johnc Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 For those of you who knew or had heard of Paul, he was killed yesterday flying his private plane. Mechanical trouble forced him into an emergency landing that went horribly wrong. Paul was the winner of the most recent Sport Compact Car Ultimate Street Car Challenge, two time winner of the OTC Top Gun Award, winner of the Laguna Seca round of the SCCA's Speed GT series, multi-time Viper Racing Series overall champion, multi-time race winner of the AMA Superbike series, and just a great, warm hearted, gentleman racer. Here's a link to a whole mess of pictures of Paul running (and winning) at Laguna Seca last month. http://www.paulmumford.com/laguna/index.html And a press release on Speed: http://www.world-challenge.com/news/03press244.html I'm supposed to go racing this weekend but I sure as sh*t don't feel like it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 That's horrible. I watched the Laguna race. That was his first drive in Speedvision GT, wasn't it. He looked pretty dominant. I was looking forward to watching him drive in that series. Sad to see so many dying in small planes. We just lost the Mosers in a small plane crash what 6 months ago? Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David K Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Its sad. I was listening to the radio yesterday about an hour after it happened. Reports said he had a fire in the cockpit, and the news actually interviewed a few people who saw the plane go down. Hits close to home when its someone you know, john? My thoughts go out to everyone involved. Its gonna be a sad day on the SE-R private mailing list, a few SCC guys are on it. John, i say go racing this weekend. Get his # in black vinyl somewhere on your car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETEW Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 That really sucks. He was an awesome driver. Saw the Speed race just the other week. He really was a talented driver, the vipers were a realitivly new team. John I would race, if I were you. I think it says more about the man than to sit it out. Like David wrote get some black #'s for your car. The man was passionate about racing, I think the best way to honor him is to go and do your best! God Speed Paul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I'm really gonna miss watching pmum wheel one of those Vipers. He was an exceptional talent. My prayers go out to his family and friends. Go racing John. With something in his memory. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Been off the computer more lately and I missed this... Man it absolutely caught me off guard. This guy was just great to watch. Seemed like a real nice person as well... Man this sucks... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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