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Originally Posted by DRAKE VISCOME

Hey...ignored this post the other day...in "hope" that someone else would remind/let you know Don tragically lost his life some years ago...racing a Pro Stock Pinto...certainly a change from all those successful Chrysler years...real good guy...fine racer...Drake p.s...Don's "fleet" of Cable Cars slick...a quite successful as well!

Drake,

Don Grotheer is still alive and well (as far as I know). You have him confused with Irv Beringhaus who purchased Don's Pro Stock Pinto.

Pete

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Irv Beringhaus

Born: July 17, 1934
Died: January 26, 1974
Buried: Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado

Age: 39
Full Name: Irvin Herbert Beringhaus
Nickname:
Drag Strip: Beeline Dragway, Arizona
Event: AHRA Winternationals
Accident Date:
Car: Pro Stock 1973 Ford Pinto

Biographical: He was driving a Pro Stock Pinto that had been built by Don Hardy in Texas with an engine built by Gapp & Roush. It was his first year campaigning a Ford after running Mopar in all his previous racing. During qualifying his car flipped six times at 152 MPH. He was a Denver land developer and had been racing in pro stock for at least five years. He first began drag racing with an Olds 442, but progressively advanced until getting into the pro ranks. He was survived by his wife and three children.

Sources
"AHRA driver dies in crash during trials," Chicago Tribune, January 27, 1974
Pueblo Chieftain website (http://forums.pueblochieftain.com/sh...?t=2326&page=5)
Find a Grave website
Bob McClurg, "Pint-o'-Pinto," High Performance Cars, Mar. 1974
Nancy Beringhaus, e-mail communication to site administrator, Feb. 22 & 24, 2011
Debra Beringhaus, e-mail communication to site administrator, Mar. 7, 2011
Photos
Keystone Bison Dragways website (http://www.mts.net/~57ford/reunion11.html)
Nancy Beringhaus, e-mail communication to site administrator, Feb. 26, 2011
Pro Stock Hemi.com gallery (http://www.prostockhemi.com/gallery2...&g2_itemId=725)

http://dragstripdeaths.webs.com/197074.htm