Articles – Page 12 – edflemke.com

1977-04-15 – Stafford Spring Sizzler photo preview

1977-04-17 – Stafford Spring Sizzler preview, Ed ‘a legend in his own time’

1977-04-23 – Waterford Blast-off 100 preview

1977-03-20 – Martinsville Dogwood 500 40th

1977-04-03 – Thompson Icebreaker defending champion Ed could not drive after eye injury

1977-04-03 – Thompson Icebreaker preview

1977-04-17 – Stafford Spring Sizzler preview

1977-04-17 – Stafford Spring Sizzler preview

1977-04-23 – Waterford Blast-off preview

1984-03-30 – Speedway Scene memorial issue headline

30-03-1984 – Comment from Speedway Scene memorial edition.

1972-08-15 – NASCAR mid-season points

1972-07-15 – Stafford 150 engine problem 24th DNF

1972-06-30 – Stafford points Ed mostly drove #34 with one exception

1972-07-15 – Stafford 150 engine problem DNF (24th)

1972-09-04 – Stafford 200 preview

1976-07-24 – Stafford feature 4th

1978-07-29 – Stafford preview

1976-07-24 – Stafford feature 4th; also 07-25 Thompson brake problems DNS; also Geoff Bodine’s car found to have illegal engine

1976-07-26 – Thompson brake problems DNS

1976-12-31 – New England season summary, Ed wins at Thompson and Plainville

1984-01-13 – Race Works moving to new premises

1969-03-11 – Riverside preview

1969-03-29 – Riverside list of track champions

1969-03-29 – Riverside preview

1969-04-27 – Thompson preview

1969-08-22 – Malta 100 – 1st

1978-12-31 – Utica-Rome all-time asphalt win list Ed 3rd, and 1st in average wins per season

1976-10-17 – Thompson 50 5th

1976-10-17 – Thompson 50 in # 10 quali 5th, feature 5th

1976-10-17 – Thompson 50 qualified 5th, feature 5th

1976-10-30 – Martinsville Cardinal 500 preview

1975-04-13 – Stafford Spring Sizzler qualified 6th, finished 2nd

1974-04-07 – Stafford Spring Sizzler photo preview

1972-04-16 – Stafford Spring Sizzler preview

1974-04-27 – Martinsville 150 4th

1973-12-31 – All-Star Racing League final points Ed 26th

1973-12-31 – Safford Springs final points 2nd

1968-12-31 – All-Star Racing League final points Ed 20th overall and 1st among non-league drivers

1975-10-12 – Trenton 200 started 52nd, blown engine L39 DNF (46th)

1973-12-31 – All-Star Racing League final points 26th

1970-10-11 – Langhorne 200 (in #90) qualified 41st

1955-05-31 – Plainville points 2nd

1984-04-04 – Area Auto Racing News obituary

1973-10-12 – New York State Modified final points 75th.

1995-01-01 – Eastern Motorsport Press Association Hall of Fame

1975-10-12 – Trenton 200 started 52nd, blown engine on L39, finished 46th

1981-09-12 – Thompson 300 starting line-up Ed in 14 – 18th

1978-07-12 – Plainville open-comp 100 2nd

1971-04-19 – Steven-DeSarro swap explained

1971-06-13 – Indy hero Denny Zimmerman a protege of Ed

1973-12-31 – Stafford Springs points 2nd

1971-05-10 – Ed looking for ride after aluminum blocks banned by NASCAR

1957-07-21 – West Haven Grand American Late-model 200 preview ; also Ed was WH 1956 Modified champion

1973-07-03 – Stafford 150 engine problem 24th DNF

1959-12-31 – NASCAR Modified final points

1966-09-09 – Malta final points 2nd

1967-09-22 – Stafford preview, also 09-24 Thompson preview

1973-04-15 – Stafford Spring Sizzler 1st

1973-07-15 (est.) – NASCAR Modified points 10th

1964-08-23 – Trenton 200 entry list (partial)

1966-05-13 – Riverside points 7th

1972-06-30 (est) – Stafford Springs points

1973-04-15 – Stafford Spring Sizzler 1st

1973-07-03 – Stafford Permatex 150 qualifying in 2x 21st

1954-07-31 – Reference to Ed’s win with Buddy Krebs in Riverside 500

1966-04-09 – Riverside feature 4th

1967-06-02 – Stafford 100 1st

1971-09-10 – Malta final points 2nd

1971-09-10 – Malta preview

1972-05-27 – Stafford feature 1st

1972-08-12 – Stafford feature 2nd

1972-08-15 – Riverside All-Star 100 flat tire DNF

1972-08-15 – Riverside All-Star 100 heat 1st, feature NS

1972-08-15 – Riverside All-Star 100 preview, Ed a ‘heavy favorite’

