Ed Reed Jr

Ed Reed Jr was one of the most consistent competitors in Speedbowl history. Winning races and challenging for championships in 3 different divisions during his career.

The son of 1978 Street Stock Champion Ed Reed, Junior started out in the Strictly Stock division. He scored his first win in 1991, then became the car to beat the following season with a division leading 5 wins. In an incredible turn of bad luck, Reed went into the last race 95 points ahead of Glenn Boss and seemingly won the final race to clinch the championship with Boss finishing 2nd in both the race and the point standings. Yet, Reed was disqualified in post-race inspection, stripping him of any points. It also propelled Boss to the win, which was worth 100 points, and in turn the championship by 5 points.

Reed would continue to win in the following years, including tying Allan Wohlstrom’s then-record 6 wins in a season in 1995. He then moved on to the Late Model division after 14 career wins in the Strictly Stocks.

Now driving Gordon Rodgers‘ #6x Late Model, Reed finished 5th in the point standings to earn Rookie of the Year honors. He then won the 1997 Late Model Championship with a 4-win season. He was the 2nd driver to join his father on the Speedbowl Champions List. Ed won 3 more times over the next couple of seasons, including a runner-up finish to the title in 1999.

Moving onto the SK Modifieds in 2000, Reed went winless but finished 3rd in points to earn another Rookie of the Year honor. He would win 5 races over the next 3 seasons and finish second to Dennis Gada each season, in 2002 by only 6 points. But in 2004, it all came together as Reed won 3 times and held off Gada to clinch the SK Modified Championship by season’s end. He was the first Speedbowl driver to win a championship in both the Late Model and SK Modified division.

A model of consistency and known for being great on equipment, Reed never finished worse than 3rd place in the points driving in both the Late Model and SK Modified divisions for Gordon Rodgers from 1997-2004. With Rodgers retiring after their SK Championship, Reed took a break from weekly competition.

But he returned in 2007 driving a team car to Larry Goss in the Late Model division. He would win 5 races in two seasons driving the ACT style cars. His last win at the Speedbowl came in 2013 in a Super X-Car, his 4th different division with a Speedbowl win.

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