Ed Lynch, Jr.
705 Zubal Road
Apollo, PA 15613
(724) 727-7482

2008 Season Highlights:  In 2008 Ed ran 42 races, not counting the 12 rainouts, in five different states at 11 different tracks.  In addition to the independent shows, he ran 6 All Star shows, 11 World of Outlaw shows and 2 special events – the Knoxville Nationals and Hagerstown’s Octoberfest and the Williams Grove National Open.  Along with his five feature wins, he had 16 top five finishes and was in the top 10 a total of 21 times.  Ed leads in all-time Sprint wins at Lernerville, Pittsburgh, Challenger and Sharon.  First-time appearances were at Lowes Motor Speedway at Charlotte where he made both A-Mains and Virginia Motor Speedway near Richmond.  On July 18, Ed’s son, Ed III had a hot lap session at Lernerville.  At Knoxville’s National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Ed was on the panel of PA drivers that drew a record crowd.  His career total wins at the end of 2008 was 211 and the total Sprint wins at Lernerville is currently 93 (plus 1 Modified win).  His goal is to achieve 100 Sprint car wins at Lernerville Speedway, his home track.

 

2007 Season Highlights: In 2007 Ed won 14 feature events, two of which were high on the list of career accomplishments.  On June 23 at Sharon Speedway, Ed notched his 200^th Sprint car win.  Sharon honored the occasion with a track-side plaque presentation by the owners Lou Blaney, Ronnie Kirila and Jim Weller.  On June 30^th Ed won the $10,000 All Star Ohio Sprint Speedweek finale at Eldora Speedway (his first ever there). He also won the19th Annual Western PA Sprint Championshiip at Mercer Raceway Park for the second time (previously winning it in ’05).  Competing in 48 races at 8 different tracks, including 3 All Star events and 8 World of Outlaw sanctioned events, Ed finished in the top five 26 times and in the top ten 31 times.  He remains  the leading Sprint feature winner at Lernerville Speedway with a total of 88, also holding the top spot in Sprints at Sharon Speedway where his total is 50.. He is also the top all-time Sprint winner at two tracks that have not run Sprints regularly, at Challenger his total is 13 and at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway his total is 12.   His Tri City Speedway total is 24, at Mercer Raceway Park  it is 13.  He has 3 wins at Jennerstown and has single wins at Hickory and Marion Center.  His career total at the end of 2007 is 206 Sprint wins plus l Modified win.  He was honored at the Sharon Speedway banquet in November and the Lernerville banquet in March (2008) for his top 10 ranking.   In December, the Twin State Auto Racing Fan Club honored Ed with their most prestigious 34^th Annual Charles & George Findlay Sportsmanship Award.

 

2006 Season Highlights: In 2006 Ed won 13 feature events, finished second six times, had 27 top five finishes and was in the top ten 32 times.  He competed in 49 races at 9 different tracks in 5 states – Pennsylvania, Ohio Maryland Iowa and Florida.  Ran with the World of Outlaws 9 times, All Stars 3 times, NST (National Sprint Tour) one race and the rest were open competition.  Ed started the season at the East Ba Winternationals in Tampa in February.  He towed to early Williams Grove and Eldora shows and then won the Lernerville and Sharon Openers.  Tony Stewart presented Ed with a new Artic Cat for setting fast time over 57 cars at Eldora’s Kings Royal race.  Led 34 laps and finished second in Lernerville’s Silver Cup race.  He competed in the Williams Grove National Open, where he had fast time over 63 cars on the second day.  Once again, the Octoberfest at Hagestown was his final race of the year where he finished 13^th.  For the 6^th time he won the Cavalcade of Auto Racing Sprint Car Title.   Currentlly, he is the leading feature winner at Lernerville with 81 and has 44 wins at Sharon and 24 at Tri City.  Ed was voted one of the top 25 drivers in the North American 410 Sprint Car Poll by a voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers.

 

2005 Season Highlights: In 2005 Ed won 8 features while competing in 50 events at eight different tracks and there were an additional 13 rainouts.  He finished in the top two 44% of the time.   He was in the top three 26 times and the top ten 33 times.  Starting his season by winning the openers at Lernerville and Sharon Speedways, he went on to win the Spring Sprint Spectacular and later the Track Championship at Lernerville while finishing fourth overall in points at Sharon.  He won the Western PA Sprint Championship at Mercer Raceway Park, the “C” Scramble at the Knoxville Nationals, the C-Main at the Williams Grove Nationals and finished sixth in Hagerstown’s Octoberfest.  He had four top ten finishes in World of Outlaw/All Star races.