1972-08-19 – Stafford feature 4th

1972-10-24 – Ed learned his mastery of handling at Riverside Park

1967-12-31 – Ed quoted on how to drive Langhorne

1973-09-23 – Plainville 100 3rd

1962-12-29 – Bowman Gray Tobacco Bowl preview

1963-01-01 – Bowman Gray Tobacco Bowl 1st

1977-04-17 – Stafford Spring Sizzler 5th

1970-07-19 – Pocono 200 preview

2005-03-31 – Ed the first racing driver voted into the New Britain Sports Hall of Fame

1988-12-31 – Ed voted into New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame

1972-04-28 – Stafford feature 3rd

1973-05-26 – Stafford feature 3rd

1973-06-23 – Stafford feature 2nd

1973-08-14 – Riverside All-Star 100 preview

1973-08-25 – Stafford feature 3rd

1973-05-28 – Stafford 100-lap plus 30-lap feature preview

1973-05-28 – Stafford 100 preview

1973-07-07 – Stafford feature 5th

1973-08-12 – Monadnock 100 – running strong when mechanical DNF on L63

1973-08-14 – Riverside All-Star 100 2nd

1973-08-14 – Riverside All-Star 100 preview

1973-08-25 – Stafford feature 3rd

1973-12-31 (1 of 2) – Riverside history, Ed developed his driving skill there

1973-12-31 (2 of 2) Riverside history, Ed developed his driving skill there

1974-08-31 – Stafford feature 4th

1974-04-20 – Riverside heat 2nd, semi 1st, feature NS

1974-04-20 – Riverside in Bill Greco’s #500 bad oil leak DNF

1974-04-07 – Stafford Spring Sizzler car overheated on L26, DNF

1974-05-11 – Stafford feature 1st

1974-05-18 – Stafford feature 5th

1974-06-08 – Stafford preview

1974-07-27 – Stafford preview

1974-09-02 – Ed no longer to drive 2x Pinto (decided shortly before this date)

1974-09-08 – Ed released from NB Hospital after breaking vertebrae at Stafford

1967-08-04 – Malta 150 preview

1975-04-12 – Riverside heat 3rd, semi 1st, feature 6th

1975-04-19 – Riverside feature (in #7) 2nd

1975-04-27 – Thompson preview

1975-05-17 – Stafford preview

1975-05-25 – Thompson feature 1st

1975-05-31 – Stafford heat 2nd, feature NS

1975-06-08 – Monadnock (in #7) blown engine DNF

1975-06-14 – Stafford heat 2nd, feature NS

1975-02-21 – Ed, Ed Jr, and Paula in Daytona for vacation

1975-04-05 – Riverside heat 3rd, feature NS

1975-04-05 – Riverside heat 3rd, feature NS

1975-04-12 – Riverside feature 6th

1975-04-19 – Riverside heat 3rd, semi 3rd, feature 2nd

1975-04-20 – Monadnock feature 2nd

1975-07-12 – Riverside 500 previous winners

1975-08-20 – Star All-Star race crash; broken vertebrae.

1975-11-29 – Stafford Turkey Gobbler – car collected in early multi-car crash, Ed’s car ‘disintegrated’, DNF

1970-07-01 – Lancaster 100 led 8 laps, NS

1963-06-21 – Fort Dix preview

1961-11-18 – Ed opined on three-quarter midget race on Long island

1975-10-12 – Trenton 300 Blown engine DNF (46th)

1975-12-31 – Riverside 500 winners

1976-01-09 – New Chassis Dynamics car nearly finished, preparing for New Smyrna races

1976-08-22 – Thompson crash initiated by Geoff Bodine DNF

1976-08-27 – ‘Guess the only outsider (Plainville) like is Ed Flemke’

1976-05-25 – Thompson mechanical problems, DNS; Ed Jr won consi

1976-06-27 – Stafford afternoon in #10 4th; Thompson evening 6th

1976-07-06 – Westboro feature NS

1976-07-17 – Stafford feature 3rd

1976-07-22 – Geoff Bodine’s engine checked, found to be illegal

1976-07-28 – Waterford All-Star 100 4th

1976-08-04 – Plainville 100 1st

1976-08-11 – Thompson All-Star 100 DNF

1976-08-12 – Bill Thornton jokes about open-comp equipment

1955-07-30 – Riverside 500 3rd

1956-07-28 – Riverside 500 with Moe Gherzi – started 1st, finished 1st

1957-07-27 – Riverside 500 with Stan Disbrow (in #28) started 7th, finished 2nd

1957-07-27 – Riverside 500 with Stan Disbrow. Started 7th, finished 2nd

1958-07-26 – Riversde 500 with George Lombardo 2nd

1959-07-25 – Riverside 500 with Dick Dixon 1st

1976-07-24 – Stafford 4th, also 07-25 Thompson qualified but DNS

1976-08-14 – Stafford preview

1989-03-24 – Riverside Park retrospective – Ed ‘showed them the short way around’

