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Rufus "Brooklyn Heavy" Boyd
From Brooklyn, NY. Heavy was a street racer who started a business called "Heavy Racing Enterprises" under which he owned several professional race cars, and hired several drivers to do the shoeing. Notable drivers he hired included Ronald Lyles of the Mutt Brothers, Levi Holmes, Herb McCandless and Carmen Rotonda.


Great thread!! Didn't funny car racer Al Hoffman do a little NY street car racing back in the day?