Those under 30-35 yrs and not into speedway, may not have heard of this guy, so I'll try to explain.
Every year at the speedway the yanks would come to Aus. with their 4 car team, big Corvettes / camaros or what ever was the gun yank car at the time, painted up like old glory, to do battle with the local Aussie stars racing in things from minis, toranas, monaros etc.... Most years the team members would change but, without fail, there was one bloke that was always there, the captain, Big Ed Wilbour.
I heard that Big Ed was a pretty good racer in his time probably 20-30 years prior to my time as a spectator at the Ekka grounds. Now I think I saw Ed win one heat ever and out of a 4 car sprint,2 yank - 2 Aus. he'd be 3rd or 4th consistantly.
His strong point was that he was the captain always and he was the original loud mouth yank showman and villan. He could work the crowd, and get the Aussie drivers pi55ed off. He couldn't drive a greasy stick up you know what.....
Roll the clock forward to 2007. V8 supercars, there is a 4 car team, the main driver and captain has been around for donkeys years, had some pretty good success in the past and despite having the best car in the best team is consistantly being out performed by his team mates. He also is a showman and a villan, he can work the crowd and knows how to get the Ford drivers pi55ed off too.
Its only a matter of time before he too won't be able to drive a greasy stick up you know what!
His fans call him Skafiey, but I'll be calling him Big Ed.
Every year at the speedway the yanks would come to Aus. with their 4 car team, big Corvettes / camaros or what ever was the gun yank car at the time, painted up like old glory, to do battle with the local Aussie stars racing in things from minis, toranas, monaros etc.... Most years the team members would change but, without fail, there was one bloke that was always there, the captain, Big Ed Wilbour.
I heard that Big Ed was a pretty good racer in his time probably 20-30 years prior to my time as a spectator at the Ekka grounds. Now I think I saw Ed win one heat ever and out of a 4 car sprint,2 yank - 2 Aus. he'd be 3rd or 4th consistantly.
His strong point was that he was the captain always and he was the original loud mouth yank showman and villan. He could work the crowd, and get the Aussie drivers pi55ed off. He couldn't drive a greasy stick up you know what.....
Roll the clock forward to 2007. V8 supercars, there is a 4 car team, the main driver and captain has been around for donkeys years, had some pretty good success in the past and despite having the best car in the best team is consistantly being out performed by his team mates. He also is a showman and a villan, he can work the crowd and knows how to get the Ford drivers pi55ed off too.
Its only a matter of time before he too won't be able to drive a greasy stick up you know what!
His fans call him Skafiey, but I'll be calling him Big Ed.