Topic: A Death in the Family
Hello Everyone,
My name is Richard George, co-owner of the Road Race Joneses (Lipstick On A Pig) # 16 Sentra SER. As you may have seen on the Lemons Facebook page our team captain John Burgess passed away last Sat. morning.
To say the least, we are just blown away in that John was the very heart and soul of the team. Eight years ago we showed up for our first Lemons race at Altamont with an actual $500.00 car and got run over by every other car on the track. That prompted us to buy a Sentra SER and we've been heroically dumping oil and engine parts on West Coast tracks ever since.
I know that many of you know him because one of his favorite pastimes was visiting with as many of the teams as he could.
We are withdrawing from next weeks T-Hill race and will have to move our base of operations about 150 miles away with some logistical issues still to be overcome. We need some time to figure out how we're going to do all this. It is our intention to make the Sonoma race in Dec.
John and I have been involved in motorsports together for 56 years and it is difficult to express the emotions that the team and his family are experiencing right now. John is survived by his lovely wife of fifty years,two children and three grandchildren.
It has been heartwarming for us to see the very kind thoughts and words with which the Lemons Family has responded and we thank you very much.
Richard