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Chuck Gallagher · 03-30-2020, 04:16 PM

I couldn't believe this sad news when I saw it today.
Jim, at the Heintz Bros. shop just confirmed it and said Mike had a routine physical just before Thanksgiving. It was at that physical cancer was found.
I first met Mike and Steve back in the 60's when we were both just starting drag racing at the old Shuffletown and Mooresville dragways near Charlotte. He was always someone I counted as a friend. I never heard or knew of any racer that didn't speak fondly of Mike. A gentleman and a great racer. I consider it a great honor Mike and Steve and I were inducted into the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame at the same time in 2013.
May peace be with you old friend.

03-30-2020, 04:16 PM	#5
Chuck Gallagher Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: NC (nothing compares) Posts: 48 Likes: 33 Liked 134 Times in 28 Posts	Re: RIP Mike Heintz I couldn't believe this sad news when I saw it today. Jim, at the Heintz Bros. shop just confirmed it and said Mike had a routine physical just before Thanksgiving. It was at that physical cancer was found. I first met Mike and Steve back in the 60's when we were both just starting drag racing at the old Shuffletown and Mooresville dragways near Charlotte. He was always someone I counted as a friend. I never heard or knew of any racer that didn't speak fondly of Mike. A gentleman and a great racer. I consider it a great honor Mike and Steve and I were inducted into the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame at the same time in 2013. May peace be with you old friend. Last edited by Chuck Gallagher; 03-30-2020 at 04:20 PM.