Ed had to retire after getting caught up in a 10-car crash about midway through the race.
Category: General
Jean-Guy Chartrand
1969 – Dover. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Leo Cleary
1969 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. Leo won pole position.
1969-10-05 – All-Star Racing League final at Nazareth advertisement
Al Grinnan
1969, October. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Al Grinnan
1969, October. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Paul Radford
1969, October. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Paul Radford
1969, October. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Ray Hendrick.
1969, October. Standing next to the car is Clayton Mitchell, who built the car and co-owned it with engine specialist Jack Tant. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Sal Dee
1969 – Langhorne.
Billy Hensley
1969, October. Photo by Pete Stoll.
1969-10-12 – Langhorne 200 one of 4 New Englanders to qualify, blown engine DNF
Dutch Hoag
1969 – Langhorne.
Ron Narducci
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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.
Bill Greco
Ed Patnode
Joe Kelly
1969 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. Photo by Pete Stoll.
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On November 8-9, 1969, Ed drove Johnny Bryant’s coupe at the Martinsville Cardinal 500 after his regular car, the Mills-Welch #79, developed engine problems. He finished 8th in the 50-lap qualifying race and tangled with Don Diffendorf on lap 341 of the feature.
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Another shot of Johnny Bryant’s #57 coupe.
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Although hard to see, Ed is near the back in John Bryant’s #57.
Runt Harris
Martinsville Cardinal 500. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Leo Cleary
1969 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Hank Thomas
1969 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Fred DeSarro
1969 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. Photo by Pete Stoll.