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Re: [Land-speed] No LSR---Frank Fiore

To: v4gr@rcn.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] No LSR---Frank Fiore
From: "Doug Anderson" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:20:34 +0000
Hi Rich,   wondering here... I know a Joe Fiore back east here...



Big-time into restoring 'vintage' open wheel race cars...  and darn good at 
it too.

  Let me sit in one of the old Parnelli Jones Silver Crown cars (circa 
1962-64)
    he had just finished restoring once upon a time at Lime Rock Park
       when I screwd up enough 'courage' to ask if I could.

     and I've got picture proof.  ;- )      Nice guy, that Joe.

  - his sister 'was' / is  scorer for the URC.   Can this be the same family 
?

     I'd be willing to bet it is...    Joe must be 65-67 now   sister prolly 
younger...


     It seems ever'day we lose more of'em...


      regards ,  Dirt Track Doug






From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Reply-To: Rich Fox <v4gr@rcn.com>
To: "landspeed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Land-speed] No LSR---Frank Fiore
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:53:32 -0700

Today I read in the paper that Frank Fiore had died. I doubt any one here
knows who he was, but when I went to work at the airline in '65 he was 
pointed
out to me right away. Frank was a lead mechanic at the Line Maintenance 
Facility
at SFO. And Frank had driven at Indy. For years after I went to work there
Frank continued to own and run an Indy car at the Indy 500. The really big
time. My shop steward had a 270 Offy powered sprinter he maintained for one 
of
the foreman. But Frank was part of the 500. I don't think just regular guys
still run in the 500.

He was a hero to a lot of us.  RF

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