1955-07-29 – George Flemke – Kent and Sussex (Delaware) fair midgets 5th

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 with Bob Polverari qualified 3rd, finished 2nd

1977-07-15 – Stafford feature multi-car crash spinning on Brian Ross’s oil DNF

1977-07-24 – Thompson 5th, bizarre comment by Toodi Gelinas about Ed’s transmission

1977-04-03 – Thompson Icebreaker preview

1977-04-17 Stafford Spring Sizzler preview

1977-06-05 – Paula Flemke drives Ed’s car for one lap at Thompson

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 with Bob Polverari 2nd

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 with Bob Polverari 2nd

1977-07-29 – Stafford heat 1st, feature 5th

1977-04-15 – Riverside season preview

1977-05-08 – Riverside preview

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 2nd with Bob Polverari

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview – Columnist Toodi Gelinas wrongly asserts that Ed’s car had an illegal chassis

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview Ed to use an engine from Bob Polverari

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview, Ed’s car’s chassis challenged by local official

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview; Bob Polverari says Ed ‘wrote the book’ on Modified racing

1977-07-09 0 Riverside 500 preview, another Toodi Gelinas cheap shot at Ed

1977-07-21 – Thompson feature 1st

1977-08-28 – Thompson feature 3rd

1977-05-12 – Riverside preview – 340 engine limit may discourage Ed and others from attending

1977-05-12 – Riverside season preview

1977-05-30 – Thompson feature 5th

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview copy

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview, lack of regulatory clarity over Ed’s chassis design

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 starting order, qualifying times

1977-07-17 – First part of something by Toodi Gelinas

1977-07-24 – Thompson feature 5th

1977-06-25 – Thompson feature – Ed leading at midpoint, finish NS

1962-08-15 – Islip feature 6th, comments about the Eastern Bandits

1977-07-09 – Riverside 500 preview

1969-06-01 – Ed holds Malta track record, also helped Charland out of burning car

1969-09-01 – Dover All-Star 100 – 31st

1972-08-23 – Southington News feature part III

1954-07-21 – Riverside 500 1st; also 1956-07-28 Riverside 500 1st

1978-07-12 – Plainville 100 2nd

1978-07-12 – Plainville 100 2nd

1978-07-23 – Thompson feature 2nd

1978-08-19 – Waterford feature 6th

1978-05-04 – Season preview

1978-05-12 – Ed visits Stafford race, still recovering from broken ribs at Sizzler

1978-06-15 – Ed among 9 past Riverside 500 winners sitll competing

1978-06-16 – Richie Evans comments on Ed’s having been crashed (probably by Geoff Bodine)

1978-07-12 – Plainville 100 2nd – Ed and Ron Bouchard ‘put on tremedous a battle’

1972-09-10 – Lancaster 400 – 4th

1975-10-11 – Trenton qualification times p1

1975-10-11 – Trenton qualification times p2

1968-04-01 – SCR article Don MacTavish somewhat misunderstands how Ed chose where to race

1948-07-30 – Stafford midgets 1st (George)

1954-09-26 – Lonsdale midgets 3rd (George)

1960-05-15 – Plainville preview

1960-06-25 – Norwood feature 2nd

1960-08-17 – Islip feature 1st, also Westboro 50-lap NE Championship 1st

1960-09-04 – Old Bridge 200 preview, Ed’s ‘first race’ of season at OB

1983-10-14 – NEAR reunion at Eastern States Fairgrounds

1960-02-13 – Daytona Permatex 250 crash, DNF

1976-05-05 – Plainville 100 open-comp in Benson #2, originally first 2x Pinto – 1st

1977-03-11 – Morning Record and Journal article on preparing new cars for 1977 season

1956-08-29 – Empire preview

1961-12-31 – Partial record of Empire Speedway results 1961

1973-10-28 – Ed goes for lead at Cardinal 500, Jerry Cook knocks him out of race

1973-05-27 – Lee 100 DNF (15th)

1995-03-17 – New England Speedway Scene article on Riverside Park

1972-04-16 – Stafford Spring Sizzler recap and results

1975-12-31 – An estimate of top drivers’ feature wins 1968-1975

1975-07-30 – Star Speedway All-Star entry list

1971-06-18 – Advertisement for Don MacTavish Memorial Race

1970-11-08 – Martinsville Cardinal 500 27th

1973-09-29 – Oswego 200 30th

1956-08-31 Newsday preview Islip 500 midget race (George)

1983-10-14 – NEAR demo, recollection of when Ed raced Modifieds at Springfield Exposition grounds

