All I can say is wow... what a loss...
At the 200mph club dinner...
I tried desperately to talk about John's passion for the sport and how he'd
carried that over to all of us out here on the east coast by creating the
ECTA... but I failed miserably to say how much he's given to the sport... how
he'd created the opportunity for all of us to test and tune and race our cars
with his shared passion...
I tried to talk about how the only thing we could do was go on... and race ...
and say good bye in our own way... but again I failed... I wanted to tell
them how John was with me as I went through the 5 mile marker and how I'd said
God Speed to John as I pulled the parachute... but the words just didn't come
out...
The one thing I did get right is my feelings for our attitude... I don't
think John would want us to be glum.... he'd want us to rejoice in the life he
had here on earth.... to know he was with his Lord... and to talk about the
happy times we've shared with him and to keep those memories in the forefront
as we deal with the loss...
John... I'm going to miss you... God Speed...
Keith Turk
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