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Bob, Thanks for the information and comments, well said. I certainly
found Ed to be a great resource when I started vintage racing 15
years ago. Our paths haven't crossed often in recent years. I was
disappointed when he didn't make it to Lake Texoma last fall for the
national meet. I hope the auto wreck that prevented his attendance
didn't contribute to his death. He had enough other health issues.<br>
- Larry<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/14/2017 10:37 AM, Bob Kramer via
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">FOT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">I’m
not on the FOT list so I do not know if this news has made
it to the community. I saw on on Facebook last night that Ed
Barnard passed away unexpectedly Monday night. I knew he had
a complicated medical situation but I don't know what
happened. He leaves behind a blended family including Willie
and Josh who we've met many times at the track and a bunch
of folks who relied on him for everything from tech advice
to restoring cars. He will be missed at the track and in the
Triumph community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">I
first met Ed via the South Central VTR Regionals. I was
still in the start up phase of the Hill Country Triumph
Club, and combining roles as club president and doing the
dot matrix printed RAGTOP monthly. I didn't know Ed at the
time as but all the clubs shared newsletters and Ed handled
the duties for the Red River Triumph Club. We had
occasionally communicated about the various events going on
around the state. I think he worked for Jeff Sloan’s British
Auto Specialists at the time and was still racing his
Spitfire. Anyway, in the RRTC newsletter, Ed had said some
disparaging things about TR7's and being a defender of all
things Triumph I called him to task for it. We were still a
very small club at the time. Austin was in the early stages
of massive growth and our younger demographics meant that we
had a number of members with TR7's and 8's. We met and
talked it out at the regional held in Houston and became
friends. He was mostly kidding about the TR7's. I'm sure
they grew on him over time as they have for pretty much
everyone else. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">I
really didn't get to know Ed until I started racing with
CVAR. He was always at TWS helping in a variety of ways. He
helped racers, helped the club and having an affinity for
Triumphs he migrated to the Triumph pits daily. I always
found it humorous, and I hope I don't offend anyone here,
that some guys loved the work that Ed did on their race
cars and some, rightfully or not, blamed him for the stuff
that went wrong. The same guys, in a different year, might
trade places and opinions about Ed's workmanship. The truth
is he was a great resource. It's racing, stuff breaks. It
isn't easy and you know what, if we are honest we know that
we screw stuff up all the time in racing. Move on and smile,
that's what Ed did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">As
the years went by I drove many a lap around TWS knowing that
Ed was on a corner cheering on the Triumphs. We are not pro
racers. Nobody is keeping stats. We race mostly for our own
satisfaction and maybe to earn a little respect inside our
clan. If you haven't ever raced you don't know the how it
feels to get a race car with competitors all around you.
Even after you've done it a hundred times the doubts and
nerves still creep in. You get a little sick to your
stomach; probably from influxes of anticipation driven
adrenaline. The whistle blows, we start the cars and during
the pace lap it all gets replaced with focus. We are
supposed to check out the flag stations on that lap but I
don't ever recall seeing Ed, but on the cool down lap there
he would be, clapping his hands in approval. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">That's
how I will remember Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob Kramer<o:p></o:p></p>
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