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Bill did a calendar with the Beady Eye Racer on it probably after Mid=0A=
Ohio 92 . It still hangs in my office and I think about him often =0A=0A=
=09-----------------------------------------From: "yellow04 via Fot" =0A=
To: fot@autox.team.net=0ACc: =0ASent: Tuesday January 19 2021 12:04:08PM=
=0ASubject: Re: [Fot] Bill Dentinger=0A=0A Bill meant a lot of things to=
a lot of people. One thing for sure, if=0A you had the pleasure to meet=
Bill, you certainly did not forget him.=0AI=0A have many fond memories,=
like sitting on the grid as some event in=0Athe=0A broiling heat waitin=
g our turn to take the track and hearing Bill, at=0A the top of his lung=
s, singing some completely inappropriate song to=0Ano=0A one in particul=
ar. Or at a huge SVRA event, hundred of drivers are=0A intently listenin=
g to Jack Woehrle or Carl Jensen trying to get=0Athrough=0A a drivers me=
eting and Bill would just heckle the crap out of them.=0ANot=0A privatel=
y, mind you, but in a voice that everybody in the county=0Awould=0A hear=
. And it was hysterical.=0A=0A Bill was a racer at heart. The number of=
events that the Beady Eye=0A Vintage Triumph Racing team ran annually w=
as impressive. Remember=0ABill=0A had Old Blue, Bob Wismer had the #4 bl=
ue TR4 (now campaigned by Paul=0A Ricco), and between them they co-owned=
the Thunderbolt, an extremely=0A limited production special from Tornad=
o Cars, based on the TR3. They=0A would trade off season to season drivi=
ng the Thunderbolt and their=0A respective TR. There was no expense spar=
ed on the preparation of=0Aeither=0A his or Bob's cars. Any discussion o=
f the Beady Eye team is incomplete=0A without mentioning Don Brick, the=
third member of the team. Don raced=0Aa=0A white TR4 with red wire whee=
ls, and might have been the speediest of=0Athe=0A group, I believe the l=
ast year he ran was 2005.=0A=0A Bill was quite proud of the fact that Ol=
d Blue, a 1956 TR3, was the=0Amost=0A period correct vintage racer on tr=
ack in the country. While I never=0A researched it, nobody who heard the=
story doubted it. The amount of=0A Triumph Competition Department equip=
ment in the car was impressive. A=0A race car since new, Bill was only t=
he second racer to track the car.=0A=0A At some point over the course ou=
r friendship I must have mentioned to=0A Bill how much I liked Old Blue,=
and would like to own the car when he=0Ais=0A ready to hang up the helm=
et for the last time. (I am confident=0Aalcohol=0A was involved in this=
conversation!) This turned into Bill selling the=0A car to me back in 2=
014. My trip to Wisconsin to pick up the car and=0A spares was both deli=
ghtful and melancholy, you knew it was the end of=0Aan=0A era. But Bill=
had high hopes I would keep the flame alive. My intent=0Awas=0A to keep=
the car as period correct as possible, but make it safe and=0Afun.=0A I=
think I have struck a good compromise, some of those Competition=0A Dep=
artment goodies have made way for more suitable replacements, but=0Afor=
=0A the most part the car remains remarkably period correct.=0A=0A Every=
time I had a race weekend with the car I would email Bill and=0Atell=0A=
him how things went. We exchanged mail and it was obvious he was=0A gen=
uinely excited to see Old Blue still on track, doing better and=0A bette=
r. It all came together at the Jefferson 500 at Summit Point in=0A 2019,=
it was one of those weekends we all dream of. Picture perfect=0A weathe=
r, and you get grouped with a bunch of racers that are great=0A competit=
ion and you are running with fast guys up front. Then the=0Astars=0A ali=
gn and you take first in both feature races. I strung together=0Asome=0A=
in-car footage from three sessions that weekend and sent it to Bill.=0A=
He=0A and his son Dick watched it on the "Big Screen", I got the impress=
ion=0Ahe=0A was as excited as I was!=0A=0A In memory of Bill, I am shari=
ng a view that he enjoyed for years,=0A looking over the bonnet of Old B=
lue. You will be missed, my friend...=0A=0Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch=
?v=3D-bCcXLlOR-k=0A />=0A Henry Frye=0A ________________________________=
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<html><body>Bill did a calendar with the Beady Eye Racer on it probably=
after Mid Ohio 92 . It still hangs in my office and I think about him o=
