Godspeed Ryan Varnes

AMA Pro Racing announced the tragic loss of American Flat Track competitor Ryan Varnes (24) and extended heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Varnes, a Pennsylvania native, was involved in an on-track incident in the American Flat Track Production Twins Main Event at Weedsport Speedway on Saturday evening. On-scene…

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Godspeed Sandy Kosman

When it came to conversation, Sandy Kosman (with Joe Marasco at Atco in the photo above) qualified as “The Most Interesting Man in the World.” It wasn’t just his gray beard that brought to mind the Dos Equis advertising icon. When I lived in Brooklyn, running a SoHo art gallery…

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Godspeed Bill Simpson

One of the highlights of my PRI show this year was sharing Bill Simpson stories with Del Flores—a fellow former tenant of Lord of the Land Simpson. To know Simpson is to have Simpson stories. Neither of us knew that Bill had a second—and ultimately fatal, I guess—stroke on Friday.…

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