Edmunds changed the nose on his first
Kurtis midget car from Kurtis' design to his own. Indy car builder
Eddie Kuzma hired Edmunds to fix the dent in
Jimmy Bryan’s car after the driver kicked the car. Edmunds had his first start at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957. He won the 1957
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after finishing nineteenth over
Bill Cheesbourg,
Elmer George,
Mike Magill, and
Eddie Sachs. Edmunds' Indy career ended with a serious practice accident at the Speedway in 1958. Edmunds founded Autoresearch, Inc. in
Anaheim, California, which specialized in building midget cars and
sprint cars. He created the blueprints and did most of the fabrication work on the original
Bill Thomas Cheetah prototype sports car racer. His chassis won several National Midget Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He became a collector and restorer of old race cars. Edmunds built
Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Sky cycle. ==Career awards==