2012 Updates

January

Ed Lynch, Jr. to be Inducted into Pittsburgh Circle Track Club hall of Fame on January 28^th   - 1/10/12

                 Ed Lynch, Jr. received word that he has been selected for Induction into the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Hall of Fame at their 35^th Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 28^th, 2012.  This is a very prestigious award that honors competitors from all over the Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia area. 

                The affair will be at the Hampton Banquet Hall located at 5416 Route 8, Gibsonia PA 15044.  Reservations are required and tickets at $35 may be purchased by calling Don Gamble at 412-999-6625 or e-mail speedwayproductions@comcast.net . 

                Joining Ed in this class of Inductees  will be Dow Carnahan, Charlie Cragan, Bobby Marhefka and Ron Piovesan.  This marks the first time since the PCTC started their Hall of Fame in 1983 with the Inaugural Class of Herb Scott, Buddy O’Conner and Ed Witzberger, that a family will be members of their Hall of Fame.  Ed, Jr.’s mother Jean was Inducted in 1997 and his father Ed, Sr. was Inducted in 2005.

February

Ed is inducted into the Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Hall of Fame – 1/28/12

                 Ed and his sons Sye age 14 and Ed, III age 22, along with his sister Jill Reed and nephew Bobby Reed age 15 and his Father and Mother, Ed, Sr. and Jean in addition to his chief mechanic Eric Womeldorf attended the 35^th Annual Pittsburgh Circle Track Club Awards Banquet on Saturday at the Hampton Banquet Center in Gilsonia PA.   

                Ed was one of five Inductees into the PCTC Hall of Fame to be honored in front of a sold-out crowd.  Ed was third on the docket and Emcee Don Gamble told the audience that Ed was first involved in racing at age six at the Old Latrobe Speedway when he would run the re-start line-ups from his Mother in the scoring tower to Jack Freeman in the flagstand.  Over the years , Ed won five track championships at four different tracks and is the leading Sprint feature winner at Lernerville, Challenger, Sharon and Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.   

                He was voted to the top 25 in the North American Sprint Car Poll .  Other recognition included SPRINT-TV’s Decade’s Dazzling Dozen,  One of Sprint Car and Midget Magazine’s Drivers of the Decade.   The World of Outlaws included the #2L in their Xbox 360 game sold nationally.  R&R Enterprises produced a replica of Ed’s #2L in two sizes l:24 and 1:16 which were shipped to vendors across the United States and Australia. 

                Ed revealed that his most memorable race was winning the World of Outlaw Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup race on July 23, 2002 and since Don Gamble was the announcer that night , they shared some inside stories of that memorable win with the crowd. 

                Other Inductees that night included Dow Carnahan, Charlie Cragan, Bobby Marhefka and Ron Piovesan. 

                Look for pictures posted of the banquet elsewhere on Ed’s web site.