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Car #: #11- 7
Driver (s) : George Ault
Location: Flemington
Date: 1975
Photographer: Ace Lane Jr.
Photo provided by: Amy Kennedy
Comments: Comment from Amy:  Last modified they built, the one he took the violent flip in that ended his career.
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02/06/07 3-Wide I was there that day and all these years I never realized that the car actually had a Chevette body on it.  I always thought the car had a little Mustang body.

George was a very good Sportsman runner and I thought was well on the way to a great career as a top modified driver.  His equipment always looked great too. Not sure what caused the wreck, and I'm not sure of the extent of his injuries, but I consider the #11-7, with "Snoopy" always nearby for the ride as one of my favorites.   (Don't see Snoopy on this car, but I remember he was always on George's white sportsman cars.)

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Above are the 2 shots that I took of the accident referred to in Amy's comments above.

02/06/07 Ned My wife and I were there that night. That was one of the scariest crashes
we ever saw. Not only were we thinking of George in the car, but the people in the first turn with an axle heading straight for them. I think Lee DeVault bought the Ebersole chassis after the crash. That car was very high in the air at times. It happened so quickly I never saw the actual cause of the crash.
02/07/07 Walter Onora Yes, I remember that flip. That accident ended a career with lots of potential. George was a very steady runner, especially in the highly competitive sportsman division.
02/08/07 Mark Yaple I worked with George during the ''73 & ''74 seasons before he moved up to the modified ranks in ''75. We had a great time during that time with George picking up three victories at Flemington with many top finishes at East Windsor as well. The 11-7 stands for his daughter Amy's birthday which is November 11th.
02/09/07 Paul Garzillo George was a strong runner and always had nice stuff. He was a fan favorite.

From what a recall from that day, George was really fast while leading his heat race and was wide open at the end of turn one. George threw it into a slide and lost the car. the car dug in and started barrel rolling and was probably hit by the pack of cars behind him. The accident was very violent because parts became airborne. Most noteable was the boomeranging rear bumper over our heads, and the tire/axel that hit the railing and rolled down the ramp. Thank God nobody was seriously injured. I believe a security guard broke his leg when hit by the rolling tire.

I agree Joe, I never knew this car was a pinto. I have a mustang body in my head.

Of the 100's of Flemington wrecks I saw, this one everyone remembers best.
02/09/07 David J. Rogie I remember being at East Windsor one Friday night as a child and George leading almost the entire modified feature only to run out of gas coming out of the 4th turn on the last lap. I too thought the car was a mustang.

David J. Rogie
02/09/07 Tony A. The Pinto bodied car pictured was built 2 weeks after the Mustang bodied car was totaled. It took 1 week to get the frame from Ebersole.

The first race on this car was East Windsor, a small wreck in the heat ended our night. Back to the shop, repaired, off to Flemington. First heat, George jumped the right rear wheel of Archie Myers and the rest you can see. If I remember correctly, 5 fans from the first turn went to the hospital, no serious injuries.
02/11/07 Tony A. I sure do remember that almost feature win at East Wiindsor. The car ran out of fuel because of the fuel tank. We tried to lighten up the car with some aluminum parts and fuel tank. The tank was around 48 gallons, and with baffles inside, the aluminum cracked, not the weld, on the lower right corner. The race was won by Glen Fitzcharles. After the race, we stopped in Jim's Diner on 130, it was full, then Terry Ebersole said, since you gave us the race, you can have our table. That was a good laugh. After that, no aluminum parts were on the car. That was before fuel cells were mandatory.

On another night at East Windsor, George flipped in the second turn. After he was released from the hospital near the track, I drove him to Lower Bucks Hospital. Practically carrying him in the emergency room, the nurse asked what happened to him, I said he hurt his back, she said how, he flipped, flipped how, he was running the outside, coming out of the 2nd turn he got a wheel, climbed the fenced and flipped. I had to explain all that before they admitted him.

While George was healing, Larry Michaels, from 3/4 midgets, and Larry Voss drove the car at Flemington

Thanks Tony A.
     
     
     

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