Bob,
Thanks for your words ? you obviously saw a lot more of Ed than I did, but it
hasn?t been all that long since he and Josh and I ate dinner together at TWS.
Nice guy ? he will be missed.
Duncan
> On Sep 14, 2017, at 11:31 AM, D V via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Well said Kramer. There are multiple stories of Ed jumping in to lend a hand
>> to the Texas rabble when our Triumphs have broken down or hauling back to
>> his shop in Arlington for a part (in fact, he was there in May at MSR
>> Cresson when Glenn?s spitfire lost its starter). It was shocking to see the
>> news on Facebook as Ed and I chatted quite a bit over the spring while he
>> was getting that red/white spitfire ready for Cresson.
>>
>> My first meeting with Ed was as a newb driver with a new to me spitfire that
>> the alternator had just exploded on a race right before lunch at TWS. I had
>> just finished driving school and Ed saw me being towed in. Instead of eating
>> lunch with the other corner workers, he was over there immediately and had
>> me back on track.
>>
>> He will be missed.
> Derek
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>> FOT
>>
>> I?m not on the FOT list so I do not know if this news has made it to the
>> community. I saw on on Facebook last night that Ed Barnard passed away
>> unexpectedly Monday night. I knew he had a complicated medical situation but
>> I don't know what happened. He leaves behind a blended family including
>> Willie and Josh who we've met many times at the track and a bunch of folks
>> who relied on him for everything from tech advice to restoring cars. He will
>> be missed at the track and in the Triumph community.
>>
>> I first met Ed via the South Central VTR Regionals. I was still in the start
>> up phase of the Hill Country Triumph Club, and combining roles as club
>> president and doing the dot matrix printed RAGTOP monthly. I didn't know Ed
>> at the time as but all the clubs shared newsletters and Ed handled the
>> duties for the Red River Triumph Club. We had occasionally communicated
>> about the various events going on around the state. I think he worked for
>> Jeff Sloan?s British Auto Specialists at the time and was still racing his
>> Spitfire. Anyway, in the RRTC newsletter, Ed had said some disparaging
>> things about TR7's and being a defender of all things Triumph I called him
>> to task for it. We were still a very small club at the time. Austin was in
>> the early stages of massive growth and our younger demographics meant that
>> we had a number of members with TR7's and 8's. We met and talked it out at
>> the regional held in Houston and became friends. He was mostly kidding about
>> the TR7's. I'm sure they grew on him over time as they have for pretty much
>> everyone else.
>>
>> I really didn't get to know Ed until I started racing with CVAR. He was
>> always at TWS helping in a variety of ways. He helped racers, helped the
>> club and having an affinity for Triumphs he migrated to the Triumph pits
>> daily. I always found it humorous, and I hope I don't offend anyone here,
>> that some guys loved the work that Ed did on their race cars and some,
>> rightfully or not, blamed him for the stuff that went wrong. The same guys,
>> in a different year, might trade places and opinions about Ed's workmanship.
>> The truth is he was a great resource. It's racing, stuff breaks. It isn't
>> easy and you know what, if we are honest we know that we screw stuff up all
>> the time in racing. Move on and smile, that's what Ed did.
>>
>> As the years went by I drove many a lap around TWS knowing that Ed was on a
>> corner cheering on the Triumphs. We are not pro racers. Nobody is keeping
>> stats. We race mostly for our own satisfaction and maybe to earn a little
>> respect inside our clan. If you haven't ever raced you don't know the how it
>> feels to get a race car with competitors all around you. Even after you've
>> done it a hundred times the doubts and nerves still creep in. You get a
>> little sick to your stomach; probably from influxes of anticipation driven
>> adrenaline. The whistle blows, we start the cars and during the pace lap it
>> all gets replaced with focus. We are supposed to check out the flag stations
>> on that lap but I don't ever recall seeing Ed, but on the cool down lap
>> there he would be, clapping his hands in approval.
>>
>> That's how I will remember Ed.
>>
>> Bob Kramer
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