THE PINE BOWL

I will
begin to construct this page without all the notes I have taken from listening
to Ken Gypson lecture about it all the Saratoga Auto Museum lost race tracks
conferences. It is obvious that the little track hidden out in the woods near
Snyders Corners in the Troy, New York region is held very dearly by people in
the Empire State racing community because no track has gotten the attention at
the lost race track conferences that the Pine Bowl has.
While the
Pine Bowl was neither in Vermont nor probably was sanctioned by any organization
shared with Vermont tracks, several drivers who raced there regularly or one
several occasions did also appear at various Vermont tracks - Stateline and
Fairmont being the most likely. Also, Pine Bowl's close proximity to Vermont
gives me more reason to include it in the site.
When time
allows, this information will increase. In the meantime, enjoy the visuals.

Courtesy of Ken Gypson
An early feature start at the Pine Bowl.
George Welch in the Brush Radio 27 is
at the rear of the field.

Cavalcade Photo
Dick Hansen
|

Pettit Collection
Link Pettit,
Schenectady, NY
|

Pettit Collection
Link Pettit,
with Pinky the Clown
|

Gypson Collection
Sayles Casey,
Troy, NY |

AMEX Website Photo
Pine Bowl action: V, Stan
Disbrow; 28, Lee Bertrand;
and 1,Ernie Martin. |

AMEX Website Photo
Pine Bowl action: 00,
Pete Winnie |

Photo Source - AMEC Website

Probably Property of Ken Gypson
The various
program pages I have been lucky enough to copy show several names that tell
various stories.


Irv Conron Photo
Ernie Martin,
Grooms Corners
A Whites Beach Champ |

Irv Conron Photo
George Proctor,
Cohoes
Not his Pine Bowl car.
Over the years, variously
listed from Crescent and
Waterford as well. |

Courtesy of Ken Gypson
Jollie Ollie Palmer,
West Albany
Ollie drove this, plus
his own J-O, the #333,
and the Fowler 27Jr. |

NE Vintage Racing Site
Buddy Krebs,
Suffield, CT
Not his Pine Bowl car.
This is the Gordon Ross
19. Buddy often ran the
Suffield Auto 5 in the
earlier days at places like
Pine Bowl, Rhythm Inn, etc.
|

Courtesy of Ken Gypson
Sayles Casey,
Troy
One of the first to drive
several legendary cars,
including the John Von
Fricken RU21. |

Source Unknown
Joe Messina,
Albany
Joe's own car. He also drove
a number of cars, including the
Green 3 and 1/7 and Tremont
115's.
|

Hackel Collection
Lee Palmer,
Albany
One of Bob Hackel, Sr's
first cars. |

Source Unknown
Pete Winnie,
Schenectady
00 |

Riverside History Site
Stan Disbrow,
Poughkeepsie |

McDowell Photo
Joe Wunderlich,
West Sand Lake |

McDowell Photo
Chuck Irving,
New Baltimore |

Dick MillsPhoto
Gene Bergin,
Hartford, CT
This car is the Suffield
Auto 5. The team's coupe was actually driven at Pine
Bowl by Buddy Krebs.
Bergin drove an M1, for
which I have no photo yet.
|


Courtesy of Ken Gypson
Sayles Casey,
Troy
One of the first to drive
several legendary cars,
including the John Von
Fricken RU21. Note that
Von Fricken is mentioned
in the drivers' roster, too.
|

Link Pettit Collection
Link Pettit,
Schenectady
The famous Brush Radio 27.
Jim Brush also worked as
a Pine Bowl Official. |

Link Pettit Collection
Ollie Palmer,
Westmere
Bill Fowler drove the
car first, and then handed
it over to Palmer. |

Ladabouche Collection
Pete Peterson
Albany
Another of Pete's cars.
Probably Pete's kid. |

Arnie Ainsworth Photo
Stretch Van Steenberg,
Saugerties
|

Ken Gypson Collection
Walt Reese,
Hudson
Another of
Cliff Wright's drivers ? |

Biitig Collection
Frank Blum,
New Milford, CT
Could be him
Taken at Fonda_
in the 1950's
|

Bill Fifield Collection
Robbie Kotary,
Rome
Could this Ward Petit
car be the same as
Ernie Palmer's |

Courtesy of Russ Blake
Merwin Hommel,
Saugerties
43 |
|
|
|

Arnie Ainsworth Photo
Howie Westervelt [3] and Stretch Van
Steenberg in action.

Link Pettit Collection
Action shot of a feature start. We need help
with who these cars are.

AMEC Website Photo
Pete Winnie T-bones a five window Ford coupe
as the car 66 looks for room.

Return to the Main Page
Return to the Main News Page