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I saw Don race a few times, fun stuff. He knew how to "wheel" a car.
Regarding the former Harkness car, it was purchased by Rich Bolton and he r=
an it for around 2 years but wound up getting side-tracked with his kids ra=
cing karts and his 50-foot yawl(!) - when I last checked in NOV 21, the Har=
kness was in a barn in Northern VT waiting for a new owner.
I'm pretty sure it's still there as well as all the pieces to make it whole=
again.
c ya (at PVGP),Bob Lang
On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 10:44:09 AM EDT, Mike Jackson via Fot <fot@a=
utox.team.net> wrote: =20
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It is great to=C2=A0 know that his car will continue to be used and run!=C2=
=A0 So many others just disappear.=C2=A0 One of my best friends to this day=
, John Harkness, lived quite close to Mid-O ran a baby=C2=A0 blue TR3 to gr=
eat success.=C2=A0 He eventually sold his and we saw it entered in a race o=
r two and then never again.=C2=A0 So sad, that thing flew and we had many g=
reat races.=C2=A0 This is my 35th year with my TR3.=C2=A0 We can only hope =
that when its my time to retire that someone will get it and love it as doe=
s Henry with Dentinger's car.
=C2=A0
Say - does everyone know where the Beady Eye name comes=C2=A0 from?=C2=A0 B=
ill owned a stone masonry contracting company=C2=A0 and did work on many ic=
onic buildings in the Milwaukee area.=C2=A0 The name of the company was BDI=
- Bill Dentinger Inc
=C2=A0
Mike
=C2=A0
-----Original Message-----=C2=A0=C2=A0
From: yellow04
Sent: May 4, 2022 8:14 AM
To:
Subject: [Fot] RIP - Don Brick
=C2=A0
Responding to Brian McEldowney, the new owner of the Don Brick TR4, prompte=
d me to do a google search. I just realized we lost Don six weeks ago on Ma=
rch 27, 2022.
=C2=A0
The last of the original Beady Eye gang. Sad.
=C2=A0
While the stories of the shenanigans Bill, Bob and Don got into are the stu=
ff of legend, there is one story about Don I will never forget.
=C2=A0
More years ago that I care to admit, I am beginner racer who bought a derel=
ict TR4 racecar and was trying desperately to figure out how to prepare it =
so it would finish weekends, and more importantly trying to figure out the =
art and science of race craft. I show up at Grattan for the first time, and=
I am not sure I can say I was struggling, but the Beady Eye boys thought I=
needed a primer on the track. VSCDA had a practice of doing lunch time par=
ade laps at Grattan, so they cooked up the idea that I needed to get driven=
around the track by their resident hot shoe, Don Brick. Yes, Don was the f=
astest of the bunch.
=C2=A0
These parade laps were done in race cars, and the premise was the racers co=
uld put their family, friends, crew, etc. in the passenger seat to get a bi=
rds eye view of the track. No passing, just some leisurely laps. Apparently=
, Don didn=E2=80=99t get the memo... Don and I climb into his TR4, my memor=
y is telling me we had no fire suits or helmets, and proceed to the false g=
rid. We are waived onto the track, and Don nails it. We get decent speed fo=
r turn one, and Don is narrating. "This is where I usually have to brake, b=
ut since we are not at speed yet...", he brakes late, turns into 1 with tir=
es at full chat. We slide around turn one, and on the little straight headi=
ng for 2, we come up on the first car doing parade lap speed, Don just pass=
es them! At this point, Don is at racing speed, and he continues to narrate=
his way around the course passing everybody. As we round the corner for th=
e start/finish straight, the flagger is waiting for us, and no surprise to =
me Don gets black flagged. As we are going down the straight for turn 1, I =
tell Don I don't think we are supposed to be going full tilt, everybody els=
e is going much slower. Don was not deterred, he needed to show me his brak=
ing point for turn 1 at speed! We proceeded to do that second lap way too f=
ast, then Don dutifully pulled into pit lane and was directed to the black =
flag station where he was given the stern warning that lunchtime parade lap=
s were not to be driven at speed. Don's reply with a smile, "Oh, OK, I didn=
't know."
=C2=A0
Anybody else remember running with Don and watching his red wire wheels? Do=
n insisted on running that same set of red painted wire wheels. He claimed =
he finally got a set of wheels that didn't break spokes, so he just kept ru=
nning them. It was disconcerting to see Don in the seat sawing on the steer=
ing wheel, and you could see the hubs on the car moving with his motions, b=
ut the rim and tires couldn't keep up the hubs, you could almost see the sp=
okes stretching with every turn of the steering wheel!
