This nice-looking car was owned and run by Greg Mills and Dave Welch. More than in most cars Ed drove during this period (mainly 1969), in the 79 Ed always seemed to have to struggle to be truly competitive. Nonetheless in the 79 Ed won against strong opposition at Stafford Springs and Norwood, and was leading in the latter stages of the Thompson 500 when a broken valve ended his race. Photo from JoJo Farone, via Racingthroughtime.com
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Photo by John Grady, from Racingthroughtime.com
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Norwood. Photo courtesy of Glen Tavares, from the R.A. Silvia collection.
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1969-06-21 – Norwood.
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The co-owners of the 79 were Greg Mills (on the far left) and Dave Welch (standing at the back).
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1969-09-28 – Ed started third at the Stafford 150. This series of images from a film taken by David Grote’s father and shared by David.
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Ed had to retire after getting caught up in a 10-car crash about midway through the race.
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1969-10-26 – Thompson 500. Ed led for about 325 laps and had a 1/3 lap lead with about 50 to go when his engine dropped a valve and he DNF’d. In this image his car is going down the backstretch.
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1969-10-26.
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1969-10-26 – Thompson 500. Ed’s car in inside of the second row, as shown by the arrow.
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1969-10-26.
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Ed’s Mills and Welch #79 is just behind Jerry Cook’s #38. This photo was taken at Malta, where Ed often drove the #79 in 1969, but only rarely in 1970, when he usually drove the Evans #61 at Malta.
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Photo by John Grady.
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1969 – Thompson. That is car co-owner Greg Mills in the light blue, short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses.
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Photo by JC Crossley.
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Photo by JC Crossley, from Fran Lawlor.