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Chubby LeRoux
Wilfred "Chubby" LeRoux (October 10, 1933 – May 29, 2020) was a pioneering American driver of modified stock cars. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he competed regularly in the northeastern United States and the southeastern Canada, capturing 6 track titles. Racing career Chubby LeRoux began racing in 1955 at various tracks in the Champlain Valley region. In northeastern New York, he became a track regular at Canton Speedway and later Fort Covington International Speedway in his number 6-12 white and red coupe. LeRoux added the NASCAR sanctioned Saranac Lake Speedway when it opened in 1959. An eye injury prompted LeRoux to limit his driving and to form a partnership with fellow driver Gaston Desmarais in 1965 and 1966, and the merger included a number change to the legendary 6-50. LeRoux returned to driving in 1967, and then the closing of Saranac Lake sent LeRoux looking for new racing venues in 1968. LeRoux found the clay surfaced Watertown Speedway, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Lake, New York
Star Lake is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in the Adirondack Mountains of St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 809 at the 2010 census. Star Lake is in the Town of Clifton, but part of the community is in the Town of Fine. The community is located east of a very angular-shaped lake, also called Star Lake. History Star Lake was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. Geography Star Lake is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (8.11%) is water. Star Lake is served by east–west New York State Route 3. The community is within the Adirondack Park. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 860 people, 363 households, and 235 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 526 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.58% White, 0.35% African American, 1.63% Native American, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modified Racing
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on Oval track racing, oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II, this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars in pursuit of higher speeds, hence the name. There are many sanctioning bodies for modifieds, each specifying different body styles and engine sizes. History A typical early "modified stock car" was, as its name implies, generally a stock automobile, with the glass removed, a roll cage installed, and a souped-up motor. NASCAR began by organizing the modifieds, and ran its first race in Daytona Beach in February 1948 at the beach road course. (In June 1949, NASCAR organized its first "NASCAR Cup Series#Strictly Stock and Grand National, strictly stock" later model car race at Charlotte, North Carolina, which evolved into its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modified Stock Car Racing
Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II, this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars in pursuit of higher speeds, hence the name. There are many sanctioning bodies for modifieds, each specifying different body styles and engine sizes. History A typical early "modified stock car" was, as its name implies, generally a stock automobile, with the glass removed, a roll cage installed, and a souped-up motor. NASCAR began by organizing the modifieds, and ran its first race in Daytona Beach in February 1948 at the beach road course. (In June 1949, NASCAR organized its first " strictly stock" later model car race at Charlotte, North Carolina, which evolved into its well known premiere division.) What started out as minor modificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Valley
The Champlain Valley is a region of the United States around Lake Champlain in Vermont and New York extending north slightly into Quebec, Canada. It is part of the St. Lawrence River drainage basin, drained northward by the Richelieu River into the St. Lawrence at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec (northeast of Montreal). The Richelieu valley is not generally referred to as part of the Champlain Valley. The Champlain Lake Valley is the most heavily populated region in Vermont, broadly stretching eastward from the lake's shore to the base of the Green Mountains. The state's largest city, Burlington, is located on the lake, and the city's associated suburban communities encompass part of the central section of the valley. Beyond urbanized Chittenden County, however, the valley's landscape is primarily open pasture and row crops, making the Champlain Valley the most productive agricultural region of Vermont. The New York portion of the Champlain Valley includes the eastern portions of Clint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watertown Daily Times
The ''Watertown Daily Times'' is a newspaper published six days a week, Monday through Saturday, in Watertown, New York. It provides coverage of Jefferson County, Lewis County, St. Lawrence County and Oswego County. It was founded in 1861 and is owned by the Johnson family of Watertown. For years, the Times was the smallest newspaper in the country to have its own Washington, D.C., bureau. The Times covers its geographically expansive coverage area through a network of bureaus and shared resources with its sister newspapers. In addition to Watertown, the newspaper has news-gathering operations in Lowville, Canton, Massena and Malone. The Times produces a number of publications, including the monthly NNY Business magazine and seasonal NNY Living magazine, the Journal and Republican of Lowville, the Courier-Observer of Massena and Potsdam and the Oswego County News, all zoned, weekly news section. All of these publications are represented online by the Times' NNY360 bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Speedway
Canton Speedway was a dirt oval raceway located near the Canada–United States border in the Northern Region of New York State. Overview Although the St. Lawrence County Fair had relocated decades before, property owner Dennis Woods continued to organize horse racing and other community events at the former Canton New York Fairgrounds. In early 1950, brothers-in-law Roy Mussaw and Austin Todd leased the property from Woods, and the first stock car race at the St. Lawrence Valley Speedway was held that fall. In 1953 Mussaw signed a solo lease for the property, and began operating it under the name of Canton Speedway, Inc. As St. Lawrence Valley Speedway, the track was where journeyman NASCAR Cup Series driver Dick May drove his first race in 1950. The venue was also where 1960 and 1961 NASCAR Sportsman Division national champion Bill Wimble began his racing career in 1951 by finishing last. Competition with the Watertown Speedway, 60 miles to the southwest of the facility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Covington International Speedway
