Category: General
Ed Flemke Jr
Stafford Springs – Ed’s SK Modified car.
People
Lew Boyd, Dr Dick Berggren, Bruce Cohen – the creators of the Stafford Spring Sizzler. Photo by Howie Hodge.
1992-06-30 – “Trackside” – Bones Bourcier article on Plainville, Ed was ‘about as big a pavement Modifed name as there has ever been’
Ed Flemke Jr
Junie Donlavey
Junie with Chris Grady, son of famous racing photographer John Grady.
Ed Flemke Jr
People
Denny, Ed Jr, and Pete.
People
Robin was one of the Pemberton family, key fixtures in the Albany-Saratoga Speedway culture in Malta, NY. He put on the record that Ed was ‘the greatest short-track racer I ever saw’ – and Robin saw pretty much all of the best.
Ed Flemke Jr
Ed Flemke Jr, Ron Bouchard
Glen Wood
Of general interest
Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, MA.
Richie Evans
Of general interest
Dave Spence.
People
Top mechanic Chuck Grime, who used to work with Bob Judkins when Ed drove the #34 Pinto and Bob’s 2x Pintos, with an aluminum head similar to what Bob ran on his first racing car, the Ford coupe.
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.
Memorabilia
Perk Brown
Denny Zimmerman
Richie Garuti
From the collection of Tony Daddabbo.
