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Sorry to report that Bubby Jones passed away last night.

A great man

RIP - great racer and hero

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RIP Bubby

Ol’ Bub. He will be missed. One of my earliest heroes.

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Bub was one of my all time sprint car driver heroes! RIP Bubby J.:13:

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Ol' Bub was fun to watch. A great racer and a good man.

Bruce Eckel

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My earliest recollections of auto racing involve Mr. Jones every Saturday night during the summers of the mid 1960's at Fairbury, Illinois' American Legion Speedway. When we lose our hero's, and Mr. Jones was most definitely a hero of mine and countless others, we are reminded that nothing lasts forever, not even guys like Mr. Jones, who seemed to be a 10 foot tall super hero and invincible to an 8 or 9 year old kid as I was during his Fairbury days.

I personally will forever savor and cherish the memory of the conversation I had with Mr. Jones in the pit area at Perris during the 2002 Oval Nationals. I told him he was my first real racing hero and that I'll never forget the feeling of a child's excitement watching him and his peers being pushed off for the Saturday night feature at Fairbury. I was solidly into middle age at that time but I got the same childlike excitement seeing the smile that our conversation put on his face as I had watching Mr. Jones race.

Rest in peace Norman, you truly were "The Master Of Going Faster"!!!

Did anybody know Davey drove.

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I remember Bub almost scoring a big win at Eldora in 1990. He was quite a fan favorite, I bought one of his shirts and one of his crew members told me to wear that shirt with pride and I sure did. I wish I could have witnessed more of his career. RIP

I was lucky enough to be able to take in almost all of his USAC career. A couple memories come up immediately. Back in the mid 70s early in the year, on the cover of speedsport there was a picture of Bub, Opp and Rager with the caption Outlaws Gone Legit, if my memory serves correct. The next memory was the 76 Hulman Classic in which Bub ran 3rd. That’s my favorite race of all time. He had an excuse that day as the great Jan Opperman won followed by the great Pancho Carter who probably drove harder than any other race of his career. Since then, we got to watch an amazing racer win on dirt and pavement, sprints and midgets. Then he went to California to whoop up on CRA for years. Rest In Peace Ol Bub, thanks for the memories

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Yes that's the Late Chuck Becker Jr's car they are standing next to IIRC