Dave Lebrun R.I.P.

[Dave Casey]

Dave's obit is now posted

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obit...lebrun-8130221

Raced against Dave since I started in 1974, we laughed, we agreed , we disagreed, we both wanted to beat each other every time we raced, but most importantly, Dave wanted the best for the sport, and deservedly so , that brought him the respect that he deserved.

Rest in peace my friend

[RJ Sledge]

Never forget A/SA Class @ Indy 1990. I had him covered performance wise but the .500 light he hung on me negated that!!

A Gentleman and Class Act all the way.

RIP Dave

R J Sledge

[TOM KASCH]

sports Nationals
R.I. P.

[Frank Castros]

Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

sports Nationals
R.I. P.

Tom,
Please post a picture of the rear that car, it's the view I remember best.

[John W. 1711]

What a shame. Nice guy, and great engine builder. RIP

[NHRA1926]

So sad, like the old saying goes, Life is short, don't waste it. Does anyone know where his 1969 Camaro (s) are now? think I remember the blue one in the picture above, but I thought I remember a Red/Maroon car also. Think I remember John Armstrong had a car very similar to Dave's.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by NHRA1926

So sad, like the old saying goes, Life is short, don't waste it. Does anyone know where his 1969 Camaro (s) are now? think I remember the blue one in the picture above, but I thought I remember a Red/Maroon car also. Think I remember John Armstrong had a car very similar to Dave's.

Okay, let me try this one.

Dave had a brand new blue 69 Z 28 that he got from Bob Johnson. In about '71, he put a 427 /425 in it for B/Stock . He also had a 65 Vette, Sports class, that he converted to a 66 427 car for A/Stock. This was the one Mark Mazzota drove for him. This was the first 7 lb. Stocker in the 10's at a sanctioned NHRA meet. (Gainesville, '71). These guys also fielded a 69 Chevelle 427 in C/Stock. Joe DeLorenzo drove it to a runner up (to Dave) at the '71 Grandnational.
Dave converted the original 69 to SS/D for '72. It had kind of a wild paint job on it by then. Dave wasn't real pleased with this one, and eventually sold the body to a local.
This was Dave's last stick shift car.
Later, he came up with the white car / black vinyl top, that he won the Summers with in '75. I don't know where he got that one but assumed it was a street car. This is the same car that became blue and white, blue and silver , and then maroon and silver.
This is the car that John Gray now owns.

The other identical 69 that Bob Lebrun drove, was also a new Z28 from Johnson.
Glen Milson owned it in the 70's. Johnson took in back in a trade deal and brought it to me and asked me to sell it for him. I sold it to JW "Whitey" Russell, who ran it for a few years in F/Stock.
When Whitey and I went into a partners deal on the SS Chevy II, we (JW, Frank Tantillo and I), sold the car to a kid named Lewis who lived near Dave Casey.
Lewis brought it to my shop to be made back into a street driver. Then he grew tired of it and went off on another project.
Anyway, Dave asked me if I knew of any 69 Camaros for sale. I said yeah, I just happen to have one in my shop. Dave came up to my shop and looked at it and made a deal with Lewis, that I brokered. So I was involved in selling that one three times ,but never owned it..
Dave later sold this back up, team car to PC Richard.
This is the car that Anthony Fetch drives.

If anyone read this far, congrats . You are a true S/SS aficionado . ;-)

[Comp 798]

The 69 Camaro that is owned by Gary Richard was bought from me. I bought the car from Mr. Lebrun and ran it in Div. 1.

[TOM KASCH]

2 more that I have , did not have the vette.
remember seein git I just couldn't find it.

[TOM KASCH]

other one:
is in super stock & stock camaro's will not let me load it now.