Author: flemke
Of general interest
Thompson.
Other – 33
1954 – An early Dave McCredy car, shown here with driver Don Henderberg. McFarland Studio photo.
Bill Wimble
This photo was taken at the birthday party of Bill’s long-time mechanic Fred DeCarr.
Of general interest
Riverside Park Tuesday night racing history.
Memorabilia
Anecdote
Ron Bouchard was famous for driving Modifieds in the outside groove, almost never dropping down to the bottom of the track. The Modified world was joyfully amazed when he won the Talladega 500 in 1981 on the last turn of the last lap, and he did it by dropping to the bottom of the track.
Of general interest
1965.
Other – XL-1
1967 – Langhorne. Johnny Coy is in the upside-down XL-1, Charlie Jarzombek in the white #1.
Dick Dixon
Anecdote
15
1960-10-15 – Pinecrest Speedway. Ed’s 15/15x is near the back. Thanks to Tom Schmeh for the image, from the George Ryland Collection via the Pinecrest Speedway Facebook page.
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1960-10-15 – Pinecrest. Ed’s #15 can be seen in the lower left of the photo.
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1960-10-15 – Pinecrest. Ed is on the left in the dark coupe with the white steering wheel. The J2 driven by Red Foote and Slim Ross’s 222 ‘Bounty Hunter’, usually driven by Joe McNulty, can be seen at the back.
Anecdote
Joe Brady
Anecdote
Mack Too’s real name was Miles.
Don Moon
Plainville.
Tony Mordino
Plainville.
Anecdote
Geoff Bodine
Tony Mordino
19-08-1961. In 1961 at Plainville, Tony won 7 features in a row. The track put a bounty on him for the third race, on August 19th.
Other – 10
1965 – Thompson. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Of general interest
1965 – Thompson. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Anecdote
A sarcastic comment from long-time Modified mechanic Chuck Grime, who worked with Ed many times.
Memorabilia
1967.
Anecdote
Reference to Plainville win on 1976-09-01.
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Thanks to Ed Flemke Jr.