 

2004 Season Highlights: In 2004 Ed ran 62 races, not counting the 12 rainouts.  He had 16 wins and raced at 10 different tracks in 5 states. In addition to racing at independent tracks, he competed in 7 World of Outlaw shows and 7 All Star sanctioned events.  Starting his season at East Bay Raceway Park, he struggled with heating and handling problems.   Winning the Openers at Lernerville, Sharon and Tri City, he went on to win the Track Championship at Lernerville with a record 10 feature wins there and was 3rd overall at Sharon.  At Tri City he moved up to 4^th on the overall win list plus adding 40 heat races to his record there.  On May 28 the Pittsburgh Business Times recognized Ed for his promotion in the Construction Industry. At his biggest event of the year, the Knoxville Nationals, when the points were totaled he ranked 31^st out of 130 drivers.   By August 29, 2004 his website had reached a total of 53,206 hits.   On September 17 his home received extensive damage from Hurricane Ivan.  He finished out his season at Eldora where he made the feature with 53 sprints on hand and his annual finale was at the Octoberfest at Hagerstown where they had a record 249 car (31 sprints).  

2003 Season Highlights: Won 22 features at 4 tracks - Lernerville, Sharon, Mercer and Tri City, 57 A-Main starts, 40 top 3 finishes or 70%. Competed in 5 states running World of Outlaws, All Stars, York Triathlon plus local and national events. Track Championship at Lernerville plus most overall Sprint wins, ranked 2nd in points at Tri City and Sharon.  Tied for most overall Sprint wins at Sharon.  Featured in 3 National Publications - SprintCar & Midget Magazine, National Speed Sport News, FlatOut Magazine, pictures and stories in daily newspapers - Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Tarentum Valley News Dispatch, Butler Eagle, Greensburg and Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Sharon Herald, New Castle News, Warren Tribune Review, Youngstown Vindicator and Oil City Derrick.  26 Television Appearances (live and taped) FOX-SportsNet Pittsburgh carried in-car camera, FOX-SportsNet Youngstown  race footage and interviews, SPEED Channel at Knoxville Nationals.  National Top 25 ranking in National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Poll voted on by Media members, promoters, sanction officials and manufacturers.  Cavalcade of Auto Racing Award for most top 3 Sprint car finishes in Tri-State area.

Lifetime Racing Achievements:

• Raced in 13 states - NY, PA, OH, WV, GA, FL, AZ, NC, MD, NJ, IA, IN, AL
• Top 40 National Sprint Car Racing Poll by American Short Track Congress -1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003
• Cavalcade Tri-State Sprint Champion 1990, 2000, 2002 and 2003
• Original Coors Hard Charger Award - Tri City 2002
• Dirt Track Round-Up Driver of the Year - 1995, 2000 and 2002
• Winner of Don Martin $35,000 Silver Cup World of Outlaw race 2002
• Cavalcade Tri-State Sprint Champion - 1990 - 2000.
• All-Time Sprint Feature Winner at Lernerville Speedway.
• Top Sprint Winner of the 90's and now tied for most overall at Sharon
• Best Appearing Car Knoxville Nationals – 1999.
• Leading Feature Winner Western PA – 1998, 2002 and 2003
• 5 Track Championships - 4 different race tracks
• Busch Sprint Championship at Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
• Grover Clasper Award for courage and Determination in the Face of Adversity.
• Western PA Rookie of the Year 1983 voted by Media & Track Officials.
• Raced Go-Karts, Modifieds, Sprints, USAC Silver Crown.
• Major Events:  Florida Sprint Winternationals, Arizona Slick 50 Series,
  Knoxville Nationals in Iowa, NY Super Dirt Week Syracuse Mile, Ohio Sprint
  Speedweek, Western PA Sprint Speedweek, Eldora's King's Royal & Historical
  Big One, Sharon Nationals, Lernerville's Silver Cup Race, Hagerstown
  Octoberfest, Knoxville 1200 pound Nationals.

Early Career: Raced Go-Karts at age 10, Motocross at age 15.  Pit crew for father's Modified and Sprint from age 13.  Chief mechanic prior to starting driving career.  Worked in Grant King's Indianapolis shop with Indy driver Steve Chassey.  Worked with Jack Elam at his J&J Sprint car fabrication shop in McKenzie, TN and Tommy Sanders in the Gambler Shop in Hendersonville, TN.  Worked with engine builders Ton Hutter, Gary Myles, Lynn Geisler, Earl Gaerte, Bob Kriner, Paul Kistler and Target/ Chip Ganassi Racing.

Personal: Married to Heather.  Ed has two sons, Edward III age 14 and Sye age 6.  Employed by Pittsburgh and Cleveland based construction companies since 1970.  Selected by Engineering News Record in 1993 as one of 50 men in the world that made an outstanding contribution to the construction industry.  Presented his award at a special construction industry banquet at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.