Ed Flemke Jr.    28

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Ed Flemke Jr.
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Sponsor Ron Bouchard's Auto Stores
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Owner Don King
Crewchief Tommy Trcka
Birthdate April 24, 1955
Hometown Southington, Conn.
Occupation Co-owns Raceworks chassis shop

Career Highlights

  • Ranks ninth all-time on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in wins and 10th in poles
  • Has won races at 11 different tracks
  • Maintains the Whelen Modified Tour record for consecutive starts

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Statistics

Year Rank Races Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s
1988 14 20 0 0 0 2
1989 19 20 0 0 0 0
1990   1 0 0 0 0
1991   4 0 0 0 0
1992 15 19 0 1 3 8
1993 11 17 0 1 4 6
1994 9 21 1 3 5 9
1995 6 21 1 0 8 12
1996 8 20 1 1 4 11
1997 9 23 0 1 6 11
1998 6 22 2 0 7 13
1999 14 21 3 2 4 7
2000 9 17 1 1 4 9
2001 11 20 2 3 5 7
2002 6 19 3 2 7 10
2003 8 18 0 0 5 6
2004 2 19 2 1 12 13
2005 12 18 0 0 4 6
2006 2 16 0 0 6 12
2007 10 16 0 0 3 3
2008 11 16 1 0 3 5
2009 10 13 0 0 1 4
2010 14 14 0 0 0 2
2011 15 16 0 0 0 1
2012 15 14 0 0 0 1
2013 13 2 0 0 0 0
TOTALS   427 17 16 91 158

WINS:  17 – Shangri-La (7/3/94), Thompson (6/18/95), Stafford (5/25/96), Lee USA (7/17/98), Flemington (10/24/98), Riverside Park (4/18/99), Nazareth (7/16/99), Stafford (8/27/99), Stafford (5/26/00), Holland (7/28/01), Waterford (9/1/01), Seekonk (6/22/02), Riverhead (8/3/02), Thompson (8/15/02), Waterford (5/15/04), Thompson (9/12/04), Thompson (4/6/08)
POLES:  16 – Thompson (11/1/92), New Hampshire (7/10/93), Thompson (5/15/94), Thompson (6/19/94), Riverhead (6/24/94), Riverhead (8/10/96), Martinsville (4/19/97), Jennerstown (6/19/99), Stafford (9/26/99), Waterford (9/2/00), Stafford (4/29/01), Holland (7/28/01), Riverhead (8/4/01), Riverhead (8/3/02), Thompson (8/15/02), Lake Erie (6/12/04)

Year-by-year Whelen Modified Tour Recap

2012: Competed in every event for the 20th season in a row and extended his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour record for consecutive starts to 368 races ... Best season finish was ninth at Monadnock.  2011: Ranked 15th in points with one top-10 finish. 2010: Started all 14 events and finished 14th in points with a pair of top 10s ... Best finish of the season was sixth in the June race at New Hampshire.  2009: Had four top 10s in 13 starts … Finished in the top 10 in points for the 12th time in his career.  2008: Finished 11th in points with three top fives and five top 10s in 16 starts … Won the Icebreaker at Thompson.  2007: Finished 10th in the season standings with three top-fives.  2006: Finished second in series points with six top-fives and 12 top-10s.  2005: Finished 12th in points.  2004: Finished second in points with two wins.  2003: Finished eighth in points.  2002: Finished sixth in points with three victories.  2001: Finished 11th in points, taking two wins.  2000: Finished ninth in points with one win.  1999: Finished 14th in points with three wins.  1998: Finished sixth in points while scoring two wins.  1997: Finished ninth in points.  1996: Finished eighth in points with one victory.  1995: Finished sixth in points with one win.  1994: Finished ninth in points … Scored first career win.  1993: Finished 11th in points.  1992: Finished 15th in points.  1990-91: Made five combined starts.  1989: Finished 19th in points.  1988: Finished 14th in points.

Noteworthy

1973 Riverside Park Speedway Rookie of the Year ... Son of legendary NASCAR Modified driver Ed Flemke, who won an estimated 500 Modified races including the 1972 Stafford Spring Sizzler and the 1977 Thompson 300 ... Was named the 2002 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Most Popular Driver ... Owns and operates Race Works, a chassis fabrication shop, along with former Whelen Modified Tour driver Reggie Ruggiero.