Thoughts and prayers to Jerry, plus the entire Shaw Family. Thank you, Norman, for introducing your son to racing. May you rest in peace...
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Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

thoughts and prayers Jerry and family in your time of sorrow

Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

Originally Posted by Flatrightrear:
Nice picture,too. I notice you have a pencil in your hand and I assume you have a scorecard. A true fan has been born! Tom

I was eight, here. So I had at least two years that I knew who all the drivers were, what car they were in and what all the different races were. So, I was into it by that point and liked to write stuff down in the program or on the lineup sheet. And I was one happy little camper anytime we were at the race track. Now, if you looked at my program at the end of the day, what you saw wouldn't have made a whole hell of a lot of sense. Because it was scribblings of a little kid that was trying to write, left handed with a pencil (lefties know exactly what I mean), at the same time I was rotating around like you have to do to watch racing from the infield at THAT. But, if you would have asked me, I probably could have told you what it all meant.

Most important thing was Dad always took us there or I would have never learned how great racing was. That's why in the last fifteen years or so, after health (heart) problems had started to take their toll on him, I made sure he never had to drive to a race, when he wanted to see one. He was a great racing buddy and was better than anyone I've ever known at picking up on the subtleties that are happening within the chaos of a sprint or midget race. He never missed a thing. All the way up to the last races he saw.

BTW, he got so much enjoyment out of watching Daron Clayton and Bryan Clauson over the last five or six years. Clayton at Haubstadt, East Bay and Terre Haute provided some of the best memories that he took with him. And his favorite fellow fan (other than me, of course:3:)? Danny B. was his favorite. He liked Big Steve a lot, too.

Jerry

Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

Sorry for your loss, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

David Lynch

Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

Just seen the news, very sorry for your loss Jerry and thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Shaw family.

Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

I was in Iowa for IndyCar/USAC so I just saw this as well. Very sorry for your loss. Without my dad, I wouldn't be a race fan either.

Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

So sorry to hear of your loss Jerry,and thoughts and prayers to you and the entire Shaw family.

Re: Norman R. Shaw, Father of Jerry Shaw
 

Jerry, So sorry to learn of your loss, my sincere condolences to you and the entire Shaw family.

Vern Plotts