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GREAT story!!!! Wonder where those cars are at now???
The Mutt brothers were big in that and they did use ex Sox & Martin race cars from what I heard. I like the 68 Cuda with the Pro Stock type of scoop from that era. Thanks for posting. Ron
Great find.
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One of those guys is called Seymour Balz?
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One of those guys is called Seymour Balz?
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The "Mutt" Brothers
The Mutt Brothers were a group of street racers from Brooklyn. The members were Ronald Lyles, Eugene Coard, John 'Mutt' Lyles (the group was named after John) and Benny Dunham and Jessie Johnson (both of J&B Automotive in Brooklyn). They also raced professionally as a team in Pro Stock. As a Pro Stock team, they've owned a number of incredible race cars, including 1968 Dodge Dart Hemi Super Stock (previously owned by S&K Speed Shop), a Sox & Martin 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Hemi Super Stock and a 1973 Plymouth Duster. Driver Ronald Lyles raced against 'Super John' McFadden in arguably the most famous street race that ever took place, a race now known as the "Quarter Million Quarter Mile". Hi-Performance Cars magazine published an article in the late-'80s called the "Quarter Million Quarter Mile" (and was also republished in "Muscle Cars" magazine. It can also be found on several websites) which is an account of the race almost 20 years after it happened. In it, the name 'Mutt Brothers' was changed to 'Mudd Brothers' for liability reasons.
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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.
Didn't funny car racer Al Hoffman do a little NY street car racing back in the day?
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GREAT story!!!! Wonder where those cars are at now???
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fred,someone told me that will or james smallwood possibly lives in north carolina.have you heard this?great old stories.real racing!david sox
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Fred. Ever heard of a gent who has now passed away by the name of Jimmy Connie. He was a lead foot for Heavy.
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The Dart won both times because the Camaro could not hook and the driver was not as slick as that slick shifting Hemi at mid-range. My friend was at the race and saw the whole thing from start to finish.
Hemi was fast, but the Camaro was a bit faster and with out a good driver, the car was drunk and it was a done deal. It happened on the old stretch leading up to 150th St, not the stretch every one knows today.
with ya, Lee,..but actually the Hemi outlegged the Camaro on the big end. 
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GREAT story!!!! Wonder where those cars are at now???
Eugene Coard the last one living of THE MUTT BROS./RON LYLES CREW is a member here
Thanks for "building the school" and 
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What does it say on the side of the scoop?
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One of those guys is called Seymour Balz?
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One of those guys is called Seymour Balz?
If I remember correctly, that's Joe Oldham...went by "Seymour Balz" in the magazines though.
Joe Oldham wrote for Hi-Performance Cars Magazine plus other magazines put out by Martin L. Schorr's company and used his real name. Seymour Balz is the one who used a nom de plume (real name Pat Cunningham) and wrote for Hot Cars and other magazines published by publisher who whose name I forget.
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Fred. Ever heard of a gent who has now passed away by the name of Jimmy Connie. He was a lead foot for Heavy.
Lee I* was at Heavies when he had a fleet of pumkin Camaros and met many of the guys and could have but I don't remember him
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that was a cool read
A few more racers I remember
Peter Draggin
IP Freely
Ahh the good ole days
I remember Mike Oxuge amd Hugh Jorgan
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"Super John" McFadden
From Brooklyn, NY. McFadden, also known as "Big John", owned a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro which he had **** Harrell modify into an SS/AA legal racer. He raced Ronald Lyles of the Mutt Brothers in possibly the most famous street race to ever occur. This race was called the "Quarter Million Quarter Mile". He also raced in Pro Stock for Dick Harrell.
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One of those guys is called Seymour Balz?
If I remember correctly, that's Joe Oldham...went by "Seymour Balz" in the magazines though.
You "remember" incorrectly.
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i haven't heard that name in YEARS ! wasn't the head shot of seymore balz a guy with a pointy hat and "ed roth" style gotee ? he certainly had an amusing editorial style to say the least.
