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Paul Aldrich has been unanimously voted in to become a member of the Racing History Preservation Group Board of Directors. His interest in vintage restoration goes back more than 50 years when he began collecting old speed equipment. He has worked on restoration projects that have included many 1930s-50s Packards, Cadillacs and Fords as well as the restoration of the famed Bannister Bros dragster (which he owns) and others from the 1950s. He played an initial role in the definitive New England drag racing and hot rod history book, “Cool Cars and Square Roll Bars.” He has participated with a ’32 flathead roadster at Bonneville and is on the committee for thee Ty-Rods old timers meets. Paul has a demonstrated affection for and knowledge of the history of early drag racing in New England.