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Don, Bob and Bill exemplified the spirit of vintage racing to the Nth degr=
ee. I sure had fun dicing with them on the race courses and joining in thei=
r paddock parties. Don always brought the best Wisconsin cheeses. I'd love =
to see all three cars back on the track at the same time. Every one who kno=
ws me knows I was pestering them in my Morris Mini most of the time.
Ken Suhre
On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 07:23:51 AM CDT, Joe Alexander via Fot <fot@=
autox.team.net> wrote: =20
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We shall be honoring Don, Bob, and Bill at the Black Hawk Classic in June.
All Triumph Race planned.
Joe Alexander
4505 Donald Dr
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
The-vintage-racer.com
Gasketinnovations.com
Cell:=C2=A0 319.464.4711
> On May 4, 2022, at 7:13 AM, yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFResponding to Brian McEldowney, the new owner of the Don Brick T=
R4, prompted me to do a google search. I just realized we lost Don six week=
s ago on March 27, 2022.
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> The last of the original Beady Eye gang. Sad.
>=20
> While the stories of the shenanigans Bill, Bob and Don got into are the s=
tuff of legend, there is one story about Don I will never forget.
>=20
> More years ago that I care to admit, I am beginner racer who bought a der=
elict TR4 racecar and was trying desperately to figure out how to prepare i=
t so it would finish weekends, and more importantly trying to figure out th=
e art and science of race craft. I show up at Grattan for the first time, a=
nd I am not sure I can say I was struggling, but the Beady Eye boys thought=
I needed a primer on the track. VSCDA had a practice of doing lunch time p=
arade laps at Grattan, so they cooked up the idea that I needed to get driv=
en around the track by their resident hot shoe, Don Brick. Yes, Don was the=
fastest of the bunch.
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> These parade laps were done in race cars, and the premise was the racers =
could put their family, friends, crew, etc. in the passenger seat to get a =
birds eye view of the track. No passing, just some leisurely laps. Apparent=
ly, Don didn=E2=80=99t get the memo... Don and I climb into his TR4, my mem=
ory is telling me we had no fire suits or helmets, and proceed to the false=
grid. We are waived onto the track, and Don nails it. We get decent speed =
for turn one, and Don is narrating. "This is where I usually have to brake,=
but since we are not at speed yet...", he brakes late, turns into 1 with t=
ires at full chat. We slide around turn one, and on the little straight hea=
ding for 2, we come up on the first car doing parade lap speed, Don just pa=
sses them! At this point, Don is at racing speed, and he continues to narra=
te his way around the course passing everybody. As we round the corner for =
the start/finish straight, the flagger is waiting for us, and no surprise t=
o me Don gets black flagged. As we are going down the straight for turn 1, =
I tell Don I don't think we are supposed to be going full tilt, everybody e=
lse is going much slower. Don was not deterred, he needed to show me his br=
aking point for turn 1 at speed! We proceeded to do that second lap way too=
fast, then Don dutifully pulled into pit lane and was directed to the blac=
k flag station where he was given the stern warning that lunchtime parade l=
aps were not to be driven at speed. Don's reply with a smile, "Oh, OK, I di=
dn't know."
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> Anybody else remember running with Don and watching his red wire wheels? =
Don insisted on running that same set of red painted wire wheels. He claime=
d he finally got a set of wheels that didn't break spokes, so he just kept =
running them. It was disconcerting to see Don in the seat sawing on the ste=
ering wheel, and you could see the hubs on the car moving with his motions,=
but the rim and tires couldn't keep up the hubs, you could almost see the =
spokes stretching with every turn of the steering wheel!
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> Farewell, my friend.
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Fot <<a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; rel=3D"nofollo=
w" target=3D"_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear=3D"none">&g=
t; <br clear=3D"none">> =EF=BB=BFResponding to Brian McEldowney, the new=
owner of the Don Brick TR4, prompted me to do a google search. I just real=
ized we lost Don six weeks ago on March 27, 2022.<br clear=3D"none">> <b=
r clear=3D"none">> The last of the original Beady Eye gang. Sad.<br clea=
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s Bill, Bob and Don got into are the stuff of legend, there is one story ab=
out Don I will never forget.<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">>=
More years ago that I care to admit, I am beginner racer who bought a dere=
lict TR4 racecar and was trying desperately to figure out how to prepare it=
so it would finish weekends, and more importantly trying to figure out the=
art and science of race craft. I show up at Grattan for the first time, an=
d I am not sure I can say I was struggling, but the Beady Eye boys thought =
I needed a primer on the track. VSCDA had a practice of doing lunch time pa=
rade laps at Grattan, so they cooked up the idea that I needed to get drive=
n around the track by their resident hot shoe, Don Brick. Yes, Don was the =
fastest of the bunch.<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">> These =
parade laps were done in race cars, and the premise was the racers could pu=
t their family, friends, crew, etc. in the passenger seat to get a birds ey=
e view of the track. No passing, just some leisurely laps. Apparently, Don =
didn=E2=80=99t get the memo... Don and I climb into his TR4, my memory is t=
elling me we had no fire suits or helmets, and proceed to the false grid. W=
e are waived onto the track, and Don nails it. We get decent speed for turn=
one, and Don is narrating. "This is where I usually have to brake, but sin=
ce we are not at speed yet...", he brakes late, turns into 1 with tires at =
full chat. We slide around turn one, and on the little straight heading for=
2, we come up on the first car doing parade lap speed, Don just passes the=
m! At this point, Don is at racing speed, and he continues to narrate his w=
ay around the course passing everybody. As we round the corner for the star=
t/finish straight, the flagger is waiting for us, and no surprise to me Don=
gets black flagged. As we are going down the straight for turn 1, I tell D=
on I don't think we are supposed to be going full tilt, everybody else is g=
oing much slower. Don was not deterred, he needed to show me his braking po=
int for turn 1 at speed! We proceeded to do that second lap way too fast, t=
hen Don dutifully pulled into pit lane and was directed to the black flag s=
tation where he was given the stern warning that lunchtime parade laps were=
not to be driven at speed. Don's reply with a smile, "Oh, OK, I didn't kno=
w."<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">> Anybody else remember ru=
nning with Don and watching his red wire wheels? Don insisted on running th=
at same set of red painted wire wheels. He claimed he finally got a set of =
wheels that didn't break spokes, so he just kept running them. It was disco=
ncerting to see Don in the seat sawing on the steering wheel, and you could=
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