What would they think?

[hvychev]

I have given this a lot of thought lately. What do you think that the late supercar heros that we cherish today would think of the current state of the hobby and the legacy that they left behind? ie. Don Yenko, Dick Harrell, Fred Gibb, etc. I know that there is no way to know what they would have thought but it is fun to imagine what they would think of how passionate some of us are about the cars and how much value some of these cars have etc.

I know that out of all of them I would have loved to meet and speak with Dick Harrell. He seemed like a hell of a guy and I have heard great stories about him and some of the good things that he did. I am not just referring to his racing accomplishments I mean the nice things that he did for other people. I love to look at the Harrell website and view all the pictures of him in the photo section and see how happy he looked and how he just had a presence about him. People on that site that had worked with and for him and had crossed paths with him hold him in such high regard with amazing details that they remember about him from over 33 years ago. Attached is one of my favorite pics of Dick doing what he does best. Helping others. In this pic you can see him crouched under the Sox and Martin Cuda helping the competition fix there car. There is also a great letter that Valerie Harrell posted where a kid sent them a letter way back then telling them how great Dick Harrell was for helping him in the pits fix his car at the races when no one else would. What a guy! Who would you have liked to meet?

I know that some members here met Don Yenko and Fred Gibb in the late 80's before there deaths and I wonder what they thought of the legacy's that they created with these cars that we love so much.