NORTHEASTERN SPEEDWAY

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Terraserver Satellite Photo of present day remains

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Photo which shows the stands, infield, and "tower".

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Aerial Photo of the entire track
layout when active - around 1960.

This 1977 photo shows the track was still in pretty good shape then.

John Gammell Photo

Former track drivers walk the front stretch in 2004. The track area is now severely grown over, but the surface remains, as does the wall.

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Coupes head for the pit entrance
at Northeastern Speedway. Cho Lee says there is a still an arrow
visible on the front stretch wall
that pointed out the pit entrance
to the drivers.

One of the most influential tracks in the formation of the personality of Catamount Stadium was Northeastern Speedway, located way up in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont - near St. Johnsbury - in Lower Waterford. Being a paved track in an era of dirt ovals, Northeast Speedway was one of the direct predecessors of Barre, Vermont's Thunder Road - the parent track of Catamount Stadium.

A few of the very early stars on the Catamount third mile were veterans who had begun around Northeast Speedway and had subsequently starred at Thunder Road.

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Harold "Hard Luck" Hanaford with the checkers at Waterford.

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Unidentified driver wins one at Northeastern.

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Future Hall-of-Famer
Beaver Dragon wins
one in his first late
model - around 1964.

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This 1965 photo shows the same Beaver Dragon car, a year later - winning at Waterford.

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Bobby Hood

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Northern Vermont's famed underdog, Chester T. Wood,
from Orange, VT with
his first gorgeous car.

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Dwayne Remick, a local
boy from St. Johnsbury.

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Freddy Mills, Groveton,
NH with his crew.

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East Johnsbury, Vermont's Johnny Gammell with three different cars winning at Northeast.

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Glen Gadapee in Victory Lane

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Larry Granger, at Waterford.

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A photo finish, with Russ Ingerson in the George
Hay #68 winning by a hair.

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The late model division lines up for the feature in a night race at Waterford.

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July 4th festivities at Northeast Speedway around 1960.

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Paul Martell in a different ride
than his later-to-be-familiar 93.

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Starter Archie Blackadar hands off the checkers to winner Dwayne Remick.

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Paul Martell and Dwayne
Remick [left] come
together on the frontstretch
at Waterford.

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Starter Archie Blackadar
trophies local driver Skip Easter.

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An unidentified Ford driver
wins at Northeastern.

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An unidentified coupe driver scores at Northeastern.

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Finding the Waterford pit entrance.

Fred Daniells' car,
St. Johnsbury, VT

Both Photos Courtesy
of Mrs. Fred Daniels via Pete Racine

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Cavalcade of Auto Racing Photo

Bethlehem, NH's Ronnie Marvin, one of Northeast's
bigger stars.

For a really good closeup satellite photo of present day Northeastern Speedway, click on this link to Google Map.

This Terraserver shot is not as distinct, as the Google shot; but, it shows the track's remnants in the middle of the lower portion.

ACT Archives Courtesy of Cho Lee. McIver Photo
A marching band and color guard at what appears to be
opening ceremonies at the track.

J. St. Louis Photo Turn 4	J. St. Louis Photo Coming out of 2	J. St. Louis Photo Looking at wall
J. St. Louis Photo Looking toward 2	J. St. Louis Photo Looking at wall from 1	J. St. Louis Photo Turn 3 banking
J. St. Louis Photo Looking into 2 from backstretch	J. St. Louis Photo Junk on the front stretch

Bill Ladabouche Photo Front wall and broken fence mounts	Bill Ladabouche Photo Front wall and wreckage of stands and tower	Bill Ladabouche Photo Backstretch from 2
Bill Ladabouche Photo Backstretch to 3	Bill Ladabouche Photo Out of 4, down the chute	Bill Ladabouche Photo From backstretch to front, across infield
Bill Ladabouche Photo Close up of track surface	Bill Ladabouche Photo A look perhaps at parking lot ?	Bill Ladabouche Photo Not sure of this view
	Bill Ladabouche Photo The backstretch

Paul Belfeuille Photo The uniform of a Northeastern cop.	Paul Belfeuille Photos One of Glen Gadapee's trophies.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Glenn and Helen Andrews 1960 Pts Champion
Paul Belfeuille Photo The Gordon Fitzgerald 32 of John Gammell, on Ed Mackay's lawn - back in the day.	Paul Belfeuille Photo The Gordon Fitzgerald 32 of John Gammell, on Ed Mackay's lawn - back in the day.	Paul Belfeuille Photo Merle Fitzgerald & John Gammell, with the 32.