VINCE QUENNEVILLE

The first time I saw Vince Quenneville, he was starting out his career at the old Otter Creek Speedway, near Vergennes, Vermont. Rumor has it he had run at Malletts Bay, but I have no pictures of that. At that time of Otter Creek, he was referred to as "Vincent" Quenneville, but - even then - his crisp driving style achieved positive results. As it turns out, the unpainted 1937 Chevy coupe with the homemade 00 on the side was actually one of the first products of Norm Scarborough, who would turn out to be one of Central Vermont's premier car owners and builders. He and Quenneville would go on to become one of Vermont's best combos ever.

After that first year at Vergennes [1962] Vince began appearing at C.J. RIchards' Fairmont Speedway. He was the second Quenneville to appear in area racing. John Quenneville had been the first driver of the yellow and black #CHECKMATE, before the owner, Phil Russell took over. John, who was apparently no close realtive of Vince; and he disappeared from the racing scene entirely - while Vince and Norm went on to have another good year. The '37 Chevy was sold - at season's end - to Granville, New York's Art Visconti.

In 1963, Scarborough purchaed a 1940 Ford from Bob Hoffer, of Argyle, New York. The unique - looking coupe wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire but, with its protruding exhaust pipe extensions coming out of the trunk, it was one of the eye grabbers at Fairmont. Scarborough re-engineered the car and the pair went on to become of the real forces at Fairmont that year. Just as before, at the end of the year, Scarborough sold the car to Visconti. Inexplicably, Scarborough and Quenneville parted ways at the end of the year - Vince teaming up with Gael Dundon of Orwell, and Scarborough buying another car for New Yorker Roger Gauthier.

The 1964 season was just as successful as the one before had been. Dundon and Quenneville pretty much matched Scarborough and Gauthier that year, as much as I can recall. Just as before, Scarborough sold his equipment to Visconti and moved on. Quenneville and Dundon used the offseason to build a 1937 Chevy sportsman coupe that would be the envy of most teams in New York. Few had seen anything like it in Vermont except maybe the likes of Jack DuBrul, up North. As good as it looked, the snazzy new car didn't perform perfectly at first. The #3 team would have to make it go, however, as they had sold the old car to Ken Elithorpe and Harry Duffany, Jr. Eventually, the team got things sorted out and finished the year well.

The Dundon team, in 1965 with the best - looking car around. That's Gael,
kneeling and Vince, with foot on rub rail. In order - from left - Carroll Beenam
[other side of car], Vince, Gael Dundon kneeling, and John Beeman.

Team Dundon returned the next year with a radically cut-down car. Quenneville was flying, although a bad wreck didn't do much to add to the beauty of the #3. By this time, the old Dundon car, in the hands of Boo Duffany, was running well and Scarborough was tearing up the track with a new #24 sedan and young Russ Shaw, driving. Both the Scarborough and the Dundon cars ended up on their roofs, during that season of Saturday night shows - perhaps C.J.'s best year at Fairmont. [The next year Fairmont would be gone, in favor of Devils Bowl].

