Gene
Bergin is a former NASCAR driver from Enfield,
CT. He competed in two Cup Series events in his career. Both
came in 1956, when Bergin debuted at Darlington. Starting
29th in the massive seventy-car field, Bergin completed 308
of the 364 laps in route to a 36th place finish. He was able
to improve slightly at Langhorne, starting 36th and
finishing 33rd despite engine woes.
Gene Bergin began and ended
his career at the Stafford Motor speedway. He qualified in
the first race he entered but was disqualified when it was
learned he was only 17 years old in 1949.
He returned when he was of age to start a 29 year career competing and winning at all the southern New England race tracks. He was always a hard charger either on dirt or asphalt.
He won the 1962 Riverside Park championship and the 1967 Stafford Motor Speedway championship in 67, the first year it was paved.
One of his most significant wins was the 1971 Stafford 200. He started on the pole and led every lap to win in Bob Judkins 2X, the first ever NASCAR-legal Pinto-bodied modified.
Other career highlights include winning an All Star race at Wall Stadium, and winning the Trenton qualifier at Thompson. Bergin was runner-up at the 1972 Race of Champions in Trenton.
In addition to the 2X, he was mostly identified with driving Bebe Zalinski’s M6.
1977
Those
of us that are old enough may
remember Glen Davis and Felix "Doc"
Blanchard also known as Mr. Outside
and Mr. Inside. They were the two
dynamic running backs of the Black
Knights of West Point. They made
West Point a national power in the
late 1940s under coach Ed Blake. 
won several championships at various
tracks and was inducted into the New
England Racing Hall of Fame in 1998.
