Author: flemke

An insight into the sheer class of Ed and his fellow driving great Gene Bergin. (Click on image to open)

1970 – 05-01 – Ed represented the drivers in boycott negotiations with race organizers and NASCAR. (Click on image to open)

Recollections of Southside Speedway, Richmond VA.

1963 – 08-30 – Southside. Ed describes what happened when his throttle stuck and he had to choose between hitting another car and hitting the wall.

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From one of Ed’s most well-known and successful “students”, Pete Hamilton.

1960 – 12-25, from the “Springfield Sunday Republican”. I include this clipping because of its reference to Ed’s having been “probably the most unpopular driver” at Riverside in the late ’50s. I have no idea why this would have been the case, especially as there are numerous testimonials to Ed’s having been amongst the most popular drivers at other tracks through the years. (Click on image to open)

1965 – 06-24. This is from the “Rome Sentinel”. I don’t know why Ed was “barred”, although I would point out that in the previous 4 races at U-R he had got a 3rd, a 2nd, and two wins. The ban was short-lived, and Ed was reinstated in time for the next race, where he finished 2nd. (Click on image to open)