The Norm Vadnais Collection Selected Shots That Didn

The Norm Vadnais Collection
Selected Shots That Didn't Make It Onto Another Page

Norm is the youngest son of Eli Vadnais, a distant relative of mine and an important figure in the earlier history of racing in the Rutland County, Vermont region. As was true with me, Norm was studiously interested in racing - primarily at Fair Haven's Fairmont Speedway. He wrote down a lot of thoughts and remembers even more about those days in the early 1960's.
Eli Vadnais was in on the ground floor of stock car racing in Vermont. As a member of Henry LaVictorie's 4 Crazy Frenchmen team, Eli crewed at Pico Raceway, Fairmont Park Motor Speedway, and probably a few more tracks. Later, as proprietor of Eli's Auto Body, Eli Vadnais painted most of the area's premier stock cars for many years.

Courtesy of Norm Vadnais
The original [and more
successful] car

Courtesy of Norm Vadnais
Photo by Bill Ladaboche
Norm's model of
the sedan gives a
better idea of appearance

Courtesy of Norm Vadnais
The car, with Norm [rt] and
older brother David aboard.

Courtesy of Norm Vadnais The RR, with George Pritchard driving gets a checkers Courtesy of LaFond Family	Courtesy of Chris Companion George Rogers, Castleton, VT Courtesy of Neal Davis The 1st coupe	Ladabouche Photo George Pritchard, Castleton, VT
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais The Taggart and Rooney #0 Castleton, VT	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Jim Spaulding, Fair Haven, VT Ladabouche Photo	Ladabouche Photo John Spafford, Castleton Corners, VT Taken in fading light Courtesy of LaFond Family
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Eddie Allen, Fair Haven, VT

Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Photo by Bob Frazier Sonny Rabideau, Brattleboro, VT	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Photo by Bob Frazier Gene Tetrault, Manchester Depot, VT	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Photo by Bob Frazier Chet Doaner, Rutland, VT
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Photo by Bob Frazier Joe Messina, Troy, NY	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Photo by Bob Frazier Russ Shaw, Bomoseen, VT	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Photo by Norm Vadnais Graham Trudeau, Orwell, VT Taken in fading light
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Jerry Townley, Catskill, NY Won the last of CJ's shows at the Rutland Fairgrounds, around '63.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Ed Foley, Leicester, VT Foley's 1st car, entered from Pidgeon's scrap metal business in Leicester.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, Sr. another win