We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw

11/18/08, 3:45 PM

:crying: I grew up watching Chuck race and hearing stories of when he and my dad raced together. When I started running sprints several years ago he was one of the first people that came up to me and my dad to say hello. More stories told around the pits in the last few year between the two than I can remember but I listened to all of them and enjoyed most.

Will be sadly missed by all...

illiNOISE · 11/18/08, 3:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fisher79

Seeing Amati wheel the Darryl Tate-wrenched No. 66 in the twilight of his career during the late 80s and early 90s was a revelation for me.

The One Armed Bandit set a track record at Godfrey in about '87 or '88, so I'd say he was still getting around pretty good at that point.

Hopefully someone can put together a big memorial race for him.

11/18/08, 4:24 PM

Definitely a heart breaker. RIP Chuck

petey · 11/18/08, 4:45 PM

:crying: RIP Chuck

SUPERDUKE · 11/18/08, 4:45 PM

WOW THIS HURTS ME! WE TAKED ABOUT GOING TO THE CHILI BOWL THIS COMING JAN! A GREAT GUY RACER AND FRIEND! RIP CHUCK.:checkered:

sprint38racer · 11/18/08, 4:53 PM

RIP Chuck. Like many have stated already so many great memories of a true sprint car hero. Chuck was a great guy and the racing world has a big hole to fill today.

StandOnThePedal · 11/18/08, 4:55 PM

I got the pleasure of meating Chuck on more than one occation. I always enjoyed listening to what he had to say. He will be missed by many of us.

Seadog · 11/18/08, 5:00 PM

I saw Chuck race many times. He was truly an unique individual and he made our sport so much fun.

R.I.P. Chuck.

11/18/08, 5:02 PM

Chuck was one of the earliest reasons of my interest in the sport. What a nice guy to speak to and a helluva racer.

Godspeed, Chuck.

grinch · 11/18/08, 5:22 PM

This is indeed a sad event.....the wife and i saw chuck drive just one time at the races in tampa.....i had heard of this racing character by reading stuff in Speedway Illustrated and he became a legend right away....i always smiled when i read his name in some racing article and was real happy to meet him a few years ago at the PRI show in indy. i just wished i had talked with him longer......dam reading these posts on IOW can ruin your day......kinda like when i clicked on here and saw that dwight had passed......RIP chuck say hi to dwight for all of us.....we miss you both.............:checkered:

11/18/08, 3:45 PM	#11 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
RACEADDICT Posts: n/a	:crying: I grew up watching Chuck race and hearing stories of when he and my dad raced together. When I started running sprints several years ago he was one of the first people that came up to me and my dad to say hello. More stories told around the pits in the last few year between the two than I can remember but I listened to all of them and enjoyed most. Will be sadly missed by all...

11/18/08, 4:24 PM	#13 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
Joe Kidd Posts: n/a	Definitely a heart breaker. RIP Chuck

11/18/08, 4:45 PM	#14 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
petey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 925	:crying: RIP Chuck

11/18/08, 4:45 PM	#15 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	WOW THIS HURTS ME! WE TAKED ABOUT GOING TO THE CHILI BOWL THIS COMING JAN! A GREAT GUY RACER AND FRIEND! RIP CHUCK.:checkered:

11/18/08, 4:53 PM	#16 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
sprint38racer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 416	RIP Chuck. Like many have stated already so many great memories of a true sprint car hero. Chuck was a great guy and the racing world has a big hole to fill today.

11/18/08, 4:55 PM	#17 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
StandOnThePedal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 31	I got the pleasure of meating Chuck on more than one occation. I always enjoyed listening to what he had to say. He will be missed by many of us.

11/18/08, 5:00 PM	#18 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
Seadog Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,136	I saw Chuck race many times. He was truly an unique individual and he made our sport so much fun. R.I.P. Chuck.

11/18/08, 5:02 PM	#19 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
mortboyz Posts: n/a	Chuck was one of the earliest reasons of my interest in the sport. What a nice guy to speak to and a helluva racer. Godspeed, Chuck.

11/18/08, 5:22 PM	#20 Re: We Have Lost Chuck Amati the "One Armed Bandit" an Original Outlaw
grinch Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 241	This is indeed a sad event.....the wife and i saw chuck drive just one time at the races in tampa.....i had heard of this racing character by reading stuff in Speedway Illustrated and he became a legend right away....i always smiled when i read his name in some racing article and was real happy to meet him a few years ago at the PRI show in indy. i just wished i had talked with him longer......dam reading these posts on IOW can ruin your day......kinda like when i clicked on here and saw that dwight had passed......RIP chuck say hi to dwight for all of us.....we miss you both.............:checkered: