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February 12, 2013 at
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Sorry to report that Don Flanders passed away last night, Sprint Car racing lost a great friend and supporter. RIP Don you will be missed.
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February 12, 2013 at
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This is a big loss to our community. We will miss you Don. RIP.
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February 12, 2013 at
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So sorry to learn this terrible news. Thoughts and prayers to Don's family and friends. Don was a class act and will truly be missed! RIP
Doug Bushey
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February 12, 2013 at
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Reply to:
Posted By: gkaz on February 12 2013 at 10:56:49 AM
Sorry to report that Don Flanders passed away last night, Sprint Car racing lost a great friend and supporter. RIP Don you will be missed.
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I am honestly speechless.....I will miss our 4 hr phone calls.....I promise to keep the dream alive....see you on the otherside my friend.
Scotty
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February 12, 2013 at
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Posted By: SB-twosix on February 12 2013 at 11:41:06 AM
I am honestly speechless.....I will miss our 4 hr phone calls.....I promise to keep the dream alive....see you on the otherside my friend.
Scotty
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One of the biggest losses our racing family has ever had.You will be missed,
r.i.p.Don,you did a lot for our sport.
Bill
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February 12, 2013 at
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Don was truely a racers racer,Iwill miss our conversations on the state of the sport and what might be done to improve it.
rest in peace my FRIEND.
ROB
PS if you havn't read it go to wags page and check out his thoughts on open comp
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February 12, 2013 at
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February 12, 2013 at
03:18:23 PM by Doug Bushey
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Posted By: turn4rob on February 12 2013 at 02:07:21 PM
Don was truely a racers racer,Iwill miss our conversations on the state of the sport and what might be done to improve it.
rest in peace my FRIEND.
ROB
PS if you havn't read it go to wags page and check out his thoughts on open comp
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Here's the link:
http://www.wagtimes.com/donflandersunlimited.html
I had the pleasure of hearing Don speak his thoughts on Open Competition Sprint Car Racing while I was in Arizona last October. I bumped into him at Steve Stroud's beautiful Racer's Advantage Store and Museum. He was hoping that someone would put together an Unlimited series, because he was convinced that with a little ingenuity and some common sense, someone could build a kick-ass sprint car motor with smaller displacement for a fraction of what the frontrunners are currently spending on their 410's. He was so eager to get one of these built and see it compete.
It was those very discussions that convinced Scott Burns to create a place for these types of creative minds to showcase their innovations and to allow creativity to prevail, in hopes of reducing cost and increasing interest and populatiry for our sport. Don Flanders is the "Godfather" of the United Racing Association (URA). Now Don will have the best seat in the house to watch his dream come true. I hope that someone puts his theory to the test and builds something along the same lines as Don described....and kicks some butt with it. No excuse not to try stuff now.
"If you build it, they will come"...let's see who's gonna play...
Doug Bushey
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February 12, 2013 at
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Sprint car racing community has lost a true friend and supporter. I will miss our chats in the pits prior to each race night. Rest in peace my friend.
Brett
www.brodyroa.com
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February 12, 2013 at
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Condolences from everyone at Perris Auto Speedway. Don was such a good friend to everyone in racing. Last time I talked to him was in the later half of the 2012 season and he was handing me a sizable check to be split among the bottom finishers for a USAC/CRA race at The PAS. R.I.P. friend.
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