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16 Stanley "Stub" Fadden 16
The Flying Fire Chief

Ken Squier, I am sure, came up with the moniker "The Flying Fire Chief from North Haverhill, NH". I don't doubt Stub was in the department; I have no idea whether or not he was chief. He had begun racing in our area about the time Thunder Road opened up in 1960. He ran in the support division, whatever they called those ubiquitous late model things that he, Bill White, Dicky Southworth, Beaver Dragon, and others drove back then. Fadden was shown in the far - reaching "Cavalcade of Auto Racing in 1961 when he happened to be near a crashing Bill White in one of the Cavalcade's photos of T Road.
When I arrived in the region in 1968, Stub Fadden was a fixture in the Flying Tigers - at Catamount and Thunder Road. His number 16 would be seen - in one division or another - for three more decades. He ended an amazing career in the Busch Grand National North division. He had stayed with NASCAR after the big split with Tom Curley's ACT largely because he could not see wasting all the money he already had invested in his metal bodied cars. Stub has had health problems recently; but, we were all excited to see him at the 2006 Milk Bowl this year. [So was he.]

Catamount Program Photo
I think of Stubby as one of the best guys who ever ran in the late models at Catamount
- or anywhere else for that matter. When some of the other top runners became
a little big for their britches, he always took the time to talk to the support division
people... and we appreciated it.

Young Photo
Stub savors a Flying Tiger victory, around 1967, with a very young son,
Alvin at second to right in white T-shirt.

Ladabouche Photo
Stub visits the 2006 Milk Bowl. Alvin [arms folded] and wife,
Charlotte talk to driver Brian Hoar at right.

Cavalcade of Racing Photo Stubby [6] narrowly misses the Bill White [4] wreck in 1960.	ebay Photo Flying Tiger days, around 1968	Rich Palmer Photo 1969
Burl. Free Press Photo Stubby inspects the Chevy after a crunch.	Rich PalmerPhoto 1970 saw Stub move to Mopar for a few years. This is the limited sportsman he'd eventually sell to Steve Poulin	Rich PalmerPhoto The Flying Fire Chief in his Mopar.
Burl. Free Press Photo At speed, 1970 during Catamount April practice session	Ladabouche Photo Back to Chevy by 1972.	Jim Watson Photo Stub, with his "Senior Mod Squad" hairstyle with his 1975 ride at Catamount.
Ladabouche Photo The first of Stub's familiar H.O. Taylor Chevelles - around 1973	Devils Bowl Program Photo Stub poses with the same Chevelle at Devils Bowl later in the '73 season.	Ladabouche Photo The 1974 version of the H.O. Taylor Chevelle.
Denis LaChance Photo Later in the career, with his Nova LMS	Ron Shappy Photo Same Nova LMS at Catamount	Photographer Unknown Stub's Buick lines up with Bob Dragon in front of the handicapper's stand around 1986
Dragon Family Photo Victorious Stub shares the podium with Beaver Dragon [left] and Joe Couture.	Ladabouche Photo Stub's pit - around 1986 beside Beaver's big buck team.	Dragon Family Photo Stub talks with Herb Everest, the popular former car owner for Beaver Dragon.