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Indy1808 (Offline)
  #1 8/31/14 12:29 PM
Can anyone give me some background on him, please?

http://kokomospeedway.net/vince-osma...der-car-rules/

Peace & love to all.
God bless our Troops at home and abroad.
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ShamrockRacin'48G (Offline)
  #2 8/31/14 1:11 PM
Vince was a great guy, after running mini sprints in Peru for a number of years, he was in his 3rd year of running sprints at old Kokomo. He hopped a wheel in turn 3 and that was that...rarely in my life have I met someone as kind and positive as Vince. He helped us get our mod going with parts, and plain old encouragement...never had a bad word to say about anyone. We worked together at Delco, and he was a damn fine Tool engineer. Always a good time, he was always joking and fun to be around. Before his accident he was talking about going to PA to run some late season nw races-guess he got to run at the big dirt oval in the sky-all I can say is that he was one hell of a person, husband, and racer...man I sure miss him.
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Indy1808 (Offline)
  #3 8/31/14 1:30 PM
Thank you so much shamrock.
So many times, there are memorial races and fans & people are so complacent not knowing the background & why they are done.
I have always felt it important.
Let their marks, memories and contributions to our sport never fade.

I want to thank you publicly for the contribution. I sincerely appreciate it. I have been a fan of open wheel since I was a pup but not local to Kokomo. Born & raised here in e. central Illinois. Although I go Kokomo quite a bit now.
God bless you & yours

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God bless our Troops at home and abroad.
INDY1808 SEE YOU AT THE RACES !
"Sitting in the Stands " #noteamracing
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REH24 (Offline)
  #4 8/31/14 1:37 PM
This is an article from Motorsport.com on Vince the night he lost his life.

http://www.motorsport.com/sprint/new...komo-97-09-27/

REH
streetglider (Offline)
  #5 8/31/14 3:51 PM
Simply put Vince was a good dude. Always had a smile on his face & never said a bad word about anybody. I always chuckled when he referred to me as "Brother Bob". He is missed very much by many.
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