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Originally Posted by hemicop

As I recall it was an article in Car Craft Magizine about NYC streetracing. I think the story was how Landy was in town for a race at NY Nat'l. and the streetrace had gone off near JFK Airport---can't remember who he was racing against, though but I vaguely remember something about Brooklyn Heavy possibly running him...

I don't think I've read that Car Craft article, but an event like that I'm sure would have been mentioned elsewhere too. Did the article mention that Dick himself raced one of his cars against someone near JFK? That would be pretty wild if that did occur. You hear of many pros in the league of Sox and Landy doing some street racing before they went pro, but never doing it while or after that (except for the NYC guys, of course ... seems it's in their blood), so it's interesting to hear of them "cutting loose" like that!

I'm not entirely sure where Heavy did most of his off-track racing, but if he was involved, and it was near JFK, it was most likely 150th/South Conduit. The Mutt Bros, Levi Holmes and I think Tab Talmadge raced there (the Mutt Bros raced there almost exclusively). Heavy knew those guys (Ronald Lyles & Levi even shoed some of Heavy's cars professionally) so it wouldn't be surprising.