Ed Ortiz

Edward "Ed" Oritz (September 19, 1931 – April 16, 2020) was an American Modified racing driver. Equally adept on both dirt and asphalt surfaces, he raced from Canada to New Jersey, and is credited with 200 feature wins in a career that spanned five decades.

Racing career
Ed Ortiz and fifteen friends got into racing in 1954, building the original Ransomville Speedway on the property behind his father's car dealership. Four years later, the group raised sufficient funds to purchase their own land, and the current Ransomville Speedway was built at its present location. Ortiz won the track's championship in 1962.

Ortiz claimed additional track championships at Merrittville Speedway ON (1961), Canandaigua Speedway NY (1962, 1963), Lancaster Speedway NY (1966), and Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge NY (1971). He also found victory lane at Fonda Speedway NY, Old Bridge Stadium, NJ, Utica-Rome Speedway NY, and Victoria Speedway in Dunnsville NY.

Ed Ortiz was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 1999.