Thompson.
Category: Cars
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On 07-15-1970, Ed drove the Cozze brothers’ #44 at the All-Star race at Orange County. Shown here is regular driver Al Tasnady, who drove the Cozze brothers’ other car, the #44 coach, at the same event.
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The Cozze brothers’ coupe and coach, one of which Ed drove at the Orange County All-Star race on July 15, 1970.
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Joe Nett was the first person to bring the photo into the public domain.
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On July 22, 1970, owner Mickey Barlow asked Ed to drive his #54 in an All-Star race at Lebanon Valley Ed finished fifth. Shown here is regular driver Dave Pelczar. Thanks to Michael Humphrey for the information.
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Another image of the Mickey Barlow-owned #54 with regular driver Dave Pelczar, this shot at Middletown.
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Stafford. The #14 is on the left, Denny Giroux’s car on the right.
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Stafford Springs.
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Ed’s Mills and Welch #79 is just behind Jerry Cook’s #38. This photo was taken at Malta, where Ed often drove the #79 in 1969, but only rarely in 1970, when he usually drove the Evans #61 at Malta.
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Stafford.
61 – Evans cars
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1970 – Thompson. Photo by Pete Stoll.
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This is Ken Canestrari in his own car. Mike Abdella, who was on Ken’s crew, has reported that at Malta in about 1970 Ken asked Ed to drive the car and help him to improve its handling. When Ed drove the car he was amazed at how badly it handled, but he was able to help Ken set it up correctly.
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Here Ed is standing next to the Gene Dewitt-owned #7, normally driven so successfully by Dutch Hoag. This may have been late in the 1970 season when Dutch was unwell and had other drivers substitute for him at certain races. I don’t know whether Ed actually drove this car, but who could have been a better substitute than he?
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1970.
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Photo from Racingthroughtime.com.
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1970-09-20 – Thompson 500, at which Ed won pole and led for the first hundred laps until he had a mechanical problem.
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1970-09-20 – Thompson 500. Photo by Mark Cottingham.
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1970 – Langhorne. Ed’s grey 9x is second from left.
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1970 – Langhorne 200. Ed’s grey 9x is towards the back
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1970 – Langhorne. Ed’s grey 9x Corvair can be seen under the yellow arrow near the rear of the starting field.