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 Plattsburgh International Raceway - Northern NASCAR
and Other Late Model Sportsman Promotions

            When it comes to some of this era, I'm really talking out my ^%$$. The NASCAR Press record book stops showing Plattsburgh International Raceway after the 1975 season. I would have to assume that, after bowing out of Northern NASCAR fo0llowing the 1973 season, PIR ran late model shows for Northern NASCAR, but without C.J.. All I know about the next few years is that certain members of the immediate racing community in or near Plattsburgh stepped forward to help keep PIR running in the absence of an established sanctioning body.
             From I can determine, men like Peter B. Guibord {WKDR Radio], Ernie Mason [Mason Dodge] and Bob Brunell [Noel J. Brunell Paving and Blacktopper Speed Shop] were some of the guys who stepped in and either manged the track or promoted. It was all that saved the rapidly - decaying venue with the long, flat, crombling track surface and tired infrastructure. Northern NASCAR shows up in the record book for 1974 [Joey Kourafas, champion] and 1975 [Beaver Dragon, again]. After that, apparently PIR became an outlaw sanction. It looks like they ran their own late models, sometimes venturing over to NOrthern NASCAR and, other times, trying Canadian tracks.

1974 - 75 Northern NASCAR
Ranking in 1974      Ranking in 1975


Ladabouche Photo
Joey Kourafas,
Sharon, MA
Bob Curtiss Chevelle
1974 Champion
1.  14.


D. LaChance Photo
Robbie Crouch,
Tampa, FL 
2.  2.

  
D. LaChance Photo
via Andy Boright
Beaver Dragon,
Milton, VT
3.  1.		  
D. LaChance Photo
via Andy Boright
Bernie Griffith,
Plattsburgh, NY 
4.   3.		  
Ladabouche Photo
Bob Brunell,
Peru, NY
5.  4.		  
via JIm Watson
Hector LeClair,
Fairfax, VT 
6. 15.
via JIm Watson
Bob Dragon,
Milton VT 
7.
  
via Dan Nolin
Danny Bridges,
So.Plattsburgh, NY
8.		  
via Chris Companion
Ron Barcomb,
Winooski, VT
9.  12. 		  
Bob Doyle Photo
Bill Branham,
Plattsburgh, NY
10.  5. 		  
D. LaChance Photo
via Andy Boright
Steve Bosely,
Malta, NY 
6. 		  
via Andy Boright
Danny Perez,
Tampa, FL
7.  		   
via xactoman
Mack Miller,
Ellenburg Depot, NY
8.  11. 
via xactoman
Bill Conover,
Champlain, NY
9.

via Chris Companion
Keith Cavanaugh,
Cowansville, QC
 10.  		  
via Terry Osterman
Claude Aubin,
Laval, QC
11. 		  
Ladabouche Photo
Stub Fadden,
No. Haverhill, NH
12. 		  
Ladabouche Collection
Dave Dion,
Hudson, NH
13. 
  
Ladabouche Photo
John Rosati
Agawam, MA
13. 		  
Ladabouche Collection
Francis Affleck,
St. Lambert, QC
14. 
Ladabouche Collection
Andre Manny,
Laval des Rapides, QC
15. 

 


1976 - 79 After Northern NASCAR


Via Bucko Branham
Robin Branham, Plattsburgh, NY
Earl Moore's Buick


Via Joe Bouyea
 Robin Branham
 Probably another Moore entry.

  
Source Unknown
 Jack Stone,

 		 
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Bernie Griffith,
Plattsburgh, NY 
Dan Berry Photo
via Jim LeClaire
Leon Gonyo,
Chazy NY
The former Joe Thomas Cougar
Dan Berry Photo
via Jim LeClaire
Don Thomas,
Plattsburgh, NY
 Future flagman at Airborne.
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Joe Thomas,
Plattsburgh, NY 

Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Kevin Kezar,
Probably Tim O'Neill's car. 
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Unidentified late model Chevelle 
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Maybe Ricky Lyman 
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Ron or Fred Bonnette,
St. Albans, VT
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Steve Frennier,
Plattsburgh, NY 
Dan BerryPhoto
via Jim LeClaire
Larry Delong
Bob Mackey Phote
Bob Bruno,
Schuyler Falls, NY 

Bob Mackey Photo
Bob McClatchie,
Plattsburgh, NY 
Not the car he ran at PIR
ob Mackey Photo via  Mike Watts, Sr.
Mack Miller,
Ellenburg Depot, NY
Denis LaChance Photo
via Andy Boright
Charlie Trombley
Mooers Forks, NY 
or the Bob Ferreira car Charlie used at PIR.
Bob Mackey Photo via  Dave Brown.
Henry Van Acker,
Champlain, NY 
From Phil Butler
 Caption said "Mesec"
Might by Al Mesick.
Via Joe Bouyea
Danny Bridges,
So. Plattsburgh, NY
 1976 Champion
Bob Mackey Photo via  Dave Brown.
Honest Ed Champagne,
Plattsburgh, NY 
Rich Palmer Photo
MIke Perrotte Morrisonville, NY 
Denis LaChance Photo
Bill Branham,
Plattsburgh, NY
Same Car roughly



From the Bob Bruno Collection via John Rock



From the Bob Bruno Collection via John Rock

 


From the Bob Bruno Collection via John Rock



From the Bob Bruno Collection via John Rock

A 1976 P.I.R. Program


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