Attention Jim Waibel Broken Down in North Florida

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Joe Pinkston

Joe;

The whole point of this thread is Mr. and Mrs. Waibel were broken down and need some help. Sadly, the thread got hijacked into these old allegations and bad feelings from 30+ years ago that had nothing to do with the subject at hand.

To answer your question, yes Mr. and Mrs. Waibel arrived home safely. Last Sunday evening after seeing Jeremy's message on here I made contact with Jim, then contacted my friend Richard Rivers who told me he had a alterator that he thought would work. We met up with the Waibels where they were stopped at I-75 and Hwy. 326 just north of Ocala. We discovered that the alterator Richard had would not work, so we made phone calls to several parts stores hoping to find one that might be open. Being that it was around 8:30 P.M. on a Sunday we had no luck. There were no motels at this exit from I-75, so we got them to a motel at the next exit south so they could spend the night. I was at my local NAPA parts store at 7 A.M. when they opened Monday morning, got the alternator that they needed, Richard picked them up from the motel and we got the aternator installed and got them on their way.

This was a combined effort from myself, Richard Rivers who some of you may know from seeing him helping Brien Radley at alot of the races, and Gainesville Raceway's RFC Chaplan Phil Greene.

It was a honor to help someone legendary like Mr. Waibel, but fact is he was a fellow racer in need and I was glad I was able to help.




Hey Dan Moore, you're #1.

RIP Mark Graham

Mr.Pinkston -- Kudos to you and your I-75 team - what this sport needs is more folks like yourselves who will go out of their way to help others in trouble without asking whats in it for me . And I'll bet you'll be on the Waibels' Christmas card list forever ............

[Joe DeMarzo]

Joe, thank you . Good job with the help. If anyone needs help in the NYC/Westchester/Putnam County area feel free to call on me. It is great to see the help racers extend to each other. Jack that even includes you....

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Joe DeMarzo

Joe, thank you . Good job with the help. If anyone needs help in the NYC/Westchester/Putnam County area feel free to call on me. It is great to see the help racers extend to each other. Jack that even includes you....

Thanks Joe -- And as you know my Christmas City shop is open to anyone in trouble .

[FlyingW]

The Waibel family greatly appreciates all the help that was extended to our family. There have been many times that we have stopped to help other drivers that have been in trouble on the side of the road. I also personally know the feeling of being stuck on the side of the road.

Yes, he will be on the christmas card list for a very very long time.

Again, thanks so much to everyone for all of your help and kind words!!!

As far the hijacked thread... it is what it is.. hopefully the gentleman involved will reach peace in his heart about this matter....


Jeremy Waibel
Triple J Motorsports & Machine