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July 28, 2010 : Daniel Strohl
Ready to put a little sweat equity into a car? From the pictures, it looks as though this 1957 Buick Special for sale on Hemmings.com is a solid car, ready for a quick and easy restoration. Despite being from the Northeast, the interior doesn’ ...
Don Edmunds was an American racecar driver and car builder.
He had his first start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957. He won the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after finishing nineteenth over Bill Cheesbourg, Elmer George, Mike Magill, and Eddie Sachs. Edmunds’ Indy career ended in with a serious practice accident at the Speedway in 1958.
He founded Autoresearch, Inc. in Anaheim, California, which specialized in building midget cars and sprint cars. His chassis won several National Midget Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He became a collector and restorer of old race cars.
He built Evel Knievel’s Snake River Canyon Sky cycle.