Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Page 4 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast
Results 31 to 40 of 42

Thread: Buck Thornton

  1. #31
    Team Member Miss BK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Indiana
    Posts
    305
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default


    Champboat racing
    Sept. 16-17 Bud Light of St. Louis St. Louis, MO Champ1/TBD


    PS - The above is the one race I highly recommend.

  2. #32
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    66
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default Grand Prix of Savannah

    Any idea where they are thinking about racing in Savannah? The riverfront on the Savannah River maybe? I am 30 minutes from there thats why I ask!

  3. #33
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    wood river,il
    Posts
    0
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    its about time they moved from august i live here & that race is to hot for me i hope sept can increase the crowd

  4. #34
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    10
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default man thats a ways off

    Quote Originally Posted by Miss BK

    Champboat racing
    Sept. 16-17 Bud Light of St. Louis St. Louis, MO Champ1/TBD


    PS - The above is the one race I highly recommend.
    I am trying to drag my dad to one, he said the same thing. Grand daddy of them all. Sounds like fun. I have had the oppurtunity to see the cut up replay on Speed years back, not sure if it was st louis or three rivers. A fix is a fix though Do the hotels inflate prices like when nascar comes to town or are they reasonable? Pitt is alot closer to southern maryland, I am thinking of taking wife and kids to that one and try to talk dad into St. Louis.

  5. #35
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    10
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default Thanks for the information

    Thanks for the information

  6. #36
    Deceased Member Ray Lumpkin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Whitestone, Va 22578
    Posts
    87
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default Buck was winner

    Buck was a winner too, here in Region 4 when he drove a Checkmate in F J class in the 1970s! He won with vee bottoms and tunnels!!

  7. #37
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Portsmouth VA
    Posts
    22
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Ray Lumpkin View Post
    Buck was a winner too, here in Region 4 when he drove a Checkmate in F J class in the 1970s! He won with vee bottoms and tunnels!!
    Ray, don't forget his old partner, Dave Casey!!

  8. #38
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Posts
    1
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    I just saw a post somewhere else that Buck Thornton has passed away. Godspeed to you and peace to your family.

  9. #39
    Team Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Posts
    559
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by CNC_Guy View Post
    I just saw a post somewhere else that Buck Thornton has passed away. Godspeed to you and peace to your family.

    His obit can be found by "Googling" Buck Thornton obituary. A newspaper article can then be accessed by clicking on his name. Full name was George Alden Thornton.

    Although I never met him personally, I saw him race many time at George Winter Park in St. Louis. My impression from just watching him drive was very similar to watching Billy Seebold. If you were going to beat him you had to put everything you had into it, along with equal or better equipment. He was very tough on the race course.

    Not surprisingly given his success in Boat Racing, he was also very successful in business and civic endevours which can be read about in the obit piece.

  10. #40
    Team Member Beale Tilton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    61
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Buck was a hard charging gentleman almost always with a smile. Never worried about running side by side. Knew he wasn't going to take what didn't belong to him, nor was he going to give what did
    RIP Buck

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •