1948.
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Savin Rock was in West Haven, CT.
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Stafford Springs Motor Speedway started in 1948.
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The X3 cars were owned by Tony Ferrante, based on Long Island, and driven by Jim Hendrickson and Al DeAngelo, among others.
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Jim Hendrickson of Long Island.
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Possibly Southside Speedway in Richmond.
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Lee Petty at the wheel. Note the attempt at streamlining with the added sheet metal connecting the front and rear fenders.
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Riverside Park.
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1973 – Martinsville Cardinal 500. In this race Ed drove the 2x Pinto, not the blue Vigilarolo #34 in the photo. This was the race in which Ed was passing Jerry Cook (shown here in #38) for the lead when Cook banged into him, damaging Ed’s car and possibly costing him the race, which Cook won.
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1975 – Bob Garbarino’s Mystic Missile. Photo by Jet Zarrella.
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Photo via Robert Clock.
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Photo by Peter Locke.
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Cherry Park, where Ed first raced.
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Riverside Park. Don Flynn, who always ran good-looking cars.
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Don Flynn.
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The John Stygar #7 Pinto, here driven at Plainville by Stan Gregor.
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An Allen Whipple-built car.
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Thompson. Driver Lou Austin is standing next to the Purple Cat Diner car, one of the 99RI cars owned and run by Ralph Scotland.
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1964 – Langhorne entry list – part 1 of 2.
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1964 – Langhorne entry list – part 2 of 2.
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This was Bill Rafter’s car.
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Langhorne – 1965 qualifying races.
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Martinsville.
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1964. This is the “Flemke front end” on Fred Harbach’s X89 coupe as it was being constructed.
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1958 – Results of a race on the sands of Daytona Beach. This was the last year they held racing on the sands; the following year the first Daytona 500 was held at Daytona Speedway. Although Ed was not yet a member of NASCAR and therefore was ineligible, he subsequently raced Modifieds against many of the drivers in this beach race.
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1975. Photo by Lee R. Johnson.
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1968. This is late-model driver Rich Mollnow. When he raced at Albany-Saratoga, he acquired the nickname “The Landscaper” because he frequently would spin into the infield and spray dirt everywhere.