Keith
Words are never easy to come by when we loose someone close to us. What they
have meant to us and where they have taken us in a short period of time.
When John came to El Mirage several years ago to see what it would take to
put together the east coast landspeed venture many thought it would be
difficult to do.
This did not stop him, but drove him harder to make it happen. Over the
years John had many conversations with SCTA and achived his goal. John was a
true racer and a good friend. It was a sad day to know he would no longer be
with us.
As you said words are hard to come by and in our hearts we know that John
knows we admire him and will miss him. God Speed John Beckett
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <ECTALSR@yahoogroups.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:09 PM
Subject: John...
> 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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