[Spridgets] Eric Jones passed away

Deikis, John G John.Deikis at va.gov
Tue Aug 26 10:30:32 MDT 2008


Ron:
I was waiting to go out for the Spridget 50th Anniversary race during
the Grattan weekend when Jack went off the end of the straight.  I
posted a notice to the list but don't know if it ever went through. I
never saw it. Flounder seems to have gotten the word out to a lot of
people though.
JohnD



-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Soave [mailto:soavero at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:20 PM
To: Spridget List; Deikis, John G
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Eric Jones passed away

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, Deikis, John G <John.Deikis at va.gov> wrote:
> A real loss for the hobby.

Amen to that. Eric was a true craftsman and a real gentleman. John, I'd
speak to Eric 4 or 5 times a year, and he'd invariably mention how much
he enjoyed rallying with you. Aside from the usual dealings and seeing
Eric at the DuPage show each year, I had the pleasure of going to his
beautiful farmlet a few years back, and don't think I'll ever forget all
the amazing stuff in the barns.

I don't think it ever was mentioned on this list, but last week we also
lost Jack Drews, another of the LBC giants. If you check the team.net
archives for the August 2008 FOT list, the stories of Jack could fill a
book. Between Eric and Jack, there's some serious LBC engineering going
on up there right about now.

Ron


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