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Very nice eulogy. Your love and admiration for you Dad shines through. =
Whatever impression he made on us at the track it is far, far more =
impressive that he left that obvious deep love in you. Congratulations =
on a life well lived Bob.
Bill
> On Jun 26, 2024, at 8:49=E2=80=AFAM, Greg Blake via Fot =
<fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Earlier today Robert Blake passed while resting peacefully in his =
home. Bob was an avid Triumph fan, having spent the majority of his life =
with at least one TR in the driveway, garage, or backyard. At one point, =
he had a 4, 4a, 6, and 8 and was on the hunt to complete the range when =
better judgment prevailed. Dad has been one of the quiet guys on the FOT =
list, mostly a sponge of information as he maintained and improved his =
race car between 2009 and 2022.=20
>> There are so many of you that he met at the track and he no doubt =
left an impression as he did in all facets of his life. On the Sunday =
tow, he would always remark along the lines of how amazing our hobby is =
and how fortunate we were to be able to participate with such great =
people. Immensely impressed by the sense of family and friendship or =
maybe more like community that is built around this fleeting hobby we =
all enjoy.=20
>> When you met him at the track he likely lent you a part or visa =
versa, lent a hand making a repair, or more likely cooked you dinner.=20
>> As it does, cancer forced dad to thin the herd which included passing =
his favorite Triumph, Red No. 14 to its new caretake. He was fortunate =
enough to visit the track several times since the sale including a trip =
to his favorite track ECR to help the new owner through driver=E2=80=99s =
school with CVAR.=20
>> You all were a part of one of his favorite ways to pass time, hanging =
with friends and working on race cars, and sometimes even driving them. =
I wanted to pass along the news so y=E2=80=99all can all waive the =
checkered flag for Pops one last time.
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> Greg
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Very nice =
eulogy. Your love and admiration for you Dad shines through. Whatever =
impression he made on us at the track it is far, far more impressive =
that he left that obvious deep love in you. Congratulations on a life =
well lived Bob.<div>Bill<br =
id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div>On Jun 26, 2024, at 8:49=E2=80=AFAM, Greg Blake via =
Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type"=
content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div dir=3D"auto"><span =
id=3D"cid:5DAFE692-8998-4A3D-9517-29E9426B59A2"><image1.jpeg></span>=
<br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta =
http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Earlier =
today Robert Blake passed while resting peacefully in his home. Bob was =
an avid Triumph fan, having spent the majority of his life with at least =
one TR in the driveway, garage, or backyard. At one point, he had a 4, =
4a, 6, and 8 and was on the hunt to complete the range when better =
judgment prevailed. Dad has been one of the quiet guys on the FOT list, =
mostly a sponge of information as he maintained and improved his race =
car between 2009 and 2022. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
"Helvetica Neue";">There are so many of you that he met at the =
track and he no doubt left an impression as he did in all facets of his =
life. On the Sunday tow, he would always remark along the lines of how =
amazing our hobby is and how fortunate we were to be able to participate =
with such great people. Immensely impressed by the sense of family and =
friendship or maybe more like community that is built around this =
fleeting hobby we all enjoy. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
"Helvetica Neue";">When you met him at the track he likely =
lent you a part or visa versa, lent a hand making a repair, or more =
likely cooked you dinner. </div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: =
"Helvetica Neue";">As it does, cancer forced dad to thin the =
herd which included passing his favorite Triumph, Red No. 14 to its new =
caretake. He was fortunate enough to visit the track several times since =
the sale including a trip to his favorite track ECR to help the new =
owner through driver=E2=80=99s school with CVAR. </div><div =
style=3D"margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; =
line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">You all =
were a part of one of his favorite ways to pass time, hanging with =
friends and working on race cars, and sometimes even driving them. I =
wanted to pass along the news so y=E2=80=99all can all waive the =
checkered flag for Pops one last =
time.</div></div></blockquote><br><div>Greg</div></div>___________________=
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