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| 8/2/14, 3:04 PM |
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Gene "Pappy" Henson
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Race Count Last Year: 48 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18,808 |
Found this link that Kenny Gentry shared on the Edd Sheppard Memorial page:http://www.parisbeacon.com/obituarie...Odpas.facebook
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Ron Miller
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Yery sad news,"the flying eyeball"was always tough to beat in the 100 lappers they used to run at TSS! Rest in peace Gene!
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| 8/2/14, 9:02 PM |
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Re: Gene "Pappy" Henson
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And Gene won a 50 lap open competition sprint car race at Terre Haute in the early 1970s. He was the class of the field that day beating some of the better non-USAC drivers like Bobby Kinser and Dick Gaines.
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| 8/2/14, 9:08 PM | #4 | ||
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Race Count This Year: 37 Race Count Last Year: 35 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,796 |
Thanks Ron
I grew up as a lil kid watching Gene race the Buick at Champaign County Fairgrounds. RIP Gene
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