Lost an old racing friend

[Budnicks]

Dogs

sorry to hear about your friend. My condolences go out to you,his family, and his dogs.They also know he is gone but they remember.

Dogs, Being a die hard dog lover, That's actually how we met, one of my partners on a race car Rob, was living across the street from Mark {his new neighbor}, I had brought my dog Duke {a black lab} up to Rob's my racing partner & good friends house, to go hit some tennis balls with a bat in a school playground for his dog Hoss {lab & Rottwhiler mix} & my dog Duke, Mark being a dog person also, saw us & he asked is he could come along, we said "sure", he said "can he bring his dog", we said "sure", a little Boston terrier puppy {maybe 9 months old}, we kind of snickered, our dogs were very aggressive when playing ball, they grew up together playing, we thought the little dog wouldn't have a chance... To make a long story short that Boston terrier was fast as hell & our dogs were struggling to get the ball... Anyway he had several dogs usually rescue dogs mix breeds... We all became good friends even though he was 10+years younger {only 17, at that time, 26+ years ago} than Rob & I, we latter found out he worked in an engine building shop, was a head porter, raced Nascar West & was a bigtime car nut... The friendship was set in stone after that information.... Thanks for you condolences guys, it does help.... R.I.P. Mark, your friends family & the dogs all miss you...

 

[Budnicks]

I wanted to say Mark was a part of my success in racing, as mediocre as it was, but his skills on a work bench with a peanut grinder, dremel tool, the head porting abrasives that his wife Chris sold & working on the flow bench or ability to get the most out of my junk parts, {I was always on a tight budget} he was a great help, he would spend many hours helping me, for just beers & friendship... I was really struggling to break into the 7's at one time, before we started working together, after he cleaned up our heads & ports, we could run the number easily, he was my only head porter {a good friend still} from that point on... His family is doing pretty well, for the situation, I heard that, I guess he had a couple of great insurance policies, he was a good father & good provider, for his family, even after his death....

 

[detmatt1]

My heart goes out to all whose lives he touched.

 

[64BEL]

Sorry to hear about your friend, Bud.

 

[Endangered Species]

I'm really sorry to hear this. God rest his soul.