Brooklyn Heavy

**Salvatore** · #1 10-29-2003, 07:14 PM

Rufus Boyd alias Brooklyn Heavy was-is a famous street racer and drag racer. His first legal race car was a 66 or 67 chevelle. I saw him run many times at Cecil County and Englishtown. The 1968 camaro he owned did belong to The Grump. that is why it ran so good. He had many race cars and sponsored a few of his friends. Probably the most popular racer he sponsored was Carmen Rotonda. I don't know if he owned the Vega Pro Stocker or if Heavy did, but they ran it together. After that I think Boyd bought a Hemi Cuda or Challenger with Sox and Martin power. I even think Herb McCandless drove a super stock Hemi for Heavy. He actually was a nice person to talk to in the pits. Him and his people loved to bet on race cars, especially at Englishtown. These guys were fun to watch. I think Heavy went to jail for a while, and Rotonda moved to Florida. That was a good drag racing era. His cars were painted orange and I think the chevelle was called Heavy's Super Pumpkin. I probably have some pictures in my old Dragster papers with him in them. His cars ran good because he always had a lot of money! Sam

Stitch · #2 10-29-2003, 08:23 PM

Two of the cars were imported to England to run in Pro Stock , you can see a couple of period pics here.........

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co...rslammers.html

and here...........

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co...slammers4.html

Also a current pic here of the duster undergoing restoration in Sweden........

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co...allery_01.html

There are two tel #'s listed for a Rufus Boyd in Brooklyn..

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q="rufus+boyd"brooklyn&meta=

**Salvatore** · #3 10-29-2003, 10:43 PM

Hey Stitch Great pictures. Where is the Vega and Grumps old 1968 camaro? Thanks for sharing! Sam [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Norm reynolds · #4 10-30-2003, 02:25 AM

Brookln-Heavy used to race down at atco nj a lot found these old pictures dated dec of 72

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Norm reynolds · #5 10-30-2003, 02:33 AM

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Norm reynolds · #6 10-30-2003, 02:38 AM

another of Brookln Heavy This was the first time I saw a 16 spark plug Heim

**hvychev** · #7 10-30-2003, 02:55 AM

Cool Pics! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

That just sounds like a cool a$$ kicking name....Brooklyn Heavy! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Peter426 · #8 03-12-2009, 02:03 PM

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Brookln-Heavy used to race down at atco nj a lot found these old pictures dated dec of 72

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Presumably, Heavy's car is the ex-Rotonda's Speed Shop Duster.

Pete

Peter426 · #9 03-12-2009, 02:42 PM

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Rufus Boyd alias Brooklyn Heavy was-is a famous street racer and drag racer. His first legal race car was a 66 or 67 chevelle. I saw him run many times at Cecil County and Englishtown. The 1968 camaro he owned did belong to The Grump. that is why it ran so good. He had many race cars and sponsored a few of his friends. Probably the most popular racer he sponsored was Carmen Rotonda. I don't know if he owned the Vega Pro Stocker or if Heavy did, but they ran it together. After that I think Boyd bought a Hemi Cuda or Challenger with Sox and Martin power. I even think Herb McCandless drove a super stock Hemi for Heavy. He actually was a nice person to talk to in the pits. Him and his people loved to bet on race cars, especially at Englishtown. These guys were fun to watch. I think Heavy went to jail for a while, and Rotonda moved to Florida. That was a good drag racing era. His cars were painted orange and I think the chevelle was called Heavy's Super Pumpkin. I probably have some pictures in my old Dragster papers with him in them. His cars ran good because he always had a lot of money! Sam

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"That was a good drag racing era."

To me, it was the BEST era.

Is this the same car as in the above ad?

And speaking of Ron Lyles...

...and when you're talkin' about Heavy, Ron Lyles, and Levi Holmes, the discussion would not be complete without mentioning "Fast Earl" Mitchell. With a Booth-Arons big-block Chevy under the hood, his cars always ran mighty strong.

Pete

1970Bluel78 · #10 03-12-2009, 03:49 PM

For those that raced at E Town. Do you remember a guy named ( I think ) Henry Jackson. Ran a 66/67 Chevelle. Nicest sounding car ever.

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