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[Bob Riebe]

And now, West Coast super modified racer Howard Kaeding has passed away.

http://www.wagtimes....ardkaeding.html

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by Bob Riebe, 07 February 2025 - 23:37.

[GMiranda]

The renowned Austrian journalist Helmut Zwickl passed away.

[Parkesi]

VERY sad news but happy memories:

He was forever helpful and even provided me with a press accreditation for his "Ennstal Classic"/Austria in 2008.

In parallel there was the yearly gathering of "Club Internationale des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1"

As a future amateur scribe I was able to interview all the old heroes: Piper/Vaccarella/Galli/Wisell/Westbury/Mass/Herrmann. 

Maybe Helmut Zwickl did remember how he started, together with Heinz Prüller, as highly motivated nobodies in the sixties.

One of the greats in German-speaking motorsports literature - R.I.P.   

[Alan Lewis]

An inspiration to all late developers; ARCA racer Benny Chastain, who did not start racing until the age of 55, has passed away at 82...

https://en.wikipedia.../Benny_Chastain

Edited by Alan Lewis, 12 February 2025 - 09:58.

[ReWind]

Thanks, Alan, for spotting this.
The Wikipedia article has the wrong place of birth, though.
He lived in Florida, but he was born in Alabama, as his obituary tells us.

[Alan Lewis]

Thanks, Alan, for spotting this.
The Wikipedia article has the wrong place of birth, though.
He lived in Florida, but he was born in Alabama, as his obituary tells us.

Thanks, I've left a message on the article talk page asking if that correction can be made - I'm just a browser rather than an editor.

[Lemnpiper]

Re post 1031 

 

 

   The visitation for Joe Kelly will be at the West Chapel of the Bennet Funeral Home  at 11020 West broad Street in Glen Allen va  on Weds  Feb 26 2025 (on what would have been  Joe's 89th Birthday) at  5pm with a Mass at 6 pm .

 

 

 

 

 

    Paul

[ReWind]

From the "Speed's ultimate price" thread:

Just heard that Bill Price... synonymous with the BMC / BL Competitions Department in the 1960s and 70s... passed away yesterday.

Bill was involved in the department throughout most of its existence. He was Deputy BMC Competitions Manager throughout the 1960s, Manager of Leyland ST in the 1970s and finally BL's Competitions Manager in the early 1980s.

He also wrote a book The BMC/BL Competitions Department - Bill Price 1998 edition - rare book Mini | eBay  chronicling the history and achievements in those years.

I think it better fits here.

 

[Nanni Dietrich]

Movie star Gene Hackman who passed away on 26 February 2025, at age 95, enjoyed a brief racing career, competing at Sebring, Daytona and Riverside in the mid-1980s.

[Richard Jenkins]

Movie star Gene Hackman who passed away on 26 February 2025, at age 95, enjoyed a brief racing career, competing at Sebring, Daytona and Riverside in the mid-1980s.

I'd be careful with that date. Latest is he was dead for anything between 25th February and two weeks before in what is turning out to be a real mystery.
Tremendous shame, great actor.

[marksixman]

Tremendous shame, great actor.

"French Connection" - legend. A great shame.

 

RIP Gene and Betsy.

[Alan Lewis]

Young Frankenstein. Probably the greatest film ever made in any genre.

[10kDA]

Tremendous shame, great actor.

RIP Gene and Betsy

 

Gene Hackman stole every movie in which he appeared. High star-power castmates didn't have much of a chance. Even if the rest of a movie was so-so, his performance always saved it.

 

Bonnie And Clyde

 

The Domino Principle

 

Night Moves

 

 

[Jim Thurman]

Movie star Gene Hackman who passed away on 26 February 2025, at age 95, enjoyed a brief racing career, competing at Sebring, Daytona and Riverside in the mid-1980s.

I'd be careful with that date. Latest is he was dead for anything between 25th February and two weeks before in what is turning out to be a real mystery.
Tremendous shame, great actor.

Yes, this is much like the situations with Mario Rossi, Ed Hessert and Bob Pronger, where a fixed date isn't possible. 

[Alan Lewis]

Sprint car ace and (twice) Indy 500 seventh place finisher Lee Kunzman has died at the age of 80...

https://en.wikipedia...iki/Lee_Kunzman

[Bob Riebe]

                                                       https://www.usacracing.com/news/lee-kunzman-passes-away

 

 

 

 

Edited by Bob Riebe, 02 March 2025 - 00:59.

[Alan Lewis]

Bernie Fedderly, long-time crew chief for John Force, has died at the age of 83...

https://www.nhra.com...ust-passes-away

[ensign14]

Occasional IRL driver and recent GT entrant, Shigeaki Hattori...

[ReWind]

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[Tim Murray]

I hadn’t caught up with Mike Nicholson’s death. He gave a hilarious talk to my motor club a few years ago with some wonderful stories about navigating for great names such as Pat Ryan, Tony Pond and Pentti Airikkala (including imitating them to perfection). One example:

Very angry policeman to Pentti, having stopped them for speeding on the M1 trying to make up road time after delays on one RAC Rally: “Why were you doing 120 mph on my motorway!!!!”

Pentti, with a beatific smile on his face: “Well, it wouldn’t go any faster.”

RIP Mike.

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