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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.

1969-10-12 – Langhorne 200 one of 4 New Englanders to qualify, blown engine DNF

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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 – Thompson 500. Ed’s car in inside of the second row, as shown by the arrow.

Joe Kelly

1969 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. Photo by Pete Stoll.

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.