"The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having
had one."
Hi Folks, we lost a dear friend last week. Friend and car buddy,
Alan DeClue.
Alan was friends with many people here in the Bay Area Cobra Club, NorCal Cobras, and one of our champions from the good old Western States Cobra Bash years. Alan had friends all over the place. I thank Alan for nudging me to get people together when we did. Alan was doing his thing at his automotive shop when he passed on. I'm relaying some of this through friends, family. Sending out our Sincere Condolences to all family and friends of Alan.
What are your memories of Alan - let me share a few:
As some may recall, while many of us were driving on the track at WSCB many years ago, you'd find Alan in the pits running around helping people with their broken cars coming off of the track. As one of his friends shared today,
"Alan would give you the shirt off of his back". Because that is the kind of guy Alan was. Alan had a passion for people, cars, and more cars! A unique character and friend to many.
Alan recently turned 60. We were fortunate to get together with the old WSCB Track Day crew last year for a 12-year reunion. Alan and friend made the trip up in his Cobra. We talked about making sure we all met up this last time, and the reunion idea
started with Alan. There was an intended purpose to this meetup, and so thankful we did it. Thank You Alan.
These two photos are stored in the Gallery for Western States Cobra Bash. Alan is third up on the left side, Blue CS shirt and Blue/Red Cobra Snake hat on.
The photo I remember most was Alan with his little girl and his WSCB shirt years back during a weekend breakfast meetup we did up in Murphys one year.
Alan was very proud of his daughter. I never forgot this photo of Alan and his daughter baby Danica.
Yep, you got it, named after the famous race car driver, and Alan would not have had it any other way.
You are in all of our memories dear friend. Vroom-Vroom, keep on drivin'.
REQUEST:
Please share thoughts, memories, photos, for Alan's family & friends. Thank You.
