls Times Hank Schmidt Promoter of Warrensburg Speedway.
Nason Collection Ralph Nason Promoter of Unity Raceway.	Courtesy of Burlington Free Press Ivanhoe Smith [rt] Promoter of Colchester Raceway.   Famed for defying Vermont's Blue Laws racing ban.	Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin Marjorie Marble Promoter of Ithaca Speedway.  Famed for defying New York's Blue Laws racing ban.	Hunterdon County Democat Paul Kuhl Promoter of Flemington and Bridgeport Speedways.	Hunterdon County Democat Rick Kuhl [lft] Promoter of Flemington and Bridgeport Speedways.
Courtesy of Neal Davis Sonny Fleury [rt] Promoter of Claremont Speedway	Courtesy of Robert New Howard Rowe Promoter of Watertown Speedway	Promoters For Whom There Are No Photos Walter Barcomb, Malletts Bay Raceway Geno Franzoni, Patsy Romano, and Abe Newman - Pico Raceway Mike Akhoury, Stateiine Speedway Hugh Young, Faimont Raceway Carl Roupp and Bill Thompson - Tri CIty Sanctioning group Bill Brown, Monadnock Speedway Edgar Lawton, West Brattleboro Spdwy Gabe Rispoli,  Weissglass Speedway Lawrence Corey,  Brookline Speedway Roy Mussaw, Canton Speedway Howard Rowe and Douglas Atkinson, Watertown Speedway		Source Unknown Jacques Lambert Promoter of Quebec Tracks

OTHER OFFICIALS    AND PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sourc: Cho Lee Chuck Blanchard Tech Inspector Catamount Stadium, D Bowl T Road	Courtesy of Cho Lee Bob Doyle [lft] Photographer and famed Bardahl Dealer All over northern New England.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of  John Rock Track Officials AIrborne Park Speedway.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Ardyce Blohm Paul Demers, Flagger; Bob Mackey Photog.; Bob Seymour; UNK; and Bud Reid, Pit Steward Airborne Park Speedway	Whitey Gorsuch Collection Courtesy of Dee Wallace Track Officials Angelica Raceway.
Brrlington Free Press Safety Crew Catamount Stadium.	Russ Bergh Photo Courtesy of Harold Weaver Bob Whhitbeck [ctr] Tech Inspector Fonda Speedway.	Courtesy of Steve Pellerin Track Official Beech Ridge Speedway	Courtesy of Pascal Cote Officials mixed in with winner [ctr] and some sponsors Bouvrette Speedway.	Courtesy of Andy Boright Steve McLeod [rt] Publicity and Announcing  Thunder Road Speedbowl.
Courtesy of Andrew Quinn Dick Bahre, Director; and other track officals Oxford Plains Speedway	Courtesy of Walter Newell Bubby Wilder [Tour Official], Stan Meserve [Tech] and Tom Curley [Director] Coors Tour.	Courtesy of Cho Lee Tour Officials 1985 Coors Tour.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Ardyce Blohm Dale Reid, Official; Rod Ritchie Pit Steward Airborne Park Speedway	Source Unknown Doc Christopher Track Physician Beech Ridge Speedway
Joe Grossetti Collection Courtesy of Chas Hertica Jim Brush [rt] Official Pine Bowl Speedway	Source Unknown Various Officials Fury Speedway	Norman McIver Photo Courtesy of Northeasstern Speedway Site  Emilio Girelli Various Official positions Bear Ridge Speedway and Thunder Road	Russ Bergh Photo Courtesy of Mohawk Valley Vintage Car Page Gigi Conover Pace Car Driver and all Around Loyal Supporter Fonda Speedway	Cavalcade of Auto Racing Marvin Galarneau Official Thunder Road Speedbowl and ACT Tour.
Courtesy of Charlie Sheehan Tech Inspectors, including Rick Holden and Randy McPherson Unity Raceway	Courtesy of Mark Bourcier Shany Lorenzet Track Photographer Stafford Springs Speedway andother tracks	Courtesy of Ed Fuez Collection Russ Bergh Track Photographer Fonda and Victoria Speedways	Courtesy of Vogel Family Ted Vogel, Sr. Tech Inspector Devil's Bowl Speedway	Courtesy of Chris Companion Johnny Bourgeois [lft] Infield Supervisor Catamount Stadium
From Cho Lee Lenny Stockwell Tech Inspector NASCAR North Tours.	Bob Frazier Photo Danny Rumpf, Flagger; Tom St. John; CJ Richards Promoter; and Jack ? Tech Fairmont Speedway	Courtesy of Chris Companion Roger Paquette [ctr] Safety Crew ? Bushey [rt] Tech Inspector Catamount Stadium	Bob Frazier Photo Tony Parisi [rt]  Co-Promoter Devil's Bowl Speedway	Bob Frazier Photo From Vogel Family Collection Ted Vogel; Paul Cummings, Howard Cameron; Bunny Bunnell; Jim Frye; and Tom LaPlaca 1st Devil's Bowl Speedway year
From John C. Grady John Grady [lft] Photographer Numerous NY tracks MIke Watts, Sr. [rt] Photographer Airborne and other tracks	Cavalcade of Auto Racing Chick Carr [rt] Danbury Racearena and other tracks.	From ACT Dan Beede Tech Inspector ACT and Thunder Road.	From Ace Lane, Jr. Ace Lane, Sr. Photographer Many tracks.	Bob Mackey Photo From MIke Watts Sr. Les King Photographer PIco Raceway, Open Wheel racing, and many other trackss.
		Photographers For Whom There Are No Photos Norman McIver, Northeastern Speedway, T Road, and more Bob Frazier,  Fairmont Speedway, Devil's Bowl, and Otter Creek Bob McDowell, Numerous tracks

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