Fort Covington International Speedway was a dirt oval raceway located just 1.5 miles from the Canada–United States border with New York State and 3.5 miles from the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne territory. Overview In spring of 1953, R. S. Lomber, Dennis Mahoney, and Lawrence VerSchneider began transforming an abandoned fairgrounds oval into a stock car racing facility. The track opened on August 8, 1953, to about 30 competitors and a standing room only crowd. In 1956, driver Bud Reid was involved in a serious on track incident, and the heroic actions of fellow driver Rod Ritchie led to Ritchie receiving NASCAR's "John Naughton Memorial Sportsmanship Trophy". In 1966, ownership transferred to Pat Hotte. Hotte was also the promoter of the Maxwell Fairgrounds and Iroquois Speedway in Ontario, Canada, and later added the Saranac Lake Speedway Saranac Lake Speedway was a dirt oval raceway in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. It was a home track of 1960 national NASCAR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saranac Lake Speedway
Saranac Lake Speedway was a dirt oval raceway in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. It was a home track of 1960 national NASCAR Sportsman Division co-champion Dick Nephew, who also captured the speedway's title that same year. Overview In 1959 Aaron and Pearl Hoyt, owners of the local Chrysler dealership in Saranac Lake, New York, set out to convert the old potato field along their Trudeau Road farm into a one-half mile clay-topped speedway. The venue drew fans and competitors from Canada, Vermont, and Northern New York. The track operated for its first season and part of a second on Sunday afternoons, switching to Friday nights in August 1960. After the 1967 racing schedule was by ravaged by weather conditions, Pat Hotte, who promoted two other tracks, Fort Covington Fort Covington is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 1,531 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from a War of 1812 fortification. The original name of the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
''The Adirondack Daily Enterprise'' is a daily (6 days per week) newspaper published in Saranac Lake, New York. It also covers Lake Placid, New York. The two areas also have in common the two-site Adirondack Medical Center. History This newspaper, along with Lake Placid News, was purchased by William M. Doolittle Jr. in 1970. Nearly fifty years later researchers uncovered that the newspaper, which "has trumpeted 'since 1894' for a generation in its masthead," originated in 1895. Moreover, it was "from the consolidation of two papers" (one named Adirondack Pioneer, the other Saranac Lake Enterprise). ''The Associated Press'' includes reports from ''Adirondack Daily Enterprise''. Other newspapers, including ''The New York Times'', pick up some of their Scoop (news), scoops and stories. The newspaper has a history of activism in local matters. They opposed the renaming of a major regional college; their efforts "collected more than 3,200 signatures asking the college not to change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Microfilm, Inc
Heritage may refer to: History and society * A heritage asset is a preexisting thing of value today ** Cultural heritage is created by humans ** Natural heritage is not * Heritage language Biology * Heredity, biological inheritance of physical characteristics * Kinship, the relationship between entities that share a genealogical origin Arts and media Music * ''Heritage'' (Earth, Wind & Fire album), 1990 * ''Heritage'' (Eddie Henderson album), 1976 * ''Heritage'' (Opeth album), 2011, and the title song * Heritage Records (England), a British independent record label * "Heritage" (song), a 1990 song by Earth, Wind & Fire Other uses in arts and media * ''Heritage'' (1919), Vita Sackville-West's first novel * ''Heritage'' (1935 film), a 1935 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel * ''Heritage'' (1984 film), a 1984 Slovenian film directed by Matjaž Klopčič * ''Heritage'' (2019 film), a 2019 Cameroonian film by Yolande Welimoum * ''Heritage'' (novel), 2002 ''Doctor Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watertown Speedway
Watertown Speedway was a 1/2 mile dirt oval raceway located at the Jefferson County fairgrounds in Watertown, New York. History Auto racing was first presented at the former horse track located on Coffeen St in 1936 and again in 1940, when the Jefferson County Fair featured sprint car races sanctioned by the American Automobile Association. In 1949, the Fair introduced the International Midget Auto Racing Association, which returned for two additional shows the same year. Adirondack Stock Car Club In 1951, Brewerton and Vernon Speedway promoter Al Richardson bought stock cars to Watertown for the first time, but by the end of that year, George Clark and George “Bud” Herbert, owners of the Edgewood Speedway in nearby Alexandria Bay took over promotion. Races at both tracks were sanctioned by the Adirondack Stock Car Club (ASCC), an organization of local car owners and drivers organized by Al Mosher. Club champions were determined by combined points earned from both r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brewerton Speedway
Brewerton Speedway is a 1/3rd mile D-shaped dirt oval raceway in Brewerton, New York. It is considered one of the oldest jewels of the robust Central New York racing scene. History The Brewerton Speedway was built as a ¼ mile clay racetrack in 1949 by Vere Bradbury and Don Georgia, who sold it to Al Richardson. The first event was a dirt track midget car race. The track was paved in 1956, and the current 1/3 mile dirt oval opened in 1973. Richardson remained owner until 1965, after which the racetrack went through a series of owners and promoters, as well as several years of inactivity. In 1994, Harvey, Joan, and David Fink purchased the track. Since 2009, the track, along with the Fulton Speedway, has been owned by John and Laura Wight. The Wights previously owned the Can-Am Speedway. Events The Brewerton Speedway annually hosts the DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Hurricane 100 on the Thursday of Super Dirt Week. On the last full weekend of September, the facility also host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
