Top: Chalmitty B

Second: John Gallant Jr.

Top: Kustom Keepsakes

Second: John Gallant Sr.

Top Photo: Two things stand out most about Eddie San Soucie.  One is that he won the very first official Lebanon Valley sportsman feature on May 2^nd, 1987, in this car.  To draw extra interest in the newly formed class, Howie upped the purse that night to $1,000 to win.  The purse was originally based on car count, with the winners share topping off at $500, and with car counts continually in the 50’s and 60’s, the purse eventually was set at $500, the current payout, to my knowledge.

The 2^nd thing Eddie San Soucie will be remembered for is the flip he executed when he was competing in the Modified division.  At the start of a heat in 1984, Eddie caught a wheel and cart wheeled into the area separating the race track from the grandstands, finally coming to a rest vertically along the catch fence.  Eddie was OK, the fans were saved, but the same couldn’t be said for Eddie’s machine.  

Second Photo: Eddie Piloting this #66 back when He was a Fonda regular.

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