eng.) and Bridges, a graying, crewclipped gentleman and the oldest driver on the track put on a real dogfight with their cutting, bumping and criss-crossing. Ray Bordeau from Tupper Lake driving B9 (Ford w/Merc. Hoyt, whose own Plymouth V-8 is under repair, demonstrated his ability at the wheel by coming from behind to win the first event. More than half the drivers were from the Tri-lake area. Winners in various events were Jim Hoyt of Saranac Lake, driving Francis Porter's hot Chevy, Rod Ritchie of Wilmington, and George Bridges and Ormsby from Plattsburgh. The new Saranac Lake Speedway located on Trudeau road provided (exhilarating! accelerating!) entertainment for racing fans Sunday afternoon as cars flipped, track-jumped and raced to the pits with flaming carburetors. The oval can still be seen in a satellite view it was located east of Beechwood Drive and south of Trudeau Road.Īdirondack Daily Enterprise, August 31, 1959 Adirondack Daily Enterprise, JStock Car Racing started at a course off of Trudeau Road in 1959, and ended about August 30, 1968.
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