Bill Ladabouche Photo The first car I know of. The Norm Scarborough #00.	Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais A heat win at Fairmont with the Scarborough Chevy.	Bill Ladabouche Photo Lined up at Otter Creekaround 1962.	Bill Ladabouche Photo One taken after suset with a bad camera at Fairmont Speedway, in fall of 1962.
Bill Ladabouche Photo The 2nd Scarborough car - the former Bob Hoffer X9. No one made it go like Norm and Vince	Barb Laduc Photo The 2nd Scarborough car on the track at Fairmont.	Bill Ladabouche Photo The 1st Dundon car. I can't make out if any of the guys are Beemans.	Bob FrazierPhoto Courtesy of Norm Vadnais The 1st Dundon car at speed on Fairmont around 1964.
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais The first Dundon car.	Val Blicarz Photo The newly-bought V-8 sportsman for the 1965 season, after one practice session at Fairmont.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais The first win for theV-8 sportsman in the 1965 season, at Fairmont. Gael and Vince.	Ladabouche Photo The V-8 sportsman later on in 1965 season.
Courtesy of Chuck Grime Bob Vivari and Chuck Grime built the sportsman Gael would buy from Connecticut.	Quenneville Mem. Book Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Chasing Cecil Bosworth or Nelson Moore in the Taggart 0	Ted Vogel Photo The 1965 season, after one practice session at Fairmont. The car was later lowered, for the 1966 season.	QuennevilleMem. Book Courtesy of Norm Vadnais C.J., with Vince, Gael, and John Beeman
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais The whole Dundon crew at Fairmont Speedway.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince gets a kiss from Barb as Mother Quenneville looks on. He looked like his mother, just as Vince, Jr. looks like Barb.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Gael Dundon receiving the Oilzum Trophy from Jim Moffatt at the Fairmont Speedway banquet.	Val Blicarz Photo The sportsman was made for pavement and took a while to straighten out.
Val Blicarz Photo Gael appears to be contemplating what has become of his beautiful race car.	Mike Watts Photo Quenneville wins one at Saranac Lake, before the car got uglied up.	Bill Ladabouche Photo The newly - lowered car Dundon parked next to the old one - #71.	Dragon Family Photo Vince, with Beaver Dragon's coupe. That's Beaver in the background.
Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, with the second Dundon coupe for 1966. It would win a championship.	Ladabouche Collection The former Dexter Dorr car. This version has the Dundon 3. Later, with Scarborough, he would run as #38 - and VInce would keep that number for years.	Ladabouche Collection That's the same car later numbered as 38. I don't know if Dundon sold it to Scarborough or they just wanted a different number.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, with the Dorr coupe winning a 1967 race. Starter is Bunny Bunnell.
Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, with the Dorr car. Note the periscope rear view mirror on the roof.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD Old home movie frames of the Dorr car in action in 1967 at the Bowl.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD Old home movie frames of the Dorr car in action in 1967 at the Bowl. Here Vince races old Whiting school classmate Rudy Charbonneau.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD Old home movie frames of the Dorr car in action in 1967 at the Bowl.
From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD Picking up a heat win - 1967 at the Bowl.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD At speed - 1967 at the Bowl.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD At speed - 1967 at the Bowl.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, back withScarborough for 1968, found himself in a long - framed homemade chassis car that was almost unbeatable.
Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais One of numerous victory shots with the Scarborough wonder car.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Ed Fabian The Fat Rabbit [Norm Scarborough] grumpily supervises Phil Russell and another crewman on the 38.	Ladabouche Collection Here is another one.	Courtesy of the Davis Family Lined up outside an unlettered Wes Moody car and Beaver Dragon in Ray Richards' 43 [the former Taggart/Shaw coupe].
Gater Racing News Photo Vince with a big win featured in the Gater Racing News.	Courtesy of Darrell Tucker Vince posing at Devil's Bowl. Question aboutthis car. It appears to be the old 8VT car, but I have photos of the 8VT at D Bowl at what seems like the same time as this photo of Vince. Anyone know the story ?	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD Vincein another newspaper photo op.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVD Vince with a heat win on old movie footage.
Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, with the "Cagle Killer" sedan built by him and Norm after they got sick of Cagle Winning everything with his Rossell - built sedan from Pennsylvania.	From the Devil's Bowl Program The sedan, painted in Scarborough colors.	Courtesy of Ed Fabian Vince, with the sedan, leading Wes Moody in Bowl action.	Lebanon Valley Classics The sedan, after Austin Dickerman took over and helped out. These are Dickerman colors.
HAMB Site Vince won some titles with the Dickerman sedan in Quebec.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Vince, with the sedan at Lebanon Valley.	PICTURES AFTER THIS POINT WILL NOT BE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER	Bob Ely Photo Courtesy of A. Ainsworth Vince, with the ex Dorr car at Lebanon Valley, 1967
Courtesy of Woody Woodward Vince, with the sedan at Lebanon Valley before it was sold to Dickerman.	Courtesy of Arnie Ainsworth Vince, with the sedan at Lebanon Valley . It's now the Dickerman Banana Wagon but is partly in primer.	Courtesy of Mike Bruno Vince, with the as yet unpainted sedan at Devil's Bowl with Marty Beberwyck - after his 1st win in the new car.	Courtesy of John Rabideau The 1968 title - winning Scarborough coupe, towards seasson's end, with some of the rear tin work missing. Rare shot
Courtesy of Mike Bruno Vince, with another 1968 Devil's Bowl win.	Courtesy of Mike Bruno Vince, with the 1968 Scarborough creation.	Courtesy of Mike Bruno Vince, with the whole Dundon bunch around 1964. Caroll Beeman, Dave Burke, Gael Dundon, John Beeman, Vince, and Chet Hames.	From the Ed Feuz Collection via Fonda Book Vince, with the Scarborough - built coupe at Fonda, 1968. Apparently they couldn't use number 38.
Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr. The sedan in action as Claude Hoard's Mustang investigates the wall.	Courtesy of Marty Kelly, Jr. A 1968 newspaper promo piece featuring Vince and Butch Jelley [when he was driving the Riiska Falcon].	Courtesy of LVC Vince, with the Dickerman sedan at the Valley, beside Rich Ricci.	Source Unknown Vince, with Dickerman and Norm Scarborough in the Valley Victory Lane.
	Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of Melissa Williams A 1968 photo shows Vince and Mert Hulbert flagging an officials' race.

Vince leads Louie Searing and Nelson Moore at the old Fairmont track in 1964.

