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A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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05/16/11 09:10 PM
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Re: A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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taken in my yard last summer
Last edited by HEMIFRED; 05/17/11 01:46 PM.
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Re: A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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05/17/11 01:50 PM
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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.
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Re: A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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GO BUCKS !!!!!!!
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that was a cool read  A few more racers I remember Peter Draggin IP Freely Ahh the good ole days 
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Re: A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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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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Re: A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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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. Heavy had a son, known as "Heavy Jr." It appears Boyd spent about 25 years in jail supposedly for "tax troubles". He was arrested in the mid-'70s in the midst of a successful Pro Stock campaign, and I believe he was released in 2002.
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Re: A Little History, Brooklyn Street Racing
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Tab Talmadge
From Brooklyn, NY. Tab was a successful street racer, drug dealer and numbers runner. He was friends with the members of the Mutt Brothers and Long Island speed shop owner Barry Pittard. He purchased 'Dyno' Don Nicholson's 1965 Ford Mustang 427-ci SOHC 'Cammer' A/FX 4-speed car right after Don set a track record at Englishtown, NJ with the car. Tab was a real Ford man, apparently one hell of a driver in any Ford he drove and reportedly street racers would ask Tab to race their cars for them. Tab passed away in December of 2007.
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Great find.
