Description: Rare BARN FIND near new 1969 VINTAGE Don EDMUNDS SPRINT CAR built for Lengendary CRA Racer Jay East Look at Photo # 3 ...ORIGINALDASH PLAQUE and LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY From Don Edmunds Car was originally built and SOLD TO Jay East .<<< Original BUILD date was 9/12/1969 >>>This is very important as car was still brand new andCRA and USAC wrote the RULE for Mandatory Roll Cages in 1970 This was at the TRANSITION PERIOD OF the end of no cage Sprint Cars It went thru many up-grades ( before being raced )including a PERIOD CORRECT CAGE Also in the LETTER OF authenticity and DASH PLAQUE from Don Edmunds is certificationthat the CURRENT OWNER is DON COOK 9/9/2011Since Don Cook ownership has been a West Coast multi track Champion that is now in this early 80/s OWNERSHIP will go from him to the NEW OWNER We are Davis Motorsports of Reno , Nevada We have been in business since 1958 THIS CAR IS ALSO FOR SALE LOCALLY and we reserve the right to END AUCTION if car sells locally.Buyer is responsible to transport car ( shipping ) however wecan assist in loading . WHAT'S INCLUDED ? Complete Rolling Chassis with Halibrand 3" live axle and Driveline In and Out BoxSmall Block Chevy ( NO DETAILS known re: engine ) with Hilborn Injectors and Front drivesEngine was missing Ignition so current owner ( has owned cat 10+ years )stepped up and purchased a fresh Joe Hun Vertex ( still in box ) for race car This complete Don Edmunds Sprint Car LOOKS like the day it was delivered to Jay East It is plumbed and ready to load on your trailer With TOTAL CRA / USAC style the car has SNAP BUTTONS for UPHOLSTERED COVERS ( INCLUDED ) of NOSE / INJECTORS and COCKPIT AREA IMPORTANT This Don Edmunds 1969 Sprint Car is 100% VINTAGE HISTORYIt represents the CHANGE OVER from Drivers Hoop only cars ( 1969)to CRA and USAC required ROLL CAGE CARS ( 1970 ) I have been part of professional racing for over 60 years and I have NEVER SEEN A VINTAGE CAR THIS NICE THAT HAS NOT BEENTHRU A $ 50,000 to $ 70,000 restoration ! PHOTOS THAT ARE NOT PART OF AUCTION ...A) Two Photos of CUT-AWAY VIEWS are examples of original CAGE-LESS design B) Photo of BLACK # 99 car shows the NEXT GENERATION of CAGED Sprint car that Don Edmunds built in 1976 for Howard Linne This picture simply showswhat Don Edmunds up-graded to when CRA and USAC required CAGES in 1970 Here is a short HISTORY of Jay East Donna told me Jay's CRA career really got started in 1964-65. Jimmy Mayeda and Leonard Surdam were two key car owners. Checking CRA records showed Jay had a few one-off CRA rides in 1964. On 2/23/64 Jay made his CRA debut at Ascot Park in Joe Irwin's No. 65 Chevy and finished fourth in the semi-main. He got his second ride four months later at Ascot in Bart Welsh's No. 39. Jay subbed for absent Dick Fries on 7/11/64 in the No. 5 Pratt & Williamson Buick at the paved quarter-mile Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino. In his first CRA feature, Jay started tenth and finished fourth. Car owners noticed. His next opportunity came at Ascot on August 5 in the No. 35 Orange Taylor Chevy that Don Melton had driven. Jay qualified 17th quickest of 30 cars and ran the semi-main. Jay's next CRA ride on 8/19 at Ascot was the No. 5 P & W Buick again. He qualified 18th fastest of 31 cars and ran the semi. Jack Brunner had that ride at the next race. Jay's first CRA career break came on Labor Day at the OSS paved quarter-mile. He was second FQ at 14.81 to Bob Hogle's Morales Bros. Offy, which set a NTR of 14.46. Jay's ride was Jim Mayeda's No. 26, a shortened (by six-inches) USAC champ dirt car (ex-HOW No. 21). Colby Scroggin had raced it on mile dirt tracks as the Ward Machine Chevy for So Cal's Bill Ward. Jay started 11th and finished third in a 15-car field. P. 1 Hogle, P. 2 Hal Minyard and P. 3 Jay finished almost nose-to-tail. Jay next drove Mayeda's No. 26 to P. 8 in the CRA feature at now closed Champion Speedway next to San Francisco Bay, just south of Candlestick Park. At OSS on 9/26 magneto problems sidelined him. Jay finished 21st of 94 drivers with 1964 CRA points after limited appearances. Hal Minyard and car owner Leonard Surdam won their respective 1964 championships and used No. 1 on their orange car in1965. Jay did not race until race three at Hanford Speedway, a five-eighths mile banked, paved track in Hanford formerly known as Marchbanks Speedway. His ride was A. L. Oskie's No. 81; Jimmy Oskie, son of the No. 81 owner, drove Mayeda's now No. 30. Jay raced the 81car in two El Centro races. Jay's big break came in May, 1965. Minyard left California to spend six weeks in Indiana promoting the McHal helmet he designed. Surdam had veteran Wayne Douglas drive his No. 1 Chevy at Ascot on May 8 and he finished third in the feature. Wayne missed the main on 5/22 at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix. Surdam gave the No. 1 Chevy ride to Jay for the 5/29/65 Hanford Speedway five-eighths mile banked paved race. He qualified ninth fastest in a 33-car field. Jay started the 50-lap main in P 8 and won his first CRA feature with a last lap pass in turn two. Two days later on Memorial Day at the OSS paved quarter-mile Jay set fastest qualifying