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05/05/2019
MAKING HISTORY
MAKING HISTORY
On Saturday, May 4, history was made. The inaugural Historic
Motorsports Exposition held at the North East Motor Sports Museum in Loudon,
NH, drew the largest crowd of guests to ever view the museum in a single day.
It drew every mobile New England motorsports museum. For the first time, the RB
Bouchard, NEAR, Maine Motorsports, Ollie Silva, and Vermont Photo (Bob Doyle), were
in the same place at the same time. Joining them was a large contingent and
display from STARS. Pronyne and Owl’s Head Transportation also exhibited.
The event
brought together people with a common interest in discovering, sharing and
preserving New England’s motorsports history. Cars as diverse as an Indy 500
race car once driven by Danny Ongias, an ice racing sprinter, a front engine
dragster, two Funny Cars, a square-top driven by Ralph Cusack, Jim Lowrey’s
immaculate Pinto-bodied modified, the car Ron Bouchard drove to victory at
Talladega in 1981, and many more.
Organized
by the North East Motor Sports Museum’s Executive Director, Tom Netishen, the
outdoor portion of the event was free with admission to the museum just $10 but
free to museum members, the day’s exhibitors, and children.
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