Rich Feldman-"Mr. Security"- R.I.P.
 

It is with great sorrow that I report the loss of our friend Rich Feldman. He lost his life today due to pancreatic/liver cancer that acted so quickly and so aggressive that within days the decline of his health was evident. Rich was a man of great integrity with the racing community and directly related to my involvement in drag racing for the last 49 years. Many don’t know but Rich enjoyed working on his cars and Ham radios normally getting only 2-4 hours a sleep a night for years. His lifelong voluntary work in the East Liverpool/St. Clair Township, Ohio area along with his wife and family will be remembered forever. The “Mr. Security” name started very early in the years as Rich and his family under their Father, Ben, were known as the “First Family of Insurance” insuring clients nationwide.

Rich was involved, especially during the Gulf War and almost every day since, in providing phone patches to our Armed Forces members through a program called the M.A.R.S. network He sat most nights by his Ham radio connecting the families of our service members with their sons/daughters via Ham radio. He was working the switch between them by hand as they transferred messages sometimes private about happenings at home and abroad even related to notifications of deaths and births by family members. These signals sometimes were sent to land and sea along with our bombers and transport planes making their missions.
We will all miss him dearly, Rich, Rest In Peace……………………………………… ………………
I will post info later on Funeral Arrangements.

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Great man, awesome car. Very sad to hear. Thanks for the added story. I didn't know a lot of that about him. He will be missed.

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So sorry to hear this. Just a really great guy and racer. RIP, Richard.

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Very saddened to learn of the passing of Rich. Rich has been a "racing friend" to me and a huge number of others for many years. Godspeed Rich.

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Never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Feldman, but it sounds like he was a great man. I always enjoyed seeing pictures of his beautiful car. Rest in peace sir.

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Very sorry to hear this. I will certainly miss seeing him at the track. His Impala was one of the first S/S cars I remember seeing as a kid when Rich would test out at Quaker City.

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This is really sad indeed. I always looked forward to his Insight and conversations about heavy low power stick cars. It was always colorful.

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Sad to hear of his passing. He sure raced that car with enthusiasm!

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condolences to his family. what a great guy met 30 odd years ago when i worked at Speed n Custom whenever he came in was truly a great day

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I just talked with Rich at the Fall Classic at Indy in October. Hard to imagine from that conversation then, to hear of his passing today. He was a real gentleman and an avid racer with a very neat car. He will be missed. Thoughts and prayers for his family.

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Prayers for the family R I P Radio buddy 73s

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What a shock. Rich was a tireless worker in his insurance business and from Ricks report very dedicated to his radio projects too. Condolences to the family.
Dick and Linda Butler

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Very fine man, rest in peace.

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Running my Impala stick shift stocker back in 2003-2005 I would talk to him when he was at Maple Grove. Really a great person.

At that time he ran a underdriven 4th gear with a 6:17 gear! Wow I always thought a heads up race with my BBC Impala would have been cool, but he was really a couple of tenths quicker. I think he held the SS/O record many times.

Another sad lost, must be a really cool drag race going on in heavan though.

Will Lamprecht

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Another friend and racer gone . Rich was a very good friend of our family . Such good times and conversations we have had .We always called him, "Mr.Feldman.." I will never forget the year he busted our butt first round of the US Nationals . Rich laid down a killer pass, one we would all be proud of, and sent us packing .. But after he beat us , he came over to our pit spot, and said , "Jeff.. I am so sorry to beat you, I am truly sorry . I have tower passes that you can have , is there anything I can do ? I feel so bad" ... This went on for a while ... It is the only time in our racing career that anyone has sincerely apologized for doing what he came to do .... win. He was just truly a really nice, gentle man . No other words can describe him.....
As we drove out of the pits that day, my brother could not just resist....He looked over at me , and said, "Little brother, when you get back to work next week... you can tell all your co -workers, that you drove 9 hours to race over the holiday weekend, and was beaten in the first round of the biggest race of the year, by a little old man driving a full sized,1966, Chevy Impala, with a 283, and a stick shift ....
Rest in Peace old friend ... You will be missed .... John, Amy and Jeff ...

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Rich was a wonderful guy and will be truly missed. I always loved chatting with him whenever our paths crossed at the races. RIP my friend!

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Sad news indeed, Rich was a great guy, true gentleman. We've had a lot of conversions. Of course most of which pertained to manual transmission discussions. He will be sadly missed.

Ernie Neal

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Drag Race Central posted a nice story about Mr. Feldman back in 2009:
http://dragracecentral.com/DRCStory....ilter=Year2009

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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Rest In Peace Mr. Feldman

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I have seen Rich race a few times, never got to meet him. But would hear stories about how much a stand up guy he was, not realizing he had a much bigger heart and made this much an impact on so many lives. What a shame to lose someone like him, that young. But thank the Lord the world was graced by his presence. RIP Mr. Security.

