Longtime race mechanic and former racer Eric Grey was discovered useless immediately in his residence in Cache, Oklahoma. He was believed to be 60 years previous.
“I discovered him immediately,” stated George Nassaney, proprietor of the Altus Motorsports dealerships and Altus Manufacturing unit race staff that Grey labored for as Race Workforce Supervisor. “Mainly, he didn’t present up for work immediately. My son stated one thing to me this morning, and I understand how Eric is. He’ll textual content me if he’s going to be 5 minutes late. He’s simply that sort of man.
“My intestine stored saying there’s one thing unsuitable. So, I made a decision to drive to his home as a result of I constructed his home a number of years again. It’s a few 45-minute drive. After I received down right here he didn’t reply the door, so I began strolling across the property, regarded in a window, and noticed him mendacity flat on his again in the lounge.”
Nassaney then referred to as the native police, who made entry into the house and confirmed that Grey was deceased and had been deceased for hours if not days. The time and explanation for dying, nevertheless, had not been decided at submit time.
“I noticed him Saturday afternoon on the shut of enterprise,” stated Nassaney. “I instructed him I’d see him on Tuesday. Jaret [Nassaney, George Nassaney’s son and a racer for Altus Motorsports] texted him on Monday and he by no means texted him again, so he’s been gone for a day earlier than this occurred.
“We had simply pushed to Daytona in my private pickup truck. We had a great journey down there, a great journey residence, got here again and began getting ready for the remainder of the season.
“He dealt with all of the suspension for the motocross bikes and all of the [road] race staff stuff. And this yr we made a change. We have been going to have two crew chiefs with him on Jaret’s [Supersport] bike and [Brandon] Paasch’s [Stock 1000] bike, and Mike Castro because the Crew Chief for Alessandro Di Mario [Junior Cup] and Joe LiMandri’s [Twins Cup] bike. We’re going to race. Eric would need us to race. So, we’re going to have to seek out one other individual to return in and transfer ahead.”
Altus Motorsports gained the 2020 MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 and Superbike Cup Championships with Cameron Petersen and the 2021 MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 and Superbike Cup Championships with Jake Lewis and MotoAmerica Junior Cup races with Kayla Yaakov in 2022 below Grey’s management.
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