Prayers for Kip Martin

[Dave Turner]

Originally Posted by Travis Miller

Back in the 70's I teched Kip's Galaxie the first time he raced it at Indy. He won SS/OA class so he got his invitation to teardown. Back then teardown was at Paul Harvey Ford. Dave Danish told me to go over Kip's car from bumper to bumper. Seems that a lot of people were complaining that a big 352 Galaxie should not run like that.

Kip's Galaxie made it through teardown with no problem. At the end of the day Kip shook my hand and thanked me for being so thorough. I thanked him for building a car that followed the rules. Over the years Kip would sometimes call me and ask a question as to whether something he wanted to try was legal or not. I always enjoyed talking to Kip and am glad I had the privilege of knowing him. He was always a gentleman.

RIP my friend.

Thank-you so much for those words Travis....your testimony to his character goes a long way towards familiarity for those of us who were unfortunate not to have met his acquaintance.

[mopacltd]

That's the Kip Martin I knew. RIP, Buddy.

[richie 2]

deeply saddened. I called him one nite from Canada regarding a '64 289 cyl head issue. problem solved. always have followed his racing via DRC/national dragster & will always regret not being able to get to the west coast to see him run. there are class champions...kip is a true champion with class.

[chris ok]

R I P. I never knew the gentlemen but from what I just read in these pages he was some great man. He passed on my little brothers birthday who we lost 4 years ago June.
What a great video Ford Racing had on Kip.
stock 64 block, stock 289 crank, 9500 rpm launches to heaven. wow.
Chris.