Ugh….
Installing Matt
60 minutes of open track and we’re sitting in the trailer.
Not so much. It’s been a fun morning with fairly easy issues to tackle. The car’s wiring harness that identifies it’s drivers was acting up and the officials couldn’t determine who was in the car. So they parked us for 40 minutes while we chased wires with their special tools. In the end $250 solved with issue with a shiney new blue wiring harness.
Now we wait for the mist to stop so that we can drive on either rain tires or slick tires. It’s what we call a ‘tweener - not here, not there.
Frustrating. Our excitement for the day was in getting help from the Grand Am tech officials to mount my former partner Matt Greer’s license plate on the car in his memory. Matt has passed away at the tender
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age of 35 back in April of 2008. He left his business partners Jon & I, his brother Rob, parents Bob & Barbara. The worst was leaving his wife ‘Tasha & 3 year old son James. One of Matt’s many interests was NASCAR. He was an enormous Dale Earnhardt fan and took 3 days off when Dale passed away. He was such a fan that he had a vanity plate made for his ‘59 fuelie Corvette which reads (as you can see) RCR 3. RCR - stands for Richard Childress Racing, the #3 is for Dale Earnhardt’s infamous car #3.
His family has created a foundation in his memory. The Matthew L. Greer Children’s Foundation has been created to unilaterally help fund charities that exclusively benefit children.
Would you consider giving to them?
We that got to spend time with Matt know that to have his plate flying the high banks of Daytona has him smiling today. If we could just get him to help us with the rain…..
“…Matt? It’s Gump, Are you up there? Buddy - I need some sunshine, can you hook me up???”
Loose Bruce
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