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1967 – Stafford Springs, after Ed had won the first-ever asphalt feature there. To the immediate right is Pete Hamilton, on far right is Dick Watson. Photo by Lloyd Burnham, from Racingthroughtime.com.

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1967-09-23. First year of the All-Star Racing League. In the League’s eight seasons of operation (1967-74), Ed was at different times a member of the Albany-Saratoga, Stafford Springs and Catamount teams.

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1967 – Martinsville. The short man dead-center is Runt Harris. To the viewer’s right of him is Ed, and behind Ed and wearing a baseball cap is Perk Brown. To the left of Harris is Ray Hendrick, and behind him is Rene Charland. Two places behind Charland and wearing spectacles is Paul Radford. Two places behind Radford in the dark polo shirt is Bill Dennis. At the far back are Bugs Stevens (above Charland’s head) and Sonny Hutchins on the right.

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1967 – 10-22 – Martinsville. Ray Hendrick on the left, prior to start of first Cardinal 300, for which Ed got pole with a new track record. Interesting to note how tall the 2x coupe on the right is relative to the Tant & Mitchell 11 on the left.

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Norwood. NASCAR Chief Steward Carl Merrill is on the right. From the book “Bugsy” by Bugs Stevens with Bones Bourcier. Photo by Balser and Son.