time of 14.50 in Surdam's No. 1 in a 29 car field. He was in P. 2 on lap 29 of 30 when he dropped out. Minyard returned to Surdam's No. 1 at Ascot on June 12. Jay's next ride was a month later on July 9 in the No. 50 Carter & Hershey Chevy at the Riverside Int'l Raceway paved half-mile. He was tenth fastest of 39 qualifiers and finished 12th in a 30-lap main. His next ride was the new Hank Henry-built No. 91 Lehotsky & Singh Chevy at Ascot on July 10 where he did not finish the main. Minyard got the 91 ride and Jay was ride-less again. Frank Secrist had the Surdam No. 1 and Jim Roessler had the Mayeda No. 30 ride. Jay's next ride was a brand new Shilala-built No. 85 owned by Lee Coman. On August 13 at the Riverside paved half-mile Jay qualified tenth quickest and placed 12th in a 30-lap main. On August 21 at Champion Speedway in San Francisco Jay was 13th FQ of 32 drivers and won his heat race. Jay started first in the 25-lap main. He led the first 19 laps in the Coman 85 and finished second to NARC star Sherman Cleveland. On 8/27 at Riverside Jay was fourth fastest in time trials in Coman's No 85, but a mechanical problem ended his night. On Labor Day at Ascot, Jay qualified sixth fastest of 36 drivers. He started the 100-lapper sixth in Coman's 85 but retired early. At Ascot on October 9 there were 50 cars. Jay won the 15-lap semi for Coman and finished 12th in the 30-lap main. Ascot's 100-lap Grand Prix on October 23 had Jay back in Surdam's No. 1 after Minyard defected to the newer 91 L & S Chevy. Jay qualified 11th fastest of 41 drivers, won his heat, started 11th and finished sixth after 100 laps. Back at San Francisco's Champion Speedway October 30 Jay was tenth quickest qualifier of 31 in Surdam's No. 1 and finished tenth in a 50-lap feature. Ascot's annual Pacific Coast Championship 100-lap race was run on Sunday afternoon, December 5. Jay was back in Coman's No. 85 and Nor Cal driver Bob DeJong drove Surdam's No. 1. Jay was sixth quickest of 47 qualifiers and started sixth in a 24 car field. He finished third behind Paul Jones (Bruce Bromme Offy) and Minyard (No. 91 L & S Chevy). Jay beat P. 4 Dick Fries, who drove his season-long 1965 Hank Henry-built No. 20 Tipton & Wright Chevy. It was a close battle among the top four finishers during the final 15 laps and a thrilling finish for fans. Jay's CRA reputation as a quality driver on both dirt and paved tracks started in 1964 and really took off during 1965. Despite missing many races when he was between rides, Jay finished 13th in 1965 CRA driver points with 282.5, only 43.5 points out of tenth position. Minyard won the 1965 CRA driving championship (two titles in a row) with 885 points to 851 for runner-up Paul Jones. Minyard moved back to Indiana and raced in the USAC National Sprint Car Series. He later became a key facilities staff member of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Note: Jay won eight CRA main events at five speedways from 1965-1976 for seven different owners. He won twice for the late Don Blair. His CRA feature triumphs came at the following speedways: paved 5/8-mile, banked Hanford Speedway (5/29/65); OSS (San Bernardino) paved quarter-mile (6/19/65); Speedway 605 (Irwindale) paved half-mile (9/13/69); Ascot clay half-mile (11/8/69); El Centro clay half-mile (2/28/71); Ascot (6/30/73) and Speedway 605 in Irwindale (5/16/76). On the negative side, Jay suffered three serious injuries and hospital time after sprint car flips. He was a well-liked racer and friend to all. Jay attended races and related events as often as he could, but his vision problems late in life forced his to give up driving a car. Here is a SHORT HISTORY of Don Edmunds In 1955, Los Angeles Indy-car builder Eddie Kuzma hired Don Edmunds as a panel beater after admiring the custom nose Edmunds had designed and fabricated for his own Kurtis sprint car. One of Edmunds' first assignments for Kuzma was to repair the dents that a frustrated Jimmy Bryan had kicked in his car when a fuel pump failure put him out of the Indianapolis 500 after 90 laps. Edmunds himself challenged the 500 in 1957, scoring Rookie of the Year honors with a 19th-place finish. Bryan won the following year, but Edmunds crashed during practice and gave up Indy cars for Super Modifieds. In 1963, Edmunds opened his own shop, Don Edmunds Autoresearch, in Anaheim, California, where he would build close to 600 oval-track and road-race cars during the following 18 years. Of his 85 sprint cars, several won national championships. By 1970, sprint cars were sprouting wings - inverted airfoils, actually, which pressed down on the car, increasing traction and cornering grip while reducing the changes of getting airborne. Massive sideboards increased the efficiency of the relatively narrow (compared to aircraft) wings by keeping the air stream from spilling off the ends. Additionally, and significantly, the wings helped absorb the energy of a violent rollover. In 1978, promoter Ted Johnson founded the World of Outlaws, a new sanctioning body and tour for top-level winged sprints.
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Location: Camarillo, California
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