Gerald Chamberlain
Gerald Chamberlain is a retired American stock car racing driver from Everett, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain won 22 feature events at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway in 1971. He broke the track record the next year with 31 victories in one year.
Racing career
Gerald Chamberlain made two appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series in 1969, with a top finish of 10th. He also competed in three Daytona 300s with a highest finish of 12th.He spent the majority of his career racing in the Modified division, winning championships at nine different tracks: South Penn in Everett, Penn National in Grant, Hesston, Reading, and Jennerstown Speedways, all in Pennsylvania; Potomac Valley Speedway in Fort Ashby, West Virginia; Hagerstown Speedway, Maryland; Winchester Speedway, Virginia; and Flemington Speedway, New Jersey. In 1973 Chamberlain captured the first of two Eastern States 200 events at Orange County Fair Speedway in New York.
Chamberlain was also a respected race car builder, specializing in late models and Ford engines.
Chamberlain was inducted into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association and the Northeast Dirt Modified Halls of Fame.