rossdbos
09-28-2007, 06:43 PM
(originally posted on HB)
From Tony Scarlata:
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I post this.
Craig Kinnaman "Flat Stupid" or "CK" as we called him, passed away this morning in Big Sky Montana. Craig was the best friend and racer you would ever come across. I met CK in the fall of 04 at the World Finals in Phoenix. He came to one race and jumped in head first into the race game. He was always upbeat and bouncing around at the races because he just loved to be there hanging with friends and other racers. If anyone had the chance to see the pit parties this guy threw you understand what he was about. 2 Gas powered Blenders running at the same time while going through 5 gallons of Tequila. The more people the merrier. Craig was never shy about going after our competition with the friendly trash talking. If we had to thrash to make a heat or a round you could always count on him to be right in the thick of it. His rule in racing was that we never have to borrow anything. Most of time that happened. He was the most giving person I have ever met. He would fly people from across the country to attend races on his dime because he liked them.
We started off just racing K boats but Craig "got tired of seeing me run to another pit" to race a dragboat so he incorporated the two. That was Craig. He always tried to put different people in his boats to help build the sport. That was his ultimate goal to build the Kboat class. We could be doing nothing in the pit and he would want to go roust somebody and give them a hard time. There were times in the offseason that Craig would call and talk for hours about "what we are gonna do next year." You could always tell when it was getting close to race time because the frequency of these calls would increase ten fold. No matter what the situation, CK always stood behind me. I can't even begin to express how I feel. My heart goes out to Nancy, Hunter Jennifer, Katie, Fred and all of his family.
Take care CK,
Your friend,
Tony (Scarlata)
On Behalf of the Southern Calfornia Speedboat Club and RPM RACING ENTERPRISES, we offer our condolences to the Kinnaman Family and his extended family Tony Scarlata and the entire race team. We have you in our prayers.
Craig was the kind of owner that only wanted to make boat racing bigger and better. He and his team accomplished so much in such a short time. Boat racing lost another great icon today!
If there is anything that you need, Tony, please don't hesitate to call.
Sincerley,
Ross Wallach, SCSC/RPM RACING ENT.
From Tony Scarlata:
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I post this.
Craig Kinnaman "Flat Stupid" or "CK" as we called him, passed away this morning in Big Sky Montana. Craig was the best friend and racer you would ever come across. I met CK in the fall of 04 at the World Finals in Phoenix. He came to one race and jumped in head first into the race game. He was always upbeat and bouncing around at the races because he just loved to be there hanging with friends and other racers. If anyone had the chance to see the pit parties this guy threw you understand what he was about. 2 Gas powered Blenders running at the same time while going through 5 gallons of Tequila. The more people the merrier. Craig was never shy about going after our competition with the friendly trash talking. If we had to thrash to make a heat or a round you could always count on him to be right in the thick of it. His rule in racing was that we never have to borrow anything. Most of time that happened. He was the most giving person I have ever met. He would fly people from across the country to attend races on his dime because he liked them.
We started off just racing K boats but Craig "got tired of seeing me run to another pit" to race a dragboat so he incorporated the two. That was Craig. He always tried to put different people in his boats to help build the sport. That was his ultimate goal to build the Kboat class. We could be doing nothing in the pit and he would want to go roust somebody and give them a hard time. There were times in the offseason that Craig would call and talk for hours about "what we are gonna do next year." You could always tell when it was getting close to race time because the frequency of these calls would increase ten fold. No matter what the situation, CK always stood behind me. I can't even begin to express how I feel. My heart goes out to Nancy, Hunter Jennifer, Katie, Fred and all of his family.
Take care CK,
Your friend,
Tony (Scarlata)
On Behalf of the Southern Calfornia Speedboat Club and RPM RACING ENTERPRISES, we offer our condolences to the Kinnaman Family and his extended family Tony Scarlata and the entire race team. We have you in our prayers.
Craig was the kind of owner that only wanted to make boat racing bigger and better. He and his team accomplished so much in such a short time. Boat racing lost another great icon today!
If there is anything that you need, Tony, please don't hesitate to call.
Sincerley,
Ross Wallach, SCSC/RPM RACING ENT.