ften <br><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div><p>----------=
-------------------------------</p>From: "yellow04 via Fot" <fot@autox.t=
eam.net><br>To: fot@autox.team.net<br>Cc: <br>Sent: Tuesday January 19 2=
021 12:04:08PM<br>Subject: Re: [Fot] Bill Dentinger<br><br>=0ABill meant=
a lot of things to a lot of people. One thing for sure,=0Aif<br>=0Ayou=
had the pleasure to meet Bill, you certainly did not forget=0Ahim. I<br=
>=0Ahave many fond memories, like sitting on the grid as some event in=
=0Athe<br>=0Abroiling heat waiting our turn to take the track and hearin=
g Bill,=0Aat<br>=0Athe top of his lungs, singing some completely inappro=
priate song to=0Ano<br>=0Aone in particular. Or at a huge SVRA event, hu=
ndred of drivers=0Aare<br>=0Aintently listening to Jack Woehrle or Carl=
Jensen trying to get=0Athrough<br>=0Aa drivers meeting and Bill would j=
ust heckle the crap out of them.=0ANot<br>=0Aprivately, mind you, but in=
a voice that everybody in the county=0Awould<br>=0Ahear. And it was hys=
terical.<br><br>=0ABill was a racer at heart. The number of events that=
the Beady=0AEye<br>=0AVintage Triumph Racing team ran annually was impr=
essive. Remember=0ABill<br>=0Ahad Old Blue, Bob Wismer had the #4 blue T=
R4 (now campaigned by=0APaul<br>=0ARicco), and between them they co-owne=
d the Thunderbolt, an=0Aextremely<br>=0Alimited production special from=
Tornado Cars, based on the TR3.=0AThey<br>=0Awould trade off season to=
season driving the Thunderbolt and=0Atheir<br>=0Arespective TR. There w=
as no expense spared on the preparation of=0Aeither<br>=0Ahis or Bob's c=
ars. Any discussion of the Beady Eye team is=0Aincomplete<br>=0Awithout=
mentioning Don Brick, the third member of the team. Don=0Araced a<br>=
=0Awhite TR4 with red wire wheels, and might have been the speediest=0Ao=
f the<br>=0Agroup, I believe the last year he ran was 2005.<br><br>=0ABi=
ll was quite proud of the fact that Old Blue, a 1956 TR3, was the=0Amost=
<br>=0Aperiod correct vintage racer on track in the country. While I=0An=
ever<br>=0Aresearched it, nobody who heard the story doubted it. The amo=
unt=0Aof<br>=0ATriumph Competition Department equipment in the car was i=
mpressive.=0AA<br>=0Arace car since new, Bill was only the second racer=
to track the=0Acar.<br><br>=0AAt some point over the course our friends=
hip I must have mentioned=0Ato<br>=0ABill how much I liked Old Blue, and=
would like to own the car when=0Ahe is<br>=0Aready to hang up the helme=
t for the last time. (I am confident=0Aalcohol<br>=0Awas involved in thi=
s conversation!) This turned into Bill selling=0Athe<br>=0Acar to me bac=
k in 2014. My trip to Wisconsin to pick up the car=0Aand<br>=0Aspares wa=
s both delightful and melancholy, you knew it was the end=0Aof an<br>=0A=
era. But Bill had high hopes I would keep the flame alive. My=0Aintent w=
as<br>=0Ato keep the car as period correct as possible, but make it safe=
and=0Afun.<br>=0AI think I have struck a good compromise, some of those=
=0ACompetition<br>=0ADepartment goodies have made way for more suitable=
replacements,=0Abut for<br>=0Athe most part the car remains remarkably=
period correct.<br><br>=0AEvery time I had a race weekend with the car=
I would email Bill and=0Atell<br>=0Ahim how things went. We exchanged m=
ail and it was obvious he=0Awas<br>=0Agenuinely excited to see Old Blue=
still on track, doing better=0Aand<br>=0Abetter. It all came together a=
t the Jefferson 500 at Summit Point=0Ain<br>=0A2019, it was one of those=
weekends we all dream of. Picture=0Aperfect<br>=0Aweather, and you get=
grouped with a bunch of racers that are=0Agreat<br>=0Acompetition and y=
ou are running with fast guys up front. Then the=0Astars<br>=0Aalign and=
you take first in both feature races. I strung together=0Asome<br>=0Ain=
-car footage from three sessions that weekend and sent it to=0ABill. He<=
br>=0Aand his son Dick watched it on the "Big Screen", I got the=0Aimpre=
ssion he<br>=0Awas as excited as I was!<br><br>=0AIn memory of Bill, I a=
m sharing a view that he enjoyed for=0Ayears,<br>=0Alooking over the bon=
net of Old Blue. You will be missed, my=0Afriend...<br><br><a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-bCcXLlOR-k%3Cbr">https://www.youtube.co=
m/watch?v=3D-bCcXLlOR-k<br>=0A/><br>=0AHenry Frye<br>=0A_____________=
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