[Fot] Another great passes away

[RACER BUD]

that's the era of guys that put the bug in me before i even knew what a road 
race was
Racer Bud
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EDWARD BARNARD" <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>
To: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:54 PM
Subject: [Fot] Another great passes away


> Listers:
> Found out today that Lloyd Ruby passed away last night. Although most 
> people
> wouldn't put him in their top three or top five drivers of all time, he 
> was
> still one of the great open wheelers. I had the pleasure of spending time 
> with
> him last year when he came to a show that I was showing my midget racer 
> at. He
> was a very down to earth country boy type person. An old time Texan that 
> loved
> to tell you his stories, if you took the time for the words to come out 
> (some
> people call it a drawl). I consider myself lucky to have met him while I
> could. He was one of the three great open wheelers we have/had in this 
> area.
>
> http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/mar/24/local-racing-legend-lloyd-rub
> y-dead-81/
>
> -Ed-
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