Cars – Page 33 – edflemke.com

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On October 31, 1971, Thompson held a 150 lap open-competition race for both Modifieds and Super-Modifieds. Ed drove the Mystic Missile to first place for Modifieds and third place overall. I believe that this was the car that Ed drove in that race. Photo from Vintagemodifieds.com

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Bob Judkins

2x Pinto

1972. Image from David Bentley.

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1972 – Stafford Spring Sizzler. Ed is receiving a silver plate to mark winning his heat.

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Ed with daughter Kristy.

Buddy Krebs

1972. Photo by John Grady, from Racingthroughtime.com.

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1976-02-06 – New Smyrna.

2x Pinto

Photo by Mike Adaskaveg.

2x Pinto

1972 – Martinsville Dogwood 500 start – L-R: Fred DeSarro, Jimmy Hensley, Richie Evans, Gene Bergin, Lou Lazzaro, Ed, Jerry Cook. Ed led this race for 60 laps but retired with a blown engine while in the lead on L136.

1972-03-19 – Martinsville Dogwood 500 entry list

Note that Ed was entered as driver of two cars: the #04 Bob Garbarino Pinto, and the #42 “Frank Calibrace” (Frank Vigliarolo) Pinto, which was the original 2x Pinto which Frank had just bought from Bob Judkins.

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1972-03-19 – Martinsville Dogwood 500. Ed’s car, temporarily numbered ’42’, is 7^th on the grid. Photo by Pete Stoll.

2x Pinto

1972-03-20 – Martinsville Dogwood 500. Ed is fourth row inside. Photo by Keith Smith.

2x Pinto

1972-03-20 – Martinsville Dogwood 500. Photo by Keith Smith.

2x Pinto

1972-03-20 – Martinsville Dogwood 500. Ed is fourth row, inside. Photo by Keith Smith.

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1972 – Waterford.

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1972-04-09 – New London-Waterford. This is the first 2x Pinto, shortly after Frank Vigliarolo had purchased it from Bob Judkins but before it was renumbered as 34. Frank is standing on the far right, Sal Accardi Sr is second from the right. This photo was taken after Ed had won a 50-lap open-comp event at Waterford. Photo by Shany Lorenzet. Thanks to Tom DiMaggio, Carl Miller, Sal Accardi Jr and Ed Flemke Jr for the information

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1972-04-09 – Waterford. This photo was taken after Frank Vigliarolo had repainted the original 2x Pinto in two-tone blue but before the lettering was applied to the car. Photo by Shany Lorenzet.

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Top mechanic Chuck Grime explaining why in early 1972 the 34’s engines kept breaking. Chuck was the man who discovered the cause of the problem and fixed it.

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This was at the 1972 Stafford Spring Sizzler, which Ed was controlling until with 8 laps remaining the #34’s water pump broke, giving the victory to Fred DeSarro. In this image Fred is receiving the winner’s wreath while the #34 is sitting in the background on the left.