Ed Flemke Jr. (born April 24, 1955) is an American professional

stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...

driver who competed in the

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. The Mod ...

, where he won seventeen races and earned sixteen pole positions from 1988 to 2013. He is the son of legendary driver

Ed Flemke Ed "Steady Eddie" Flemke was active as an American race car driver and builder from 1948 until his death in 1984. Although best known as a driver, he also built many race cars for himself and others, was a technical innovator, and was renowned a ...

, one of the most well known modified drivers of his era. Flemke Jr. owns and operates the chassis building company Race Works, which is based in

Berlin, Connecticut Berlin ( ) is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,175 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1785. The geographic center of ...

. In 2021, Flemke Jr. became the first and only known LGBTQ+ winner of a

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-sanctioned event when he married his long-time boyfriend, Christopher Barone-Flemke. Flemke Jr. has also in series such as the

SMART Modified Tour The Southern Modified Auto Racing Teams (SMART) Tour is a Modified stock car racing series racing in the Southeastern region of The United States. The series began in 1989, NASCAR took over the series in 2005. During its time as a NASCAR sancti ...

, the Tri-Track Open Modified Series, the IMSA GT Championship, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing.

Motorsports results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Modified Tour

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flemke Jr., Ed Living people NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Connecticut 1955 births SMART Modified Tour drivers