1966 – Waterford.
Category: General
1948-05-03 – Cherry Park midgets heat 1st George
1948-06-23 – Rhinebeck midgets heat 2nd, semi 3rd, feature 8th George
1948-06-28 – Cherry Park midgets semi 1st George
1948-07-10 – Cherry Park midgets preview George
1949-05-21 – Cherry Park midgets points George 7th
1949-08-11 – Royall Speedway (Southside) midgets heat 4th, semi 3rd, feature 11th George
Carl Burris
Carl is on the right.
Bill Slater
1950 – Lonsdale.
Curtis Turner
1950. L-R: Curtis, Louise Smith, Bill Snowden, Buck Baker.
Red Foote
Photo from Racingthroughtime.com
Sparky Belmont
Waterford.
Joe Kelly
1950 – Joe was track champion of Yellow Jackets Speedway. Photo via Jack Montgomery.
1951-05-13 – Plainville heat 1st, feature 2nd
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1951 – New London. Photo by Shany Lorenzet.
Ernie Gahan
People
Harvey Tattersall Jr is in the middle. Thanks to Ed Flemke Jr.
Banana Wagon
Owner/driver Phil Salerno once taught the young Ed a hard lesson on the track. He and Ed subsequently became friends and Ed then drove the “Banana Wagen” to a win at Riverside.
Tommie Elliott
Morristown Speedway. The car was owned by Fred Orchard.
People
1952. This was probably taken after Ed had won a 100-lap race at Plainville on July 4th. The car owner was Carl DeBonne. Thanks to Tom Schmeh for the photo.
Ed Patnode
1952 – Riverside Park. This car was owned and run by Leo Matte.
Stan Disbrow
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1952 – Riverside. Photo by Shany Lorenzet
Paul Radford
1952. This was Paul’s first racing car, with the number 41 chosen because it was the same as Curtis Turner’s.
Red Farmer, Ralph Moody
1953 – Daytona Beach. Red is in the #61, Ralph in the #49.
Ralph Earnhardt
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This car was built and run by Rich Yurewich. Thanks to Ed Flemke Jr.
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Thanks to Ed Flemke Jr.
