Eddie Schartman Raced At DD

Eddie “Fast Eddie” Schartman raced at Detroit Dragway.

Another of the most famous drag racers that raced at Detroit Dragway is Eddie “Fast Eddie” Schartman

“He built his first drag car, a flathead-powered ’40 Ford, when he was 14. By the time he graduated from Berea High School in 1956, he was already a skilled racer. He journeyed from Cleveland to Flagler Beach, Fla., for Daytona Speed Week in a street-driven ’56 Chevy with a stroked-out 338-cid engine and won everything in sight, and shortly afterward, he set the NHRA B/Gas record with a full-race ‘55 Chevy”. From NHRA.com.

Read the whole story here → https://www.nhra.com/news/2016/fast-eddie-schartman

From Autoweek.com Longtime National Dragster editor Phil Burgess wrote that many consider “the Jack Chrisman-driven Sachs & Sons Comet, which wowed the fans at the 1964 Nationals in Indianapolis . . . to be the original Funny Car.”

See the full article here–>https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nhra/a35916148/why-nhra-funny-cars-called-funny-cars/

From Hobbydb.com:

“Ed Schartman inherited his love of cars and speed from his father who built several and wrenched dirt track sprint cars. Ed made his first trip to a race track with his dad when he was just six years old and his interest grew from that date on. At age 14 he build his first drag car, a 1940 Ford powered by a highly modified flathead engine”.   Read the full article here–>https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/subjects/fast-eddie-schartman-driver

From www.Draglist.com. 

Visit Eddie’s FB page, Here → https://www.facebook.com/groups/280417496317/

Here are a few of our photos of Fast Eddie’s Hot Rods.  Click the photo for a larger image.

We are always looking for Detroit Dragway memorabilia.

If you have any you would like to get rid of please contact me.

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