THE RACE TRACK AT WEST LEBANON

Courtesy of Sandra Godwin Fontana
You see, Henrietta ? He has lots of nice, safe bars in there.

Sandra Fontana, a daughter of New Hampshire 1950's driver "Peanie" Goodwin, was kind enough to track down his personal photos from that unnamed track, on what is now the landfill, near West Leb. I will eventually place all of Sandra's scans on this page, totally dependant on available time. My thanks to any and all members of the Goodwin family who may have helped with this. These are primary [non - professional] shots of a track that almost became completely forgotten.

Courtesy of Scott Haskell
Maurice Congdon [12] and Ray Sanborn [outside 3rd
row] are two entrants in this race lineup.

All Photos Courtesy of Sandra Fontana unless otherwise stated Well - known 1950's NH driver Maurice Condon.	Maurice Condon, at speed on the loose, sandy - looking West Leb track.	Maurice Condon, lining up on track.	Maurice Condon, again.	Two cops and another man watching work in the West Leb pits.
Two cops and another man wearing one of those awful '50's gas station hats talk to one of the drivers.	Work goes on with the car #7-11. Note the Hell's Angels reference.	One of the cars bearing an almost - identical #15. This one went off the track [which apparently wasn't too hard to do].	Two men figure out how to extricate #15, "the sedan".	Pushing a car in the pits near the other car #15.
Another view of pushing car #93. The 358, sporting an ad for the Riverside Grill, waits to go by.	Car #34, with the star on the side. The driver is obviously happy to be photographed.	A great shot of Car 34 - one of the more technically - sound cars seen at West Leb.	A crumpled #1.	Big 'ol #37 sedan sits somewhere at West Leb.
My favorite shot of the lot: a good - looking car 60, at speed.	Car 358, going off the track.	Car 13 and another entry had "a awful accident", as Jim Barton would have said.	Another awful accident, this one involving car 6 and 1/8. Another guy using his hat size for a numeral ?	Nice view of car 5 coming out of what must be turn 4.
Car 15 lined up for a race. In the old days, they would do the lineups right on the track and make the crowd wait.	Nice view of car 5 coming out of what must be turn 4. This time, he has company !	George Hodgdon Photo Courtesy of Scott Haskell George Hodgdon, likely raced at West Leb. The car certainly did - then driven by Harold Hanaford.	George Hodgdon Photo Courtesy of Scott Haskell Called "Hot Rod" in those days, Harold Hanaford raced at West Leb. and beat the Goodwins. They didn't like that.

A feature start at West Leb.	Pit work at West Leb.	Car 13 and another entry had "a awful accident". Does this caption look familiar ? Gould must have attended the same day as whoever took Fontana's shots.	There seemed to be a lot of awful accidents. I wonder how many got hurt at West Leb.	The driver of this car is said to be Billy Byers.
Bringin' 'em in, two at a time.	The West Leb pit area. Mostly different cars than the Fontana shots.	Nice shot. It gives you an idea of what spectators at West Leb saw for a show.	The driver of this car is said to be "Pop" Goodwin, one of the track owners.	Courtesy of Robt. Morrill Ray Sanborn, a driver who raced at many NH tracks.