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Originally Posted by JJMooney
As an ex-pat upstate New Yorker with close ties to the modified division back there, I probably saw Richie Evans win over a hundred races when I was a kid. His death was one of those events were you still remember exactly where you were when you heard about it.
If you’ve never read Bones Boucier’s book on Richie Evans, do yourself a favor, find a copy and read it. It doesn’t matter if you’re not from the Northeast or if you never saw Richie Evans race, I think it’s one of the best books ever written about short track racing.
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Thanks for the reminder, I have Bones Boucier's book on Richie this might be a good time to read it again. It is one of the best books I have ever read also on short track racing. Also on You Tube there is a video Richie Remembered done by Thomas Video, of course there is alot of coverage of Richie at Oswego on that video. I have watched it several times over the past 24 hours, it brought back alot of memories.
You are right I will always remember where I was when Richie died, the same is true for Gary Witter, Jimmy Shampine, A. J. Michaels and Russ Sauter.
A few of my friends were on Richie's crew and while we no longer see each other weekly at Oswego when we do their stories about Richie always got told.
Patti