David Loring Passes On

[dradernh]

One of the great race car drivers you (may) never heard of passed away over the weekend. I never met him, but remember seeing his name in race results & writeup back in the 70s & 80s, always with the impression that this was a driver who made good things happen with the wheel in his hands. Without money or regular sponsors to back him, he was often just another great driver without a ride. So he designed, built & wrenched to pay the bills - not a lot of coaching DE/club racers going on back then like there is today. The guy who told me was a close friend, and said David was still racing & winning as recently as two years ago. David was originally from Massachusetts, and lived in New England most of his life. He was 61.

[grovefromnh]

Dmn. I knew david when he worked at AutoDynamics in marblehead, Mass in the late 60s-early 70s. Great talent! He had some sort of driving school in eastern Nh.

[Massscene]

Dmn. I knew david when he worked at AutoDynamics in marblehead, Mass in the late 60s-early 70s. Great talent! He had some sort of driving school in eastern Nh.

Autodynamics huh? I know a guy who was pretty close with those guys. Steve Atherton and Ronnie Morse (I think). They just had a big reunion at Limerock recently.

They built those crazy vw beetle based, cars that everyone loved, as well as built/raced open wheel cars.

P.S. Newb here. I haven't even had a chance to make an introductory posting yet..... that reminds me.....