=C2=A0
Farewell, my friend.
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<div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I saw Don race a few times, =
fun stuff. He knew how to "wheel" a car.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-set=
dir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">Regarding th=
e former Harkness car, it was purchased by Rich Bolton and he ran it for ar=
ound 2 years but wound up getting side-tracked with his kids racing karts a=
nd his 50-foot yawl(!) - when I last checked in NOV 21, the Harkness was in=
a barn in Northern VT waiting for a new owner.</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-=
setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false">I'm prett=
y sure it's still there as well as all the pieces to make it whole again.</=
div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-=
setdir=3D"false">c ya (at PVGP),</div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false=
">Bob Lang<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 10:44:09 AM EDT, Mike Jackso=
n via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr">It is great to k=
now that his car will continue to be used and run! So many others jus=
t disappear. One of my best friends to this day, John Harkness, lived=
quite close to Mid-O ran a baby blue TR3 to great success. He =
eventually sold his and we saw it entered in a race or two and then never a=
gain. So sad, that thing flew and we had many great races. This=
is my 35th year with my TR3. We can only hope that when its my time =
to retire that someone will get it and love it as does Henry with Dentinger=
's car.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Say - do=
es everyone know where the Beady Eye name comes from? Bill owne=
d a stone masonry contracting company and did work on many iconic bui=
ldings in the Milwaukee area. The name of the company was BDI - Bill =
Dentinger Inc<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Mi=
ke<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">-----Original=
Message----- <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: yellow04<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent: May 4, 2022 8:14 AM<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">To:<b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: [Fot] RIP - Don Brick<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Responding to Brian McEldowney, t=
he new owner of the Don Brick TR4, prompted me to do a google search. I jus=
t realized we lost Don six weeks ago on March 27, 2022.<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">The last of the original Beady Ey=
e gang. Sad.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Whi=
le the stories of the shenanigans Bill, Bob and Don got into are the stuff =
of legend, there is one story about Don I will never forget.<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">More years ago that I care to =
admit, I am beginner racer who bought a derelict TR4 racecar and was trying=
desperately to figure out how to prepare it so it would finish weekends, a=
nd more importantly trying to figure out the art and science of race craft.=
I show up at Grattan for the first time, and I am not sure I can say I was=
struggling, but the Beady Eye boys thought I needed a primer on the track.=
VSCDA had a practice of doing lunch time parade laps at Grattan, so they c=
ooked up the idea that I needed to get driven around the track by their res=
ident hot shoe, Don Brick. Yes, Don was the fastest of the bunch.<br></div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">These parade laps were do=
ne in race cars, and the premise was the racers could put their family, fri=
ends, crew, etc. in the passenger seat to get a birds eye view of the track=
. No passing, just some leisurely laps. Apparently, Don didn=E2=80=99t get =
the memo... Don and I climb into his TR4, my memory is telling me we had no=
fire suits or helmets, and proceed to the false grid. We are waived onto t=
he track, and Don nails it. We get decent speed for turn one, and Don is na=
rrating. "This is where I usually have to brake, but since we are not at sp=
eed yet...", he brakes late, turns into 1 with tires at full chat. We slide=
around turn one, and on the little straight heading for 2, we come up on t=
he first car doing parade lap speed, Don just passes them! At this point, D=
on is at racing speed, and he continues to narrate his way around the cours=
e passing everybody. As we round the corner for the start/finish straight, =
the flagger is waiting for us, and no surprise to me Don gets black flagged=
. As we are going down the straight for turn 1, I tell Don I don't think we=
are supposed to be going full tilt, everybody else is going much slower. D=
on was not deterred, he needed to show me his braking point for turn 1 at s=
peed! We proceeded to do that second lap way too fast, then Don dutifully p=
ulled into pit lane and was directed to the black flag station where he was=
given the stern warning that lunchtime parade laps were not to be driven a=
t speed. Don's reply with a smile, "Oh, OK, I didn't know."<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Anybody else remember running w=
ith Don and watching his red wire wheels? Don insisted on running that same=
set of red painted wire wheels. He claimed he finally got a set of wheels =
that didn't break spokes, so he just kept running them. It was disconcertin=
g to see Don in the seat sawing on the steering wheel, and you could see th=
e hubs on the car moving with his motions, but the rim and tires couldn't k=
eep up the hubs, you could almost see the spokes stretching with every turn=
of the steering wheel!<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Farewell, my friend.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">___________________=
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