I remember the events all too well also. Robbie had qualified a car for the Contos's in the Little 500, and I had just put his name on the Contos car. After hearing the news, I was stunned, as I know many were, to hear about his tragic passing. I received a call soon after from the Contos family, asking me if I would come to the shop and remove his name from their car. They simply couldn't bring themselves to do it. They had raced with Robbie for years and developed a deep connection with him, and couldn't bear to remove the last connection they had with him. I went to the shop and took the names off the car, nearly in tears myself; it was a very surreal thing.
The brief time I was with him at the shop prior to the accident still is in the back of mind. It was something that was difficult and emotional for me to have to do, and I pray that me or anyone else who loves the sport and those who participate in it ever has to go thru it again.