anorkist Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 just read an hour ago John lost his battle sad always enjoyed his interviews.sorry if in wrong place 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIQPilot Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Dang. Sad news for sure. I always thought he was a pretty good guy. Solid racer with a solid reputation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, anorkist said: just read an hour ago John lost his battle sad always enjoyed his interviews.sorry if in wrong place Aww shit....he fought his cancer hard....RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small-bore Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I had no idea he was sick. I was pretty surprised when I heard of him passing. He always gave great interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 minute ago, small-bore said: I had no idea he was sick. I was pretty surprised when I heard of him passing. He always gave great interviews. He'd been fighting colon cancer for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Darn. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 He really was a good cat.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 Really Momo...middle fingers in this thread too...goddamn you're a contemptible pos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 That's sad, he was a good guy.. Cheerios car he drove?? @Jimmy Snacks..right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: That's sad, he was a good guy.. Cheerios car he drove?? @Jimmy Snacks..right? Yes at one point. RIP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rigid1 said: That's sad, he was a good guy.. Cheerios car he drove?? @Jimmy Snacks..right? He drove the 43 for Petty Enterprises...not sure on the Cheerios car...Ahh ckf answered. Edited January 30, 2020 by Jimmy Snacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted January 30, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 30, 2020 He was a good dude. Cancer sucks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: He drove the 43 for Petty Enterprises...not sure on the Cheerios car...Ahh ckf answered. STP and Cheerios on the 43 when he drove for Petty. There may have been a few other General Mills products on it from time to time too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Rigid1 Posted January 31, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 31, 2020 24 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: He drove the 43 for Petty Enterprises...not sure on the Cheerios car...Ahh ckf answered. Good find, I can't believe I didn't remember him driving that Miller prototype!! That's my series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old indy Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 RIP John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: He drove the 43 for Petty Enterprises...not sure on the Cheerios car...Ahh ckf answered. Never knew he raced that many different types of cars- damn. How old was he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 4 hours ago, ford_428cj said: Never knew he raced that many different types of cars- damn. How old was he? He was a multi-discipline driver like his uncle, 56 years old. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted January 31, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) He was also the first driver to do The Indy 500/Coke 600 doubleheader in 1994. Edited January 31, 2020 by Jimmy Snacks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Mileage Psycho said: He was a multi-discipline driver like his uncle, 56 years old. RIP Too young ...RIP 5 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: He was also the first driver to do The Indy 500/Coke 600 doubleheader in 1994. Long day there. Miss when NASCAR was good. The 600 was cool how the track changed conditions when night came. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted January 31, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 31, 2020 28 minutes ago, ford_428cj said: Too young ...RIP way to young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 54 minutes ago, ford_428cj said: Too young ...RIP Long day there. Miss when NASCAR was good. The 600 was cool how the track changed conditions when night came. It still does. There aren't as many mechanical DNF's as there used to be in the 600 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 13 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Really Momo...middle fingers in this thread too...goddamn you're a contemptible pos. Momo has claimed to be a cancer survivor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_428cj Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, ckf said: It still does. There aren't as many mechanical DNF's as there used to be in the 600 though. True. Just not cool like it used to be. Cars of future - PC correct drivers etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, ford_428cj said: True. Just not cool like it used to be. Cars of future - PC correct drivers etc. Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 7, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2020 One final lap..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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