Jim "The Shoe" Harrington - Page 11

Rich Biebel · 01-01-2010, 08:40 PM

Those picures are awesome.....Jimmy WAS larger than life itself.....I was with him a little in 1985 the day before he won Stock at the Gatornationals. He had not raced that Stocker much and told me as we hung out in the lanes to move the car up in the lanes, ....and make a run in case he doesn't get back in time from wherever he was going!!!! I never even sat in the car and was totally unfamiliar with it! .....A Typical Jim Harrington story !..... I was crewing for my good friend Dave Schapiro and we lost early in S/G.....The race was postponed due to terrible weather if I recall right and we left and headed home to NJ........On the way home the next morning we heard by phone that Jimmy had WON Stock......We stopped along the NJ Turnpike and it was very cold and I just shook my head in disbelief when I heard "The Foot" as we called him back then had won......He was unbelievable........I have more stories but so would anyone that knew the big guy.......He was great.....I will surely miss seeing him even though we were not close friends....

Mountainmotorman · 01-02-2010, 08:11 PM

Are GREAT FRIEND Jimmy "The Shoe" has been laid to rest and in typical SHOE fashion, his final actually SHUT DOWN I80 and it was/is so classic for him! He would have laughed as hard as we all did thinking about it!

RIP My dear friend! You will NEVER be forgotten!!!!

Sal Biondo · 01-02-2010, 11:29 PM

Shutting down 4 lanes of 1-80 on a Saturday is certainly classic JIM.. I snapped a photo of it. There must have been 75 or so cars in the funeral procession. (What a great final round!)

Everything at the wake - from Jim with his JEGS fire jacket on.. to the huge Dragster shaped flower piece, and another flower piece shaped as a shoe - was a great tribute for a man who left us with memories of a life time.

Sal

JHiggins · 01-03-2010, 08:26 PM

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tracey, little Shoe and the family. We all loved him very much!!!

The Higgins
Jay, Sheri & Savannah

Kevin McKenna · 12-29-2010, 11:00 AM

Hard to believe that it's been a full year since we lost Jim. I still think of him often and won't ever forget all the good times.

danny waters sr · 12-29-2010, 11:24 AM

The Shoe will always be remembered in the Waters family.....

THE LEGEND · 12-29-2010, 11:26 AM

Same here.
We lost quite a few this year.
RIP SHOE

old69timer · 12-29-2010, 05:02 PM

Jimmy and i were everyday friends since before he even had his driver license and while there are some great stories of adventures and mishaps even back then

I will always remenber all the great opportunities he gave me and the places i got to go with him that i would not have been able to go to without him and i truely know how he wanted to do the best for everyone

R.I.P. I think of you everyday

pbaileyrp · 12-29-2010, 09:15 PM

Truly one of a kind. Great dude.

billy leber · 01-01-2011, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sal Biondo

Shutting down 4 lanes of 1-80 on a Saturday is certainly classic JIM.. I snapped a photo of it. There must have been 75 or so cars in the funeral procession. (What a great final round!)

Everything at the wake - from Jim with his JEGS fire jacket on.. to the huge Dragster shaped flower piece, and another flower piece shaped as a shoe - was a great tribute for a man who left us with memories of a life time.

Sal

That hi way deal really was cool Sal, or as Shoe woulda said "that was SPECTACULAR !"

01-01-2010, 08:40 PM	#101
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,306 Likes: 25 Liked 537 Times in 211 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Those picures are awesome.....Jimmy WAS larger than life itself.....I was with him a little in 1985 the day before he won Stock at the Gatornationals. He had not raced that Stocker much and told me as we hung out in the lanes to move the car up in the lanes, ....and make a run in case he doesn't get back in time from wherever he was going!!!! I never even sat in the car and was totally unfamiliar with it! .....A Typical Jim Harrington story !..... I was crewing for my good friend Dave Schapiro and we lost early in S/G.....The race was postponed due to terrible weather if I recall right and we left and headed home to NJ........On the way home the next morning we heard by phone that Jimmy had WON Stock......We stopped along the NJ Turnpike and it was very cold and I just shook my head in disbelief when I heard "The Foot" as we called him back then had won......He was unbelievable........I have more stories but so would anyone that knew the big guy.......He was great.....I will surely miss seeing him even though we were not close friends.... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 01-01-2010 at 08:43 PM.

01-02-2010, 08:11 PM	#102
Mountainmotorman Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Are GREAT FRIEND Jimmy "The Shoe" has been laid to rest and in typical SHOE fashion, his final actually SHUT DOWN I80 and it was/is so classic for him! He would have laughed as hard as we all did thinking about it! RIP My dear friend! You will NEVER be forgotten!!!! __________________ _

01-02-2010, 11:29 PM	#103
Sal Biondo Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 77 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 1 Post	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Shutting down 4 lanes of 1-80 on a Saturday is certainly classic JIM.. I snapped a photo of it. There must have been 75 or so cars in the funeral procession. (What a great final round!) Everything at the wake - from Jim with his JEGS fire jacket on.. to the huge Dragster shaped flower piece, and another flower piece shaped as a shoe - was a great tribute for a man who left us with memories of a life time. Sal Attached Thumbnails __________________ Sal Biondo 1162 COMP, STOCK, SS Biondo Racing Products

01-03-2010, 08:26 PM	#104
JHiggins Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 3 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tracey, little Shoe and the family. We all loved him very much!!! The Higgins Jay, Sheri & Savannah

12-29-2010, 11:00 AM	#105
Kevin McKenna Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 194 Likes: 0 Liked 33 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Hard to believe that it's been a full year since we lost Jim. I still think of him often and won't ever forget all the good times.

12-29-2010, 11:24 AM	#106
danny waters sr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: lagrange,nc Posts: 2,224 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington The Shoe will always be remembered in the Waters family..... __________________ Danny Waters, Sr / 73 Duster "340"

12-29-2010, 11:26 AM	#107
THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Same here. We lost quite a few this year. RIP SHOE

12-29-2010, 05:02 PM	#108
old69timer Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: little falls n.j. Posts: 22 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Jimmy and i were everyday friends since before he even had his driver license and while there are some great stories of adventures and mishaps even back then I will always remenber all the great opportunities he gave me and the places i got to go with him that i would not have been able to go to without him and i truely know how he wanted to do the best for everyone R.I.P. I think of you everyday

12-29-2010, 09:15 PM	#109
pbaileyrp Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Jim "The Shoe" Harrington Truly one of a kind. Great dude.