Another good one gone

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pittsburghracer

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Lost another friend today that I’ve known for years. He ran both classes box and no box up till some health issues slowed him down some. My son Matt drove several of his cars and they were very close. He trusted Matt with his 8 second nova that ran 5.50’s in the 8th. He was a local tow truck company owner and often towed cars at the track or cars home for guys that broke their cars. When guy say he would give you the shirt off their back they were talking about Dave. They honored him with sportsman of the year at our banquet a few months ago. He will be missed by many.
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Awful sorry, John. He sounds like he was close to yall. My condolences.
 
Man, my heart breaks for you, my friend. Too many people dying these days. Prayers that you find comfort and peace with his loss.
 
Awful sorry, John. He sounds like he was close to yall. My condolences.


I waited till after my son got off work in Ohio to text him. I’m sure he already saw something on Facebook but I didn’t want to bring it up. He was really close to Dave and Dave treated him so well.
 
Wholly crap Matt just texted me and told me a very good friend of mine Tom Hemphill died while cutting grass today. Tom ran a machine shop 25 miles from me and has made billet B1 heads and did cnc work for many. If Koffels would have issues at Norwalk years ago Tom would go to Koffels shop and do machine work for them. We started racing together in the 1970’s

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Wholly crap Matt just texted me and told me a very good friend of mine Tom Hemphill died while cutting grass today. Tom ran a machine shop 25 miles from me and has made billet B1 heads and did cnc work for many. If Koffels would have issues at Norwalk years ago Tom would go to Koffels shop and do machine work for them. We started racing together in the 1970’s

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Dangit man. Nail yourself down. I'd kinda like to meet you one day.
 
We almost lost Bob, a friend that made this post a few years ago with Cancer. He fought a hard fight and beat it.
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My condolences for these losses John. It's always hard to take. Lost one of my best friends this past December, still can't believe he's no longer with us...
 
All the passings make me a bit sad.
I'm very thankful for all the racers on here and everywhere that share the passion and stories.
Life is simply short.
Make each day count.
God bless
 
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