Following his considerable success in the ¢ cars, which he had built and owned, midway through 1966 Ed built and co-owned the successor car, which he ran as the %. He raced it for only the second half of ’66 and on rare occasions in 1967, however, as starting in early ’67 he began to drive the 2x coupe on a full-time basis.
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In 1966 Denny was mostly driving sprint cars, but when he had the time he drove Modifieds as well. Here he is in Booker T. Jones’s beautifully prepared car. Through the windscreen we can see Ed’s % in the background.
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The “RCS Special” referred the RCS Amoco station of Rocky Germani, who co-owned the % with Ed. The service station was located on West Main St, New Britain.
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1967 – Norwood.
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Utica-Rome Speedway.
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1967-04-13 – Norwood. Photo by Paul Conley.
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1966-06-25 – Norwood. Ed in the % is here running to the outside of Bill Slater in the V8.
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1967-04-29 – Norwood. Photo by Paul Conley photo, from R. A. Silvia collection.
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1967 – Norwood. Ed is in the %, followed by Doug McCarthy in the 00, Don MacTavish in the “Circle J”, and probably Gene Bergin in the M6. Photo by Paul Conley, from the Doug McCarthy collection.
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1967 – Norwood.
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Photo by John Grady.
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1966. Photo taken behind Ed’s house on River Street, New Britain, CT. From the Flemke Family Collection.
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Malta. Ernie Gahan’s car is on the left. Image from Catamountstadium.com, taken from a DVD by D. Ody.
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Photo from David Bentley.
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Thompson. Photo from David Bentley.