Plainville Stadium.
Author: flemke
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Plainville Stadium.
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1968 – Malta. This was during the period after Stafford Springs had been paved and was running on Friday nights. As a result, most of the top New England drivers did not race there in normal features.
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Fonda.
Other – XL-1
Langhorne.
Rene Charland
This 1961 article describes how a newspaper reporter rode inside Rene’s car for a feature race at Norwood. Rene finished fourth.
Rene Charland
Denny Zimmerman confirms the story of a reporter riding inside Rene’s car for a feature race.
Rene Charland
More details from Denny Zimmerman.
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1972 – Martinsville. The marks on the photo are for cropping – photo originally appeared in the 1972 yearbook of “Hod Rod Magazine”.
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This car was driven by Glenn Ford, who was killed in a race at Syracuse Fairgrounds in 1958.
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George Janoski at Fairmont Speedway.
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Howie Westervelt. Photo by John Grady.
Anecdote
Orson Griffith is here referring to the time that Ed briefly drove cars for Andy Romano.
Anecdote
Anecdote
Anecdote.
Reference is to the 1972 Stafford Spring Sizzler, which Ed was leading easily until his water pump failed with 8 laps to go.
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1975-09-14 – Watkins Glen. This was a rare Modified race on a road course.
Richie Evans
I could not vouch for all these numbers, but they are believable. Often the claim that a given driver won “hundreds” of races lacks much documentation and does not stand up to scrutiny.
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This is Bobby Bard in the car in which he won the 1970 Riverside 500. The number, 101, came from when the car’s owner, Ralph Boehm, bought Ed’s #61 in 1960, changed it from 61 to 101, and from then on used “101” for his cars.
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Langhorne – 1967 or earlier.
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Sitting on the tire is Jarb Beaudoin, owner of the #500 coupes and Pintos. Driver Jim Cash is on the right. Photo by Mike Anop.
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The great racing photographer John Grady, who took many of the photos on this website and was close friends with Ed.
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Islip Speedway.
Memorabilia
1969 Islip All-Star program.
Other – 15
This is a modern photo.
Memorabilia
269 Oak Street, New Britain, CT, former site of Jake’s Garage. Thanks to Ric Williams for finding the image.
Anecdote
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Photographer John Grady with his son John.
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1966 – Billy Hensley’s car on display at Burroughs-White Chevrolet in Martinsville, VA.