I had the pleasure of getting to know Jerry when he was working at National Speed Sport News when I was shooting for the paper. When the paper was still in Ridgewood, New Jersey I would meet up with Jerry, Mike Kirschner and Keith Waltz and travel to races, usually NASCAR Mods at Thompson or Stafford Springs. Most of the time the conservation would be about sprint cars and the three Indiana guys talking about the midwest drivers and I would bring up the AAA and USAC guys I saw at "The Grove," Reading and Allentown when I was a youngster. Eventually Jerry and I would talk high school and college wrestling as we both were former wrestlers and I was a coach. Makes me sad I never got to Gas City. Godspeed Jerry, Rest In Peace my friend.