[Fot] Ceilley Nomination

[David Ceilley]

I want to thank all of you also for being weekend warrior friends to my Dad and Mom. They really enjoyed the great atmosphere and especially nice folks involved in Vintage racing. I hope to be back soon with complete rebuilt engine in the 1971 black Spitfire that my brother Dan, father Ed and I raced together. We miss you Dad!

See you at the races!
Dave Ceilley

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From: danceilley at comcast.net
To: N197TR4 at cs.com, trmarty at hotmail.com, fot at autox.team.net
Cc: dwceilley at embarqmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:58:18 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: [Fot] Ceilley Nomination

Thanks so much Marty, Joe and everyone. Had it not been for vintage racing, my Dad, Mom, brother Dave and I would not have crossed paths with so many fine people, many of which are on this list. I had been on it before, but in changing my e-mail awhile back I lost touch.  We really enjoyed the camaraderie and look forward to staying involved. My Dad's '69 GT-6 was the car that we all started with back in 1991, and I look forward to doing a complete frame up restoration on it. I hope there's some GT-6 guys out there to offer some advice, I'll need it! The black '71 Spitfire was a car (with a unique history) that I purchased in 1996 and raced (with a lot of help from willing hands!) until my brother Dave and Dad partnered up with me and eventually purchased outright as demands of home and family prevailed. Dave will continue to race it, and my Mom and I plan to help out as crew members. 

Sorry to be long winded, but I wanted to share that and thank everyone who touched my father's life through the sport. He truly loved it and the people he met because of it. It's unfortunate that the vintage racing community has lost three people recently that I personally knew and felt exemplified the spirit of the sport: my Dad, Jack Drews and Mike Cammarata. I hope we can carry on in that same spirit.

Best Regards,
Dan Ceilley

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From: N197TR4 at cs.com
> FoT,
> 
> I thought Dan and Dave were on the list....or at least one of them.  Ed & 
> Yvonne Ceilley were an important part of the Triumph Vintage scene for a very 
> long time....beginning in about 1989 or 1990.  We traveled together for several 
> years.  Recently, I have been trying to think of a way to commemorate Ed's 
> memory. 
> 
> Uncle Jack & I were on are way to Florida when son Sean called me. Then it 
> all got away from me.  My apologies.
> 
> We will come up with something fitting in the near future.
> 
> Joe A.
> 
> 
> 
> > Ed Ceilley's sons Dan and Dave will be carrying on the Vintage Race program 
> > for Team Ceilley with Dan campaigning Ed's Black GT6 and Dave Campaigning 
> > Ed's Black Spitfire. They would like to be able to keep in touch with the 
> > Triumph family so I would like to nominate them both to the FOT fraternity. 
> Email 
> > addresses as follows.
> > Dan : danceilley at comcast.net
> > Dave: dwceilley at embarqmail.com
> > 
> > Can I get a second or two?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Marty Sukey
> > 
> > 
> 
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