1979-06-16 – Riverside 50 9th

1979-05-18 – Riverside season preview

1979-05-26 – Ed running ‘extremely well’ at Riverside, also 05-27 Monadnock 100 5th

1979-05-26 – Riverside 50 heat 1st, feature came back after tire puncture 6th

1979-06-02 – Riverside 100 started 11th

1979-06-03 – Monadnock 50 3rd

1979-06-09 – Riverside 50 heat 5th, consi 3rd, feature flat tire NS

1979-06-23 – Riverside 100 preview

1979-06-23 – Riverside 100 spun out while leading NS

1979-07-07 – Riverside twin 50s 3rd, 1st

1979-09-01 – Riverside 100 heat 4th, feature 3rd

1979-05-19 – Riverside 50 heat 1st

1979-05-19 – Riverside preview

1979-06-03 – Monadnock 50 3rd; also pulled over by road police

1979-07-07 – Journalist alludes to Riverside 50-lap 1st

1979-07-07 – Riverside 50 1st

1979-07-21 – Riverside 50 – heat 1st, feature crash caused by Jones NS

1979-08-04 – Riverside 100 3rd

1979-08-04 – Riverside 100 heat 3rd, feature 3rd

1979-12-07 – Gelinas proposes Ed for ‘Comeback of the Year’

1979-06-30 Riverside heat 2nd

1979-05-19 – Riverside heat 1st, feature rained out

1979-05-26 – Riverside 50 heat 1st

1979-05-26 – Riverside crashed into while 3rd, NS

1979-06-02 – Riverside 100 heat 5th, feature NS

1979-06-10 – Monadnock 100 preview

1979-06-30 Riverside heat 2nd feature rained out

1979-07-13 – Stafford feature crashed into while leading feature; also 07-14 Riverside rear end problems DNF

1979-08-04 – Riverside heat 3rd

1979-08-31 – Stafford throttle problem DNF; Riverside 100 3rd

1979-09-01 – Riverside 100 3rd, final points 6th

1979-05-25 – Stafford preview; 05-26 – Riverside preview

1979-06-03 – Monadnock 3rd

1979-06-08 – Stafford 3rd; 06-10 Monadnock 100 ‘blown engine’

1979-06-22 – Ed’s previous weekend bad

1979-06-22 – Stafford taken out in L1 crash; 06-23 Riverside 100 spun out while leading

1979-06-23 – Riverside 100 heat 4th, feature was spun out while leading DNF

1979-07-07 – Riverside feature 1st

1979-07-07 – Riverside twin 50s 3rd, 1st

1979-07-14 – Riverside 100 L33 mechanical problems DNF

1979-09-02 – Stafford 200 top 5 finish assured; spur gears broke on L160 DNF

1979-12-31 – Riverside feature winners for the year

1979-01-29 – Ed named to state panel advising on racing in Connecticut

1968-08-23 – Reference to Malta 100, then big fire at L&R Speed Shop

1967-06-04 – Utica-Rome 100 1st

1975-09-06 – Looking back on Malta’s asphalt days pt 1

1975-09-06 – Looking back on Malta’s asphalt days pt 2

1973-07-20 – Malta 200 5th

1984-04-02 – Partial article on the Eastern Bandits

1962-09-01 – Old Dominion 300 preview

1962-07-28 – Islip heat 3rd, feature 6th

1975-08-01 – Malta feature 3rd

1970-07-01 – Lancaster 100 started 4th, finished 11th

1975-07-11 – Malta preview. Ed tied for most career wins with 16

1975-8-08 – Malta feature 2nd

1975-07-11 – Malta 50 6th

1976-08-01 – Malta 50 3rd

1975-08-15 – Malta 50 Ed leading until L35 when retired with blown engine

1975-08-15 – Malta 50 Ed leading until blown engine L35, DNF

1975-08-08 – Malta 50 heat 3rd, feature 2nd

1975-08-20 – Ed injured at Star; article wrongly says ‘Thompson’

1952-07-20 – Plainville feature Ed had just taken the lead when Moe Gherzi caused crash, NS

1952-07-13 – Plainville modified consi 1st, feature 2nd, also sportsman heat 1st

1952-07-17 – West Haven heat 1st, feature 3rd

1952-07-26 – Waterford heat 1st, semi 1st, feature 1st; drove previous 150-lapper as a ‘singleton’

1952-08-15 – Candlelite feature 1st

1977-08-19 Stafford 4th and 08-21 Thompson 2nd

1952-07-04 – Plainville 100 heat 1st, feature 1st

1952-07-06 – Plainville sportsman heat 1st, feature 1st

1952-07-06 – Plainville sportsman heat 1st, feature 1st copy

1952-07-22, 26, and 27 Riverside, Waterford, and Plainville all 1st