I was lucky to have met Gordie at the Gator nationals in the early 90's when he was driving the Candies/Hughes Funny Car with Roland Leong as crew chief. I was a guest of Mopar Performance for the weekend.

Because of Gordie I was able to meet every famous drag racer i ever wanted meet. Better yet Gordie introducing me to to John Force got me a picture of Force giving me a big hug and an invite to be inside the ropes of their pit for the race weekend. Wow...

Well Gordie got eliminated early & Force won under the lights. I was at the finish line for that...Force went thru the lights with all 8 candles lit!!! We partied with Force and then later I sat in the Waffle house with Eddie and Ercie Hill and Miss mopar and we talked for a couple of hours.

Thank you Gordie! RIP