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My wife logged onto IOW on our way home from Gas City last night. When she told me the news it was shocking and very sad. Both our thoughts went to the first time we met Tony in of all places Yuma, Arizona in the late 80's. At the time we were a young couple from Pennsylvania and knew of Tony mostly from the racing papers. My wife had a Kokomo shirt on and up walked this fellow with that signature great smile on his face and said "Hi. I'm from Kokomo are you?" with that voice that raised a few octaves when he was excited. We explained where we were from and chatted with him like we knew him all our life. What a great personality and great spirit. We instantly became Tony Elliott fans. We followed his career from that time forward and enjoyed watching him run for many years.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Cindy and the rest of his family and we lost a truly special driver and more importantly a wonderful human being. Godspeed Tony and look forward to seeing that smile once again when we meet in heaven. Thanks for the memories!!
Bruce and Pat Eckel
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