Vince, took a brief break from the Dundon car to run Norm Scarborough's Mustang after Norm and Russ Shaw parted ways.

Courtesy of Mike Richards

Bob Frazier Photo

Ladabouche Photo The first NASCAR LMS arrives in primer at Catamount in 1973.	Source Unknown The first NASCAR LMS Catamount in 1973, lettered up.	D. Bowl Program The 1968 Chevelle at Devils Bowl.	Courtesy Andty Boright via Outside Groove The 2ndNASCAR LMS being christened at Catamount in 1974.
Courtesy Ed Fabian The '68 Chevelle at Devils Bowl.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, with sponsor Johnny Spafford at the Bowl. C.J. Richards is in the background [that was appropriate].	Courtesy of Mike Richards Lining up the first Chevelle at the Bowl.	Courtesy of Mike Richards His LMS win came at Airborne Park Speedway.
Dragon Family Photo Vince is interviewed by Peter B. Guibard in Victory Lane at Airborne with Beaver "Dragon.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince had his own fan club in that time.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Work goes on under the Stowell car..	Soource Unknown The 2nd NASCAR LMS arrives in action at T Road in 1974.
Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince and Jr - about this time period.	Courtesy Ed Fabian The Stowell Chev sponsorship in 1974.	Courtesy of Cho Lee The Addison Cty braintrust at Catamount: Norm Scarborough, Al Ryan, Vince, unknown, and Lee Delphia.	Courtesy of Shawn Byrne A late model award of some sort at the Bowl: Chuck Blanchard, UNK, Vince, and CJ.
Courtesy of Mike Bruno A pose by that first Chevelle, in 1972.	Quenneville Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Vince, with 1973 Airborne checkers. This feature was one of his crowning achievements, given how foreign late model sportsman pavement racing was to him.	Courtesy of Quenneville Family Vince, with the '68 Chevelle Spafford car. CJ Richards, seen right behind him, was a supporter of this effort.	Earl Vierling Photo Courtesy of Rich Palmer Vince, with the '68 Chevelle.

Sharon Richards Photo
Courtesy ofNorm Vadnais

Vince and his last car - the Jack Ryan #28.

Bob Frazier Photo Courtesy of CJRichards

Vince and his last car -
the Jack Ryan #28.

Ladabouche Photo
Quenneville's last car, a Ryan Lazer is probably still sitting in this shed.

Courtesy of the LaFond Family Victory with the sedan either right before or right after the late model. Left - UNK, Vince, Dickerman, and Scarborough.	Arnie Ainsworth Photo A later Scarborough coupe at the Valley.	Christian Ti-Gaz Genest Photo Another Quebec car - I don't know if it came from Vermont or Quebec.	Arnie Aisworth Photo This is probably a Dickerman car later than the sedan by a few seasons.
Quennevile Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais By now Vnce, Jr. was old enough to take part.	Quennevile Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais A Quebec win with a car of his own.	Quennevile Family Photo Courtesy of Norm Vadnais With Quebec owner, Roch Lavallee, celebrating a track title.	Courtesy of Lorraine LaBelle A rare shot of Vince and the Gremlin at the short - lived Mustang Speedway in Pike River, Qc.
Courtesy of John Lutz The J.P. Therrien dirt mod he ran in Quebec.	Courtesy of Arnie Ainsworth A Pinto he ran in Quebec.	Courtesy of Pat LaPlante Brandon ARCO car. Raced in Quebec apparently. Terre Battue means dirt track.	Courtesy of Mike Laduc At Syracuse, with a 357, a car he ran in Quebec. Don't know if Dickerman was still involved then.
Source Unknown A Quenneville mod, still trailered, in Quebec.

Bob Frazier Photo M. Dundon Collection The lowered Dundon coupe in 1966 before it was wrecked.	Bob Frazier Photo M. Dundon Collection The lowered Dundon coupe in 1966 before it was wrecked. Vince is in the familiar Dundon team shirt.	Bob Frazier Photo Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The 1966 wreck.	Bob Frazier Photo Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The Herald shows the new car fro 1965, broought up from Bob Vivari and Chuck Grime in So. New England.
Bob Frazier Photo M. Dundon Collection Vince and Barb enjoy a win at Devil's Bowl in 1967 with the former Dexter Dorr car.	Dundon Photo M. Dundon Collection Gael Dundon fussing around the first Quenneville/Dundon 3 in 1964.	Photographer Unknown M. Dundon Collection The 1966 car, in primer.	Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The 1966 Fairmont banquet.
Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The Herald begins talking up the new track.	Bob Frazier Photos Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The Herald uses the two top Fairmont drivers from 1966 to boost the Bowl.	Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The 1967 D Bowl construction begins [before the frost was out of the ground].	Rutland Herald M. Dundon Collection The 1967 D Bowl runs a 100 lapper.