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I never had the chance to meet Rich, but I knew of the car. Always loved the thought of a big car, small motor combination. Sounds like Rich was MUCH more than just a racer.

Rest in Peace Mr. Security and my thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.

Can someone post a picture of his car as a tribute to Rich??????

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I'm glad Merc and I got the chance to visit with him the last time we came to the Dutch. Swapped a few stories and really enjoyed the visit.

RIP Rich. You will be missed by many..

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I am very sorry to learn of Mr. Feldman's passing. I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but his distinctive race car always made him a standout at the track. RIP Mr. Feldman.

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I am deeply saddened by the loss of Rich, I have not raced for a few years but have stayed in touch with Rich.

If there ever was a person who you could depend on, it was Rich, rain or shine day or night, he was always there to help if you needed it!

I was new to the race scene but that didn't matter, I ran the same combination as he did, 283 stick shift SS we even squared off a couple of times in eliminations, as always he was a gracious winner and the same if he did not win.

A true friend indeed R I P Rich!

Your Friend
Mark A Longo

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Very sad to hear this news of Rich .Myself and especially Nancy enjoyed his company for the past 25 yrs at the races.His smile and his kindness will be greatly missed.He loved to laugh with us.When I first met Rich, I asked him if he was related to the Feldman who was extremely successful with New York Life Insurance and wrote books that became the industry standard.He replied with a huge smile -yes that is my father.I told him, ok then we will be friends with you. God bless Rich! Bobby and Nancy Rashid

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Hello Friends, the Feldman Family are reviewing this site often and wish to THANK ALL for the very kind words about Rich. He was indeed a special man.........................

Please review the following Funeral information and review more info on the Dawson Funeral Home website.

Visitation - Tuesday February 16 at 12:00 to 1:30 with service following at 1:30

The Dawson Funeral Home
215 West Fifth Street,
East Liverpool, OH 43920
Phone: (330) 385-1010
Fax: (330) 385-1163
Email: fdikedawson@dawsonfuneralhome.com

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Third friend we have lost do to pancreatic/liver cancer , both th eother guys went in a month.
Please have your Dr. check you for this & prostate cancer, caught mine ,had 43 days of radiation , but I'm still here.

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Such sad news - Richard was indeed my "stick shift" hero! Such a kind man - he will be missed.

Lisa and Larry Buckingham

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Without question one of the great guys of our sport. R.I.P. my friend

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God Bless Rich's family and friends and R.I.P. Mr Feldman

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Sorry to hear this. Me and some friends met him at a car show years ago and had a great conversation. In later years I got to race against him. RIP Mr Feldman

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I always made a point to stop by and say hello to Rich. He was always in a good mood and wearing a big 'ole smile. He was always a delightful guy to talk to. Sad to see him go, but glad to have counted him as a friend. RIP.
RonP

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Very sad to hear of Rich's passing. I watched him race for as long as I can remember, and spoke to him at the track on many occasions. R.I.P. "Mr. Security".

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RIP Rich, you were a great friend to me, a great blessing to mankind.

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This is such SAD news. I have known Rich from sometime in the late 70's or early 80's from our runs at Quaker City. He was a very special guy. I don't think I ever saw him without a smile on his face and a kind word to say.

Rest In Peace Rich, you will be missed.....


Gary Merrick
3522 Stock

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My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Feldman's family. Absolutely one of my favorite cars since I was younger. Always like seeing it in the staging lanes as well as winding the gears down the track. Very nice man, truly a huge loss to the stick racers and the racing community. I hope someone can continue his passion and field his car. RIP

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The descriptions by Rick, Jeff, Ron and Gary are what Richard always was to me, a true gentleman with a great sense of humor who enjoyed life, people and racing. It was a honor to have known a man of his character over the decades. My condolences to his family and friends.

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Heard about Rich's passing today at the Bradenton Florida race. What sad news. We remember being at a Dallas race during a rain delay and he proudly showed us all his radio equipment he had in His truck. He never did tell us all the good works he did with it just that it was a hobby. What a fine racer and gentleman he was. We will miss him dearly. God bless you Rich. Your super stock friends Mark and Elaine

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It was always my pleasure when I got to tech Richard's 66 Chevy at the races. He was such a gentleman. Sometimes he would stop by the tech trailer when he saw I was not busy and we would talk about big body Chevies. I am glad Rick Brown told us about another side of Richard's life that I never knew.

I must tell about the time Richard's Chevy was out of commission and he showed up for tech at the Quaker City points meet to get a grading point. This was when we were still teching downtown behind the shopping center. I really felt bad because as hard as I tried, I could not find a class for the mid-engined Ferrari he drove to tech that day. Years later we still laughed about that when we would talk at the races.

Rest in peace Richard. You will be missed by many at the races.

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Pennsylvania Dutch Classic
Maple Grove Raceway
October 23, 2010