Wester;
So sorry to read of this loss to the race community. Reading the SL Trib I
missed it. The Provo Daily Herald has more obit info.
http://www.legacy.com/heraldextra/LegacyHome.asp
simply type in Allen R Strasburg. He was always there ,towing Son Mikes, Top
Fuel Dragster at nearby NHRA events. God Speed Sir
Tom Shannon
Magna, Utah
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Reply-To: Wester Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 09:22:23 -0600
>Obituary notice for Allen Strasburg was in the Deseret Morning News on
>Sunday. Allen was the father of four 2 Club members. They put "Big
>Al" in one of Terry Nish's liners to try to make him the fifth 2 Club
>member in the family. Even though he lost fifty pounds he was still
>too large a guy to handle things comfortably and they aborted the
>attempts. The Strasburgs run a very busy machine shop where they
>rebuild engines. They have helped many racers because they were less
>than three hours from the salt.
>
>This is a personal thing for me in another way. I have known Allen
>since I was three. We lived four blocks from their family home. As
>kids we played at the Powell home, the Smuin's, the Stewart's, all in
>the block next to the Strasburgs. We went to the same church, a block
>from his home. He was one of the "big" kids just older than my circle
>of friends and we always watched that group. Allen came home alive
>from WW II ... Glen Powell, a cousin of mine and one of his
>contemporaries who lived half way between our homes, didn't. Four of
>the five Schow boys who lived across the street from Glen were also in
>that war. I remember the joy when they all came home alive. As you
>can tell that obituary brought back a lot of memories for me.
>
>Allen was one of the founding members of the Utah Salt Flats Racing
>Association. The family was a big part of the early years of the
>organization. It's fitting that the viewing is at the Olpin Mortuary
>in Pleasant Grove. Dee Olpin was a car guy too.
>
>Wes
>
>
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