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Henry
John was quite the steward of his cars. He bought his first yellow TR3 from
Larry Young. It was my first race car and I had sold it in 2000 to another
guy in our club. Larry bought from him for the 2003 season and started
improving it immediately. Larry raced with us for around 5 years, long
enough to use his engineering background to become a camshaft "master".
After he couldn't race anymore he sold the car to John in what might have
been in 2008 or 2009. When I saw the car again at the first Pitt Race K Cup
I almost didn't recognize it, it was so much better prepared. It later met
its end and I think John built another.
Bob Kramer
On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 9:24=E2=80=AFAM yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.ne=
t> wrote:
> I just found out that a couple months back we lost our resident
> octogenarian, John Hasty. Those of us who race the eastern part of the
> States have probably met him at the track, piloting a yellow TR3. John
> was always great fun to chat with, his extensive background in
> motorcycle racing usually came up in some way or another. After "aging
> out" on two wheels he decided it would be a better idea to race on four
> wheels and was still on track with us last year at the age of 88 years
> young! At the spring race at VIR I see he was still right in the mix,
> finishing 12th out of 29 runners in the Saturday race.
>
> Trying to remember when John arrived in the scene, I searched my
> archives. In 2011, Don Marshall nominated John and forwarded this
> introduction to the FOT.
>
> "I've been into racing most anything that has a motor and wheels since
> the 40's when in high school building hot rods. Took off a few years
> while in college, but beginning in 1959 bought my first sports car, an
> Austin Healy 3000 w/o a jump seat, next a MGB, then a Porsche 912, then
> a Merc 280SL, now an Alfa Spider for the street and my TR3A for the
> track. Crewed for a friend in the 60's with a bug-eye sprite in SCCA
> events then got into motorcycles. I road motorcycle road-racers for
> about 10 years and when I retired from riding, built and tuned 250cc GP
> road-racers with a rider on the AMA pro circuit for about 7 years. We
> did pretty well, never finished worse than 5th. in overall standings and
> won the national
> championship in 1990. My good friend Ceasar Cone got me back into sports
> car racing and when it came time to buy a car I decided that if I was
> going vintage racing I wanted a truly vintage car and I think the TR3A
> is a perfect truly vintage car."
>
> Our kind of people, no doubt. You will be missed, my friend...
>
> https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/33758028/john-henderson-hasty
>
> Henry Frye
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Henry</div><div><br></div><div>John was quite the ste=
ward of his=C2=A0cars. He bought his first yellow TR3 from Larry Young. It =
was my first race car and I had sold it in 2000 to another guy in our club.=
Larry bought from him for the 2003 season and started improving it immedia=
tely. Larry raced with us for around 5 years, long enough to use his engine=
ering background to become a camshaft "master".=C2=A0 After he co=
uldn't=C2=A0race anymore he sold the car to John in what might have bee=
n in 2008 or 2009. When I saw the car again at the first Pitt Race K Cup I =
almost didn't recognize it, it was so much better prepared. It later me=
t its end and I think John built=C2=A0another.</div><div><br></div><div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">=
<div dir=3D"ltr">Bob Kramer</div></div></div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On T=
hu, Jan 23, 2025 at 9:24=E2=80=AFAM yellow04 via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:=
fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px sol=
id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I just found out that a couple months=
back we lost our resident <br>
octogenarian, John Hasty. Those of us who race the eastern part of the <br>
States have probably met him at the track, piloting a yellow TR3. John <br>
was always great fun to chat with, his extensive background in <br>
motorcycle racing usually came up in some way or another. After "aging=
<br>
out" on two wheels he decided it would be a better idea to race on fou=
r <br>
wheels and was still on track with us last year at the age of 88 years <br>
young! At the spring race at VIR I see he was still right in the mix, <br>
finishing 12th out of 29 runners in the Saturday race.<br>
<br>
Trying to remember when John arrived in the scene, I searched my <br>
archives. In 2011, Don Marshall nominated John and forwarded this <br>
introduction to the FOT.<br>
<br>
"I've been into racing most anything that has a motor and wheels s=
ince <br>
the 40's when in high school building hot rods. Took off a few years <b=
r>
while in college, but beginning in 1959 bought my first sports car, an <br>
Austin Healy 3000 w/o a jump seat, next a MGB, then a Porsche 912, then <br=
>
a Merc 280SL, now an Alfa Spider for the street and my TR3A for the <br>
track. Crewed for a friend in the 60's with a bug-eye sprite in SCCA <b=
r>
events then got into motorcycles. I road motorcycle road-racers for <br>
about 10 years and when I retired from riding, built and tuned 250cc GP <br=
>
road-racers with a rider on the AMA pro circuit for about 7 years. We <br>
did pretty well, never finished worse than 5th. in overall standings and <b=
r>
won the national<br>
championship in 1990. My good friend Ceasar Cone got me back into sports <b=
r>
car racing and when it came time to buy a car I decided that if I was <br>
going vintage racing I wanted a truly vintage car and I think the TR3A <br>
is a perfect truly vintage car."<br>
<br>
Our kind of people, no doubt. You will be missed, my friend...<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/33758028/john-henderso=
n-hasty" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.tributearchive.co=
m/obituaries/33758028/john-henderson-hasty</a><br>
<br>
Henry Frye<br>
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