R.I.P. Danny Durham (Geerhead55)
 

I just got the phone call about an hour ago. Danny Durham lost his battle with cancer yesterday evening. He was only 62 years old - WAY TOO YOUNG.

I know he would say Thank You to all of you for the thoughts and, especially, for the prayers.

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Sad deal. R.I.P. Danny.

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So sorry to hear of Danny's passing, may God speed. Our prayers are with Danny and his family at this sad time. I will miss reading his posts on the forum. Mike Coe 5151

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The sport and our community lost a good one. God speed Danny!

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Rest in Peace Danny!
My condolences and prayers to the Durham family!
Godspeed Danny! :(

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RIP. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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Very sad to hear of Danny's passing, R.I.P.

Mike Bassin

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A void that cannot be filled. Condolences to family and friends.

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Saddened to hear this. My sincere condolences to his loved ones.

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I am so sorry to hear this, Danny was a friend and car guy that I truly respected.
Prayers to his family and friends.

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One tough phone call. Cancer wins again.

I met Danny last year through this board and the local racing community here in Washington. I'm sure it was Danny on the PA at Bremerton some years ago who totally raised the hackles on my neck. He praised every Chevy that rolled (or was pushed) to the line for all it's beauty, then insisted every Mustang was a "Rustang" I'll miss that this season. Turns out he was right about that rust...

Alex D and Danny D will street race forever and love every second of it.

Dale

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So sorry to hear this. Danny was so excited about my SS/K shootout at the class nationals. I met him in person there. He sure liked his Chevy II's. Prayers to his family.

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Thoughts and prayers go out to the family. God Bless.

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RIP Danny. We will miss your passion for our sport. Prayers for his family.

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My sincere condolences to Danny's family.
My brothers got to meet him last year at the Vegas National Event in Oct.
He told them he always remembers my posts here on CR.

Sad to hear that he passed.

God Speed Danny.

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Never had the pleasure of meeting him in person but seemed to be a class act. Sad to loose another Classracer member. My condolences to the family.

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Condolences to his loved ones.
I met Danny years ago at a Mission Divisional, he came to my pit and introduced himself.
With in minutes it was as if we were old friends, such a sincere and knowledgeable guy.

He will truly be missed, I am shocked, I knew he was battling illness but I am shocked.

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condolences to Danny's family .

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What very sad news. God must have needed him in heaven.

My prayers and condolences for their loss for the Durham Family.

Rest in peace, Danny.

Lew

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A truly sad day, my condolences to Danny's family. Rest In Peace my friend.

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Danny was always a class act and a tough race, a true competitor. A true loss for us and his family. My thoughts are with you...............

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My prayers go out to his friends and family
I enjoyed reading his posts.




Mike A114
P/SA

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Even though I knew it was coming, this one is hard to swallow.
Still trying to wrap my head around this.

I have to agree with all the comments made here about Danny.
He was a class act, great racer, true gentleman and, above all else, a true friend. His knowledge of class racing was very impressive, to say the least. I had, personally, known Danny just a few years, but it seemed much longer than that. A great guy to hang with and talk about the future of drag racing (class racing). Yes, I will miss him very much. Thanks for letting me vent.

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Thank you Dale for the picture of Danny's car.

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Wow..another tough loss. Met Danny a couple of years ago while racing at the div6-1 race out at Firebird..what a nice guy and fun to talk to.

Rest in peace Danny,you will be missed my friend.

Thoughts,prayers and condolences to his family.

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Danny you will be dearly missed, a great person,family man,racer and supporter of class racing.
Thanks for all the great Modified stories.

GODSPEED!

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Memorial Service will be held sunday april 17th at 4:00 pm in downtown puyallup
at the firefighters union hall.
427 N meridian.

Bring your HOT RODS!

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Danny was a badass and not just because he beat me like a drum the last time we raced. He will be missed.

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Sad news. My deepest condolences to the family. I met Danny a couple years ago, and it seemed we had been friends for forever. R.I.P. My Friend…Maurice.

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I had no idea that Danny was that ill. I always looked forward to talk with Danny whenever I went racing at Bremerton Raceway, Danny always pitted just off the return road, and always had a smile and wave when I`d drive by. Like others have said, within a few minutes of meeting Danny, it seemed like you had been friends for years, just a great, friendly guy. He had a memory like a steel trap, and his knowledge of Northwest drag racing history was amazing. RIP Danny.

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I know this is last minute and a busy weekend with Easter and all. I will be at the NW Rodarama (Puyallup Fairgrounds Showplex) all weekend. Stop by and share your Danny stories with me. Just look for the Hotwheels Drag Strip display and enjoy.

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One of the first people I saw at Alex’s class nationals was Danny and his son who had flew in for the race. He said we had met in the 70’s at Seattle and Bremerton when he was a teenager and I lived up there. He even brought some pictures of the car he had bought from Rich Carlson then in hopes we would be there and he could share. As someone else said his memory of those days was amazing as he recalled things I had forgotten. We spent quite a bit of time together that weekend talking about past and present racing and the Nova he was building for him and his son to race. (He loved Nova's) We stayed in touch and would check in from time to time to get racer and family updates.
As been said here many times what a classy guy and a great ambassador to our sport, he will be dearly missed.

The win light is on in your lane Danny and will shin bright for a long time buddy.

Jim Parsons
Harmon & Parsons
5305 F/S Chevy II Nova

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I also met Danny at Alex's race and again at Mike's first Class Nationals. Seems like I am saying RIP all too much lately. The racing community is a special group of folks that walk the talk and should always remain close.

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We were so saddened to hear of Danny's passing. The first time I remember meeting Danny was at Seattle in 2010 on our West Coast Swing. That was when he presented Larry with this!

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...3DE0493F20.jpg

Then we met again at the 2nd US Class Nationals in Columbus in 2014. He gave us some photos that he had taken at the 1st US Class Nationals in Byron, IL in 2001. We may have met at that time, but it was so hot, I did not get out of the motorhome except when we were running down the track.

When Danny gave us the photo, it brought back such memories that I went back inside the motorhome and cried for a while. This picture is of Larry and our dear friend Jerry Newsome running for Class in B/SA. Jerry has been gone from us for a while now. Hopefully he and Danny are running for the big Wally now!!

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/o...5483704296.jpg

RIP, Danny and Jerry

Patsy & Larry

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Our thoughts and prayers to Danny's family. I had the pleasure of meeting Danny in 2014 at the Northern Class Nationals in Ohio. Another great person gone from the racing community. God Speed Danny.

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R.I.P. Danny, and condolences to the Durham family.

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Aw man....didn't see that coming. Traded lots of emails with Danny when I was building my car. As Jim said, Danny loved Novas. Never got to meet the man, but always wanted to. RIP

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Danny and i, exchanged a few pm's over the last few years, and he was excited for me, and my Stocker adventure... Sorry I never got to meet him in person... RIP Danny.... Condolences to all of you that knew him, and to his family...

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R.I.P Danny.
I always looked forward to his postings here and his extensive knowledge of who is who in class and old school class cars. We are on opposite coasts but class racing thru the net really makes friends. God bless Danny's family in this time and the future.
Chris O'Keefe
Thanks to all who wrote before with wonderful stories and pictures.