Pretty cool racer tribute...

[jayb]

Most of us have heard of Manton pushrods.  Apparently the owner, Terry Manton, fell ill last year at a fairly young age and passed away.  Terry's wife and the crew at Manton decided they wanted to give Terry a fitting memorial, so they made up a special set of hollow pushrods for a fuel motor, and filled them with Terry's ashes.  Last Saturday evening, at the Bakersfield March Meet, Terry's friend Jason Rupert installed the pushrods in his funny car and made a 5 second pass in Terry's honor.  Got to be about the coolest racer memorial I've ever heard of.  RIP, Terry Manton...

[BruceS]

Gotta agree! How imaginative of his wife and crew... He must've been quite a guy, and with a passion for Motorsports.  Hopefully his business will live on as a lasting tribute to him.

[RJP]

That is creative and fitting. RIP, Terry. Years ago a dragracer friend of mine passed away and his ashes were spread from the starting line to finish line at Sears Point Raceway. When I cash out my wife threatens to put me in my Hondo flat and set it on fire in the middle of Lake Berryessa... Viking funeral style.

[drdano]

Very cool story Jay. 

They do something similar at Bonneville at the land speed races.  You'll hear on the radios occasionally "and riding along on his/her final pass on car 123 is _______".  I didn't really catch on to this for a few years until I asked someone about it.  They pack the ashes in the parachutes so they are interned at the Mecca of Speed. 

[fe66comet]

I want to be burned on the burn pile at the farm with some brush, a couple tractor tires and gear/drain oil from the last round or oil changes.  You may think I am kidding but I am serious. Don't waist any money on me, I won't care when I am gone.

[ScotiaFE]

I'm probably going to have to take the express elevator down,
and I want a 357 Mag and a $100 bill in my pockets.
I'm shooting or buying my way in.