The '80s race legend speaks on his return to the track.
November 20, 2009, 2:35 PM
By: Pat Nugent
Eddy King, circa 1980.
Honestly, I was 3 years old when Eddy King put down his BMX bike to pursue a career in real estate. I think that the only time I had ever even heard his name was when someone was talking about the King brothers (Mike and Eddy), because I knew who his brother Mike King was. Just recently I heard that Eddy was teaming up with Free Agent and Stay Strong Apparel to run Stay Strong colors at the ABA grands and 2010 season. Thanks to the ease of social networking sites, I tracked down Eddy and fired a few questions over to him about the past and present, and how he hooked up with Stephen Murray, Dale Holmes and the Stay Strong campaign.
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