The passing away of Bill Rink

Dave Ley · 04-27-2022, 10:55 AM

Bill was absolutely genuine. Always had great conversations with him about every subject imaginable. I will miss his no BS approach and his friendship. RIP, Bill.

bigshow2966 · 04-27-2022, 11:09 AM

RIP Mr. Rink.

Eric Merryfield · 04-27-2022, 11:11 AM

What a loss. Met him at Indy a couple of years back when we were pitted in the same row. I'm not sure you will ever meet another racer with his background.....Army Ranger in Vietnam, self made man in the trash hauling business, made that GTO fly in stock, then doing 100 foot plus wheelstands in superstock. Truly enjoyed those talks!

Eric

Sam Hamod · 04-27-2022, 11:32 AM

So sorry to hear this. Bill was a great friend and competitor. We spent many enjoyable days and evenings parked next to each other at the races. Bill will be greatly missed.
Garrett Ghezzi

Sam Hamod · 04-27-2022, 11:35 AM

Barb and I were sorry to hear this news. We always enjoyed visiting with Bill. Condolences.
Sam and Barb Hamod

04-27-2022, 11:36 AM

God Speed Bill, I’m honored to have known him and call him a friend. Always loved his stories and visiting with him. A true American, Patriot, and Warrior. The world is a lesser place without him.

Carguy49 · 04-27-2022, 11:42 AM

Never got a chance to meet Bill. Loved his very fast '74 G.T.O. Always ran his car hard and loved it being a small tire Super Stocker. R.I.P. Bill.

Randall Klein · 04-27-2022, 11:57 AM

ouch, that hurts
we tangled in M a few times, but many stories

when the muffler thing was going hot and heavy D5 at Earlville invited about six racers to the tower, D5 director, Bob Frey and a couple of NHRA heavies, they were going on and on about the power increase we could expect, that WJ endorsed them, etc etc....then got into Englishtown noise problems and supposedly some woman "Karen" was causing the Napp's & NHRA grief, we could see Rink starting to boil over, so we kinda edged over to door...well when Bill had enough he jumped up and said NHRA needs better lawyers, and where was the Visitor's Bureau, or send the "hag" to Hawaii for 10 days, or....or....,meeting over.

Soimebody can relate the FireBird lake deal at Phoenix....

tiremaster · 04-27-2022, 12:08 PM

This is a loss that I have thought about all night since I first heard of it. I am honored to have known Bill for over 20 years and always made it a point to find him or he’d always stop by the truck just to shoot the breeze ( sometimes storm). Really going to miss him. There are a lot of racers I consider friends and he was close to the top of that list.
God Bless.

SSDiv6 · 04-27-2022, 12:55 PM

Godspeed!
My prayers and condolences to the Rink family!
God Bless!

04-27-2022, 10:55 AM	#1
Dave Ley Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: South Jersey , The 51st. State Posts: 424 Likes: 1,819 Liked 241 Times in 44 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink Bill was absolutely genuine. Always had great conversations with him about every subject imaginable. I will miss his no BS approach and his friendship. RIP, Bill. __________________ Dave Ley

04-27-2022, 11:09 AM	#2
bigshow2966 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: chicago Posts: 656 Likes: 679 Liked 181 Times in 56 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink RIP Mr. Rink.

04-27-2022, 11:11 AM	#3
Eric Merryfield Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 873 Likes: 1 Liked 502 Times in 130 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink What a loss. Met him at Indy a couple of years back when we were pitted in the same row. I'm not sure you will ever meet another racer with his background.....Army Ranger in Vietnam, self made man in the trash hauling business, made that GTO fly in stock, then doing 100 foot plus wheelstands in superstock. Truly enjoyed those talks! Eric __________________ Eric Merryfield 1883 STK

04-27-2022, 11:32 AM	#4
Sam Hamod Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 93 Likes: 1 Liked 42 Times in 8 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink So sorry to hear this. Bill was a great friend and competitor. We spent many enjoyable days and evenings parked next to each other at the races. Bill will be greatly missed. Garrett Ghezzi __________________ Sam Hamod 3456 STK

04-27-2022, 11:35 AM	#5
Sam Hamod Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 93 Likes: 1 Liked 42 Times in 8 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink Barb and I were sorry to hear this news. We always enjoyed visiting with Bill. Condolences. Sam and Barb Hamod __________________ Sam Hamod 3456 STK

04-27-2022, 11:36 AM	#6
Todd Hoven Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink God Speed Bill, I’m honored to have known him and call him a friend. Always loved his stories and visiting with him. A true American, Patriot, and Warrior. The world is a lesser place without him.

04-27-2022, 11:42 AM	#7
Carguy49 VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Fife, Washington Posts: 1,993 Likes: 2,548 Liked 3,007 Times in 721 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink Never got a chance to meet Bill. Loved his very fast '74 G.T.O. Always ran his car hard and loved it being a small tire Super Stocker. R.I.P. Bill. __________________ Ron McDowell - Did Race Every day is a Gift - Enjoy with family and friends.

04-27-2022, 11:57 AM	#8
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink ouch, that hurts we tangled in M a few times, but many stories when the muffler thing was going hot and heavy D5 at Earlville invited about six racers to the tower, D5 director, Bob Frey and a couple of NHRA heavies, they were going on and on about the power increase we could expect, that WJ endorsed them, etc etc....then got into Englishtown noise problems and supposedly some woman "Karen" was causing the Napp's & NHRA grief, we could see Rink starting to boil over, so we kinda edged over to door...well when Bill had enough he jumped up and said NHRA needs better lawyers, and where was the Visitor's Bureau, or send the "hag" to Hawaii for 10 days, or....or....,meeting over. Soimebody can relate the FireBird lake deal at Phoenix....

04-27-2022, 12:08 PM	#9
tiremaster Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 34 Likes: 0 Liked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink This is a loss that I have thought about all night since I first heard of it. I am honored to have known Bill for over 20 years and always made it a point to find him or he’d always stop by the truck just to shoot the breeze ( sometimes storm). Really going to miss him. There are a lot of racers I consider friends and he was close to the top of that list. God Bless.

04-27-2022, 12:55 PM	#10
SSDiv6 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 3,047 Likes: 712 Liked 1,605 Times in 583 Posts	Re: The passing away of Bill Rink Godspeed! My prayers and condolences to the Rink family! God Bless!