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  1. 21st April 2008, 20:35 #1
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    Touching note from Bonnie Castoro

    I received an email Sunday night from Bonnie Castoro, Paul "Speedbump" Castoro's mother. It was very touching and I asked her permission to share it with the rest of you.

    Gary

    Today I am watching the race from Long Beach. Their are so many new
    names and very few old timers that I recognized...Tracy &Vasser.
    I guess there has been many changes for the teams and I hope it
    all works out. I wish Paul could have been here as Long Beach was
    his favorite.

    I want to tell you how grateful I am for you and Polly in gathering up all
    the condolences and making them into booklet form. I look at it all the
    the time and show it off to everybody. I hope you will continue to do
    this when other forum members pass away. It truly is a treasure.

    I am doing well and trying to stay busy. I have two grandsons,
    who will be graduating this June. One from UC Berkeley (CAL)
    and one from high school. Where does the time go?

    I Hope Paul and his Dad got to watch Long Beach Grand Prix from
    their lofty heights.

    Bonnie
    As some of you may remember when Paul passed away, I assembled all the messages of condolence from this forum and added some pictures to it that Polly provided. I then printed it out and mailed it to Paul's mom. It's nice to see that our thoughts still touch her life. She and all the rest of us sure miss Speedbump. RIP buddy.

    Gary
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  2. 21st April 2008, 20:44 #2
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    Very thoughtful of you, Gary.

    Thanks for sharing.
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  3. 21st April 2008, 20:51 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by CCFan
    Very thoughtful of you, Gary.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Thanks, but this wasn't about me. It was about the outpouring of condolences from ALL OF US when Speedbump died back in Sept. 2006. We got a nice note from her when the package first arrived back then. I was just so surprised to hear from Bonnie again after all this time and wanted to share it with everyone else.

    Gary
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  4. 21st April 2008, 23:33 #4
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    I didn't even know he was go, he always had something to say, even if I didn't agree, he was never rude, always respectful.
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    Godspeed Bump!!

    Tks for sharing Gary
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    I spoke with Gary yesterday. Does anyone have a link or copy of the Speedbump RIP sticker they ran on the car in his memory? I believe it was on AR1 back then.
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  7. 23rd April 2008, 16:30 #7
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    I found a copy of the picture!!!

    Gary
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  8. 1st May 2008, 15:49 #8
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    Good thought to do that, Gary......you can tell from the email it was most appreciated.......RIP Speedbump....
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