Dan thoroughly enjoyed the history of racing, esp. Porsches. Under the hood
of his white Porsche he had signatures of some famous Porsche drivers in
black pental, very proud of them.
But did any of us know Dan beyond the happy smile and the face that rarely
clouded? He said he was just lucky and just 10 years ago was driving a Honda
Civic...
--Pat Kelly
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>From: Larrybsp@aol.com
>To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Dan Jones
>Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2003, 11:05 AM
>
> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>
> A true tragedy. Dan was a nice guy. I met him running open track
> events at Thunderhill and Laguna Seca. I was with him when he found out the
new
> factory Porsche 993 racer he had paid a ransom for wasn't a new car. A french
> photographer
> recognized the name of the French driver who had driven the car in the
> European championship series the year before. The drivers name was
> ermbossed on the
> plastic rear window. Instead of having a fit to find out he'd bought a
> refurbished year old race car from the factory Dan was elated the car had a
racing
> history. The photographer later sent Dan an envelope full of pictures and
> articles about his car.
> It's the little things about people you learn that makes Dan's passing more
> painful.
>
> Larry
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> >>Interesting and sad side note related to Vodden. Remember when
>> >>he wrecked someone else's Porsche at Thunderhill? Well that
>> >>someone else was Dan Jones and he committed suicide a few weeks
>> >>ago via CalTrain. Apparently the wreck was the beginning of a
>> >>downward financial spiral that Mr. Jones couldn't handle.
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