Like others just getting this news, I am deeply saddened by Uncle
Jack's passing. He was a real "Gentleman Racer". My heartfelt
sympathies to Tony and the Drews family.
John Frymark
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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:28:16 -0700
> From: "Chuck Arnold" <triosan@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Jack's race
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> Thank's Bill. That was a very nice piece.
>
> Joe, I know the shock and loss will last a life time for you. I am
> sorry
> for that. Sorry too that I never met Jack, though we comuned often
> on this
> site. Still have a set of his axels too install this winter.
>
> Tony, my condolences to you and your family. Your dad will live on
> in the
> memories of many, many people. The tributes on this list speak to
> that.
>
> I have alws=ays told my wife that vintage racing is "safe", but
> should I die
> doing she will know I died happy.
>
> Love to you all.
>
> Chuck Arnold
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> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Bill Babcock <Billb@bnj.com> wrote:
>
>> I know everyone is still absorbing this sad news, it's hard to look
>> forward in times like this. This is the second good friend I've lost
>> to vehicle accidents this year. My best friend, Barney Li, died in a
>> motorcycle accident a few months ago. I can tell you that you simply
>> don't know what to feel when something this terrible happens. The
>> stunned part lasts a long time, and you might wonder if you have real
>> feelings at all. Life just seems to go on, and you look to other
>> things, wondering if you're some kind of unfeeling monster. But the
>> hole in your life is big, and slowly you begin to comprehend the
>> loss.
>> I miss my friend every day, and I'll miss Jack the same way. It took
>> me months to cry after my father died, and weeks after Barney. We'll
>> all cry for Jack in our own time.
>>
>> Looking forward helps. I suggest we call our race in Watkins Glen
>> "Uncle Jacks Race". I'm sure as we gather we'll all spend a lot of
>> time remembering this remarkable man. I can't think of a better way
>> to
>> honor him than to put his name on my car and race it hard. He
>> certainly did.
>>
>> It's terribly trite and no real comfort to say someone died doing
>> something they loved, but both of my friends did. Way too soon--it
>> would always be too soon. But it's a measure of the man that he was
>> still doing the things he loved, surrounded by people he loved being
>> with. If I could choose they way I'll go, that would be it.
>>
>> Bill
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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:47:26 -0700
> From: "David Talbott" <dtalbott@archrepro.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Jack Drews Died This Afternoon at Grattan
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> Oh, my. What a shock to return from a weekend away to this
> dreadful news.
>
> As I've been thinking of Uncle Jack this evening I keep recalling
> the line
> from The Wind in the Willows about there being nothing "half so much
> worth
> doing as simply messing about in boats." For Jack, it seemed, it
> was only a
> matter of replacing the "boats" with "cars," and he was indeed a happy
> camper.
>
> The attached photo was taken at Road Atlanta in 2005 shortly after the
> Kastner Cup festivities were complete, and several of our beloved
> Iowan's
> had put together a little presentation for Richard Taylor. I'm not
> sure
> why Uncle Jack seemed so intent on reading the sheet music, as it
> was quite
> apparent that he knew all the words by heart.
>
>
> I was born on a farm out in iowa
>
> A flaming youth I was bound I would fly away
>
> I packed my grip and I grabbed my saxophone
>
> Can't read notes, but I play anything by ear
>
> I made up tunes on the sounds that I used to hear
>
> When I'd start to play folks to say
>
> 'sounds a little goofus to me'
>
>
> Sure gonna miss him.
>
> DT
>
>
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> Subject: [Fot] Jack Drews Died This Afternoon at Grattan
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>> Friends of Triumphs
>>
>> Jack was my best friend for about 20 years.
>>
>> I feel as though I need to let folks know since I have this
>> information.
>>
>> Within the past couple of hours Jack went off of Turn 1 at Grattan.
>>
>> It is not yet known if there was a mechanical failure, driver
>> error, or
>> medical condition.
>>
>> More information will be available later.
>>
>> Joe & Jan Alexander
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