I met Pete many years ago. He was a totally amazing guy and the BEST race coach I ever have known. He trained me and my

C0-driver how to attack Watkins Glen. He also took us for a ride in a Dodge Neon over the original road course at a very high rate of speed! Then at Daytona, I had a Land Cruiser and he took a bunch of rookie drivers around the track pointing to every apex, crack in the pavement, you name it and he knew it! We were all stuffed into my Land Cruiser up high on the banking at Daytona and said to Pete...."We're gonna roll over!"......"Nah" he replied...we're good. We all needed "diapers" as Pete flew around the track in my big Land "Crusher" as he called it.

I will miss him forever, a truly fun, high energy, real deal man.

With much love and Compassion,

Mark Minkin

Eli Talbot-Minkin