Thompson. Bill Slater is driving the pace car, Bugs Stevens is driving the 15. Ed, who at the time was recovering from a serious back injury, had been named Grand Marshal of the Thompson 300. Photo by Mike Adaskaveg, from “A History of Auto Racing in New England”, by Dr Dick Berggren and the North East Motor Sports Museum, published by Coastal 181.
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1975 – Thompson. Paula Flemke drove Ed Jr’s cars only 4 times, all in practices, but demonstrated great talent behind the wheel. One suspects that she would have been a very successful racing driver.
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1975-09-29 – Thompson 300, where Ed was the race’s Grand Marshall as he recovered from his second serious back injury in a year.
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Martinsville
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1975-12-15.
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1976-03-13.
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1976-03-14 – Martinsville Dogwood 500. Photo by John D. Marelli.
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1976-04-04.
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This was after Ed won the April, 1976 Thompson Icebreaker. Note lower image of Ed leading Geoff Bodine, who was in the money-is-no-object Armstrong Pinto. Bodine finished 2nd.
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1976-04-04 – Thompson Icebreaker.
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1976-04-04. Photo by Mike Adaskaveg.
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1976-04-04 – Clyde McLeod, an important member of Ed’s crew. Photo by Mike Adaskaveg.
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Riverside. Photo by Pete Lawlor.
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Ed checks out the rear suspension of Armond Holley’s Super-modified.
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Ed getting in Armond Holley’s Super-modified.
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The man in the center is John, “Butch” Farone, sometimes known as Seymour the Clown.
1976-05-02-Thompson
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1976-05-02 – Thompson.
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Paul Tremaine on the left, Bob Judkins behind. This was taken after Ed won the Plainville open-comp 100 on May 5, 1976. Photo by Phil Hoyt.
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Plainville open competition 100 victory. Bob Judkins in red jacket on the left. Phil Hoyt photo, from Racingthroughtime.com.
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Photo by Tim Christopher, or…
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…photo by Ole Olsen?
