Speedway added to historic places registry
WATERFORD, Vt. (AP) — When Paul Bellefeuille was looking for land over a decade ago he wanted a level lot on a paved road where he could someday build a retirement home.
What he found, though, would upend those plans entirely and start him down a completely unexpected road into Vermont's auto racing history.
Bellefeuille is the owner of Northeastern Speedway, Vermont's first organized auto racing track that originally opened on July 18, 1959, and held races until 1966.
When he found and purchased his land just off Route 18 in Waterford during the winter of 2007-08 it was wooded and overgrown.