RIP Fred Rector

[4284spd]

RIP Fred. Cool Division 5 guy.

[Jim Cimarolli]

So sad to hear, I just loved the guy, such a gentlemen, very witty and he had such class.

[Paul Wong]

A sad day indeed. Fred was always positive and great to talk to. I met him joking with me tearing down along side after setting a record decades ago and he never changed.

[Don Kennedy]

I met Fred in the early 60s .If I recall he beat me the first time we ran each other in the early 60s .He lived in Durango, Colorado only about 60 miles from Farmington NM . We became very good friends along with many others ,Fred had the best semi fast food restaurant in Durango Colorado . We raced all over and I am today going to remember all the fun times we had racing and talking long distance on the Phone. I was always amazed on how good he drove his 4 speed race cars and as usual he always laughed at me for having a automatic . I generally called him just about every other day always he was positive and of course we solved a lot of world problems and of course discussed many hours of how to make a race car go Quick i am having a hard time dealing with him being gone . thanks to all for the concerns .tie (tear in eye)

[Dave Casey]

Sorry to hear of Fred passing, a fellow 3 pedal guy , rest in peace Freddy.

[J.R. Haddad]

I was at the Douglas, Wyoming points meet in 1990 with my Comp Car &
my very young daughter. I needed a hand with getting picked up after a
run. I had known Fred a little bit from my S/SS days. Well, he couldn't
help fast enough, and he had me in stitches all day. He said after our
weekend (tongue in cheek I'm sure) he was going to build a Comp Car,
stick of course, because he liked the later qualifying times, and he liked
waving to the fans towing up the return road. I think there were 3 fans in the stands at any given time. After that I had a friend for life!
RIP my friend.

J.R. Haddad

[Demon340]

Originally Posted by 4284spd

RIP Fred. Cool Division 5 guy.

Fred allowed three teenagers to be part of his crew back in the 70s, out here in Western Colorado. What a great mentor to us and being able to tolerate kids being around him in the pits. I had the privledge to race Fred in a stock /super stock combo later in the 90s.
He will be missed. One of the great guys,
Larry

[shelbydragracer]

Met Fred back when I started racing stock with the Torino, and I always loved his quick whit and sense of humor. He used to bet racers that he lived farther from a drag strip than anywhere in the country. He will be missed RIP.

[Randy Guest]

Great Guy he is going to be missed Vaya Con Dios my friend

[George Fitzpatrick]

RIP