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Re: [Fot] Ray Freiwald, Rest in Peace

To: FOT Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>, John Hornbostel <bentleyblvd@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Ray Freiwald, Rest in Peace
From: Ken Suhre via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:38:40 +0000 (UTC)
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 Ray was in charge of the VSCDA Drivers School when I took my first vintage=
 racing laps at Blackhawk Farms in 1993. I felt welcome immediately. Ray wa=
s a precision driver, one you could trust to be fun racing. Rest in Peace d=
ear Ray.
Ken Suhre
    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 06:39:25 PM CDT, John Hornbostel via =
Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote: =20
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 Dear FOT,=C2=A0 =C2=A0 For many of us who have raced vintage sports cars i=
n the Midwest, you will likely have fond memories of Ray Freiwald making go=
od use of the track in his P1800. Ray (84 yrs old) recently passed away, sh=
ortly after returning home from one of his infamous vigorous bicycle rides =
in the countryside around Janesville, WI.=C2=A0=C2=A0

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I believe Ray had seat time in a vintage race car for nearly =
60 yrs. He was a man with a big heart and shared his mechanical expertise a=
nd wisdom of life with so many us, regardless of what you were racing. His =
shop, Foreign Auto Specialists, helped keep 100's of wonderful vintage cars=
 in operation around the Midwest.=C2=A0 In 1986, he was the driving instruc=
tor for my introduction to racing via SCCA in my Dodge Omni GLH. He then he=
lped me locate my first Triumph TR3a to set up for vintage racing. The memo=
ries and cars continued for many years...
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 If there is a vintage sports car race scheduled soon in heave=
n, Ray is surely on the grid!

Rest in Peace, my friend.John Hornbostel___________________________________=
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dana, helvetica, sans-serif">Ray was in charge of the VSCDA Drivers School =
when I took my first vintage racing laps at Blackhawk Farms in 1993. I felt=
 welcome immediately. Ray was a precision driver, one you could trust to be=
 fun racing. Rest in Peace dear Ray.</font></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setd=
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                    On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 06:39:25 PM CDT, John=
 Hornbostel via Fot &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
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                <div><div id=3D"ydp74afe87eyiv2604569267"><div><div style=
=3D"font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px=
;" class=3D"ydp74afe87eyiv2604569267yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dear=
 FOT,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; For many of us who have raced vin=
tage sports cars in the Midwest, you will likely have fond memories of Ray =
Freiwald making good use of the track in his P1800. Ray (84 yrs old) recent=
ly passed away, shortly after returning home from one of his infamous vigor=
ous bicycle rides in the countryside around Janesville, WI.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; I believe R=
ay had seat time in a vintage race car for nearly 60 yrs. He was a man with=
 a big heart and shared his mechanical expertise and wisdom of life with so=
 many us, regardless of what you were racing. His shop, Foreign Auto Specia=
lists, helped keep 100's of wonderful vintage cars in operation around the =
Midwest.&nbsp; In 1986, he was the driving instructor for my introduction t=
o racing via SCCA in my Dodge Omni GLH. He then helped me locate my first T=
riumph TR3a to set up for vintage racing. The memories and cars continued f=
or many years...</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &n=
bsp; If there is a vintage sports car race scheduled soon in heaven, Ray is=
 surely on the grid!<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">R=
est in Peace, my friend.</div><div dir=3D"ltr">John Hornbostel</div></div><=
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