red anderson passes.

sammy pizzolato · 12-30-2012, 03:55 PM

i was just informed by fellow racer james caro that long time div 4 tech man red anderson passed. no other info yet. and long time div 4 director dale ham passed around christmas. we have lost three div 4 greats within a couple of months.that sucks i know we are all getting old but they were all great men RIP to all of them.

Ed Wright · 12-30-2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

i was just informed by fellow racer james caro that long time div 4 tech man red anderson passed. no other info yet. and long time div 4 director dale ham passed around christmas. we have lost three div 4 greats within a couple of months.that sucks i know we are all getting old but they were all great men RIP to all of them.

That does suck! Three great guys gone! Before I got to know Red, he really made me nervous during tear downs.

sammy pizzolato · 12-30-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright

That does suck! Three great guys gone! Before I got to know Red, he really made me nervous during tear downs.

he made everyone nervous in teardown when him and westley got done with you if you were wright you were wright. i remember one time i was helping sid go through teardown with his aspen red told sid this cam is to close sid. sid asked red to close under or over.it is one thow under.well red it is legal.red gave sid one of those looks like ok smart ***.

Ed Wright · 12-30-2012, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

he made everyone nervous in teardown when him and westley got done with you if you were wright you were wright. i remember one time i was helping sid go through teardown with his aspen red told sid this cam is to close sid. sid asked red to close under or over.it is one thow under.well red it is legal.red gave sid one of those looks like ok smart ***.

One thing you could be sure of in Div 4 was you could go anyplace else and be fine. Also that everybody else around here was local too. I saw guys from other divisions set records here and fail the tear down. "I passed last time I tore down at home!" lol

First time I met Wesley, I set the record at Houma, and he watched Red check me out. Just a quiet kid then. You don't have to wonder what he's thinking now. Lmao

Bobby Brannon · 12-30-2012, 06:53 PM

RIP. Red was a great Div.4 techman. If Red like you, you knew. If he didn't,well you most likely was the cause. RIP my friend.

Ed Wright · 12-30-2012, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Brannon

RIP. Red was a great Div.4 techman. If Red like you, you knew. If he didn't,well you most likely was the cause. RIP my friend.

Your exactly correct Bobby. Red was really sharp. Machined a lot of his cam checking fixtures himself at a freind's machine shop. Very talented man. And you are right, if he didn't like you it was because you had given him a reason. He didn't have much use for guys he caught cheating. He was a good man.

Jeff Colvert · 12-30-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

he made everyone nervous in teardown when him and westley got done with you if you were wright you were wright. i remember one time i was helping sid go through teardown with his aspen red told sid this cam is to close sid. sid asked red to close under or over.it is one thow under.well red it is legal.red gave sid one of those looks like ok smart ***.

You got that right Sammy. I got one of those speeches when I set my first record and the combustion chamber came up dead on. Scared the hell out of me. Always made a little room after that.
Really sad to here this Red and Dale will surely be missed. Red, Dale and Chuck really were the "Good Guys" of div. 4.

Lyn Smith · 12-30-2012, 08:18 PM

I think Red made most of the special checking tools most tech guys used for checking cams,deck etc.He gave me a scare one time when i drove 1000 plus miles to race in Div.4 when he told me if i could not produce my membership card, i was going home!!!

Pvt Parts · 12-31-2012, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright

That does suck! Three great guys gone! Before I got to know Red, he really made me nervous during tear downs.

Red was always more than fair with me. Never a problem. Always honest, fair and technically correct. A great guy.

Randall Klein · 12-31-2012, 02:07 PM

First points race at TX Motorplex Red tosses us for black painted headlights on the C/S Chevelle we were running......mild customizing we say....don't come back unless the paint is off says Red......Mickey Mouse rules is our response......next week a call from Farmer saying "we don't have MM rules, change it"

About a year or so later we are stacked at a mall in Houston waiting for tech, and here comes Red up the line, we're hiding behind the trailer hoping he techs someone else, but no, here he comes with his hand out welcomes us like nothing happened, friends ever since.....sorry to hear of his passing

Heard some stories about Red's travels however.....

12-30-2012, 03:55 PM	#1
sammy pizzolato Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: houma louisiana Posts: 432 Likes: 52 Liked 56 Times in 13 Posts	red anderson passes. i was just informed by fellow racer james caro that long time div 4 tech man red anderson passed. no other info yet. and long time div 4 director dale ham passed around christmas. we have lost three div 4 greats within a couple of months.that sucks i know we are all getting old but they were all great men RIP to all of them. Last edited by sammy pizzolato; 12-30-2012 at 04:01 PM.

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Bobby Brannon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bossier City,La. Posts: 659 Likes: 3 Liked 103 Times in 35 Posts	Re: red anderson passes. RIP. Red was a great Div.4 techman. If Red like you, you knew. If he didn't,well you most likely was the cause. RIP my friend. __________________ Bobby Brannon 4705 STK, SS

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Lyn Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pontiac,il. Posts: 1,198 Likes: 280 Liked 963 Times in 193 Posts	Re: red anderson passes. I think Red made most of the special checking tools most tech guys used for checking cams,deck etc.He gave me a scare one time when i drove 1000 plus miles to race in Div.4 when he told me if i could not produce my membership card, i was going home!!!

12-31-2012, 02:07 PM	#10
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: red anderson passes. First points race at TX Motorplex Red tosses us for black painted headlights on the C/S Chevelle we were running......mild customizing we say....don't come back unless the paint is off says Red......Mickey Mouse rules is our response......next week a call from Farmer saying "we don't have MM rules, change it" About a year or so later we are stacked at a mall in Houston waiting for tech, and here comes Red up the line, we're hiding behind the trailer hoping he techs someone else, but no, here he comes with his hand out welcomes us like nothing happened, friends ever since.....sorry to hear of his passing Heard some stories about Red's travels however.....