[bgerster]

For the last ten years we have missed Kenny. We will always remember you.

Check out this link.

http://www.kennyirwinjrfoundation.org/

Brian & Kelly

[Kirk Spridgeon]

Can still remember hearing the news while at Toledo for the USAC race. What a sad day that was.

[TQ97]

Was a bad bad day......

On a trip 2 weeks ago back from Dayton, OH, and driving by the camp in New Castle, I thought I saw a for sale sign at the camp. If my eyes saw that, it's very sad.

[TQ29m]

I remember Kenny well, he would show up occasionally at the Kart track, in Columbus, In, and I really enjoyed racing with him, he was a very good driver, and also a real nice guy. Yes, I miss him too, even tho our meetings were brief, it was always a pleasure to see him and family at the track. The CGKC, as it was originally known, has had a lot of drivers pass thru the gates, and go on to higher achievements, Kenny was one, Lake Speed, Billy Puterbaugh, Brad Fox, David Bridges, and of course, Tony Stewart, as well as others, and during the Month of May, it used to be a regular stop for some of the Indy 500 drivers. Kenny stood out tho, a quiet, extra good person. We do miss you! Bob

[LEADERS EDGE]

I was sleeping in a bed at the Las Vegas Flamingo when I heard the news on ESPN. I shot straight up like I had been catapulted. Couldn't believe it.

Kenny and I had been friendly at times and not so friendly at others. We weren't goin' to dinner buddies or anything, but we often talked and joked and we even played H-O-R-S-E and shot baskets at the Chili Bowl one year.

He was a great racer and competitor. He had a toughness about him in the car that was just fierce. He and Tony Stewart couldn't have been more different in terms of the way they found their way into the sport, but they were very similar in the way they approached it and the tenacity they brought.

[DonMoore10]

I own the small Beast midget that Kenny Irwin won with at the 1993 Mel Kenyon Classic at Indianapolis Raceway Park. This is the car that we race indoors at Fort Wayne. When I bought the car it had the original Pontiac engine which was trashed. I replaced it with a Gaerte Ford. You can watch that race on YouTube. Do a search for Kenny Irwin Mel Kenyon and the clip will come up, actually in two parts.

[ISF]

We only met Kenny 3 or 4 times when he came to race midgets at Mighty Macon Speedway and USAC Silver Crown cars at The Springfield Mile. We well remember him starting dead last in the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100, wading through the field to the front and winning it going away. That was in 1995, I believe.

He shot the bull with us on those few occasions that he had a few minutes to chat as if he had known us from childhood. It truly was shockingly sad when we learned of his untimely passing and the thought of him being gone is saddening to this day.

One of our most prized articles of racing memorabilia is the card showing him standing next to the #9 Lewis midget that he autographed for us at Macon.

[bgerster]

The SC race on The Mile at Springfield was '95. I think He won the midget race, I ran fourth and my teammate Kevin Doty ran fifth for Rusty Kunz. Before the midget race that day Kenny asked me to spot for him in the Silver Crown race so after the midget race I quickly changed and went into the stands to spot. I think that was my first time spotting. It was a lot of fun watching that race. Most people didn't start to notice his run until he got close to the front but I had the privilage of seeing the whole thing. Then my dad and I went back to The Mile in '96 a won the midget race. Kenny ran second in the 9 car. For me and my dad that was a huge win considering who we had to out run. Kenny didn't like to loose but I truly believe he was very happy for us. Thanks to everyone for sharing your happy memories.