If you like what we’re doing and want updates when we post new pieces, follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Please take the time and also look through some other pieces on the site. If you’re interested in writing, please let us know. We are always looking for more contributors. I promise to give both of these pieces a great home and help preserve this small amount of Indianapolis 500 history. I’m pretty sure you will read this, Mike. LINK: Unexpected Autograph Mailday (Bill Alsup) Unfortunately, I won’t get that opportunity. He even told me that if I found his other card to send it and he’d be happy to sign it. It was eerie for me because just a few weeks prior, I had received a TTM autograph request back for him. LINK: Bryan Clauson (1989-2016): Reflection, Thoughts & A Few Cardsįormer Indy 500 driver Bill Alsup was killed in a crane accident just two days after Clauson died. If you are interested to read it, you can click the link below. I wrote a post about it the day after his passing. I took the news of his death pretty hard, though I had just met him once. I had met Bryan and he had signed a couple of cards for me. They are much more appreciated than I can express.īryan Clauson died on August 7th from injuries sustained in a wreck the night before. Like the first time, he included a couple of small gifts for me. There’s a second chance at it, and again Mike sent me some items. When the (first part of the) race ran in June, I volunteered to get some autographs for him. A couple of days before the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, the Indianapolis Star published a piece about his collection. I’ve mentioned him in some previous posts but if you’re new to the site, just know that Mike has the most impressive collection of Indianapolis 500 driver autographs that is know. In the last few months, I have become friends with a great guy and great collector, Mike. There is an autograph signing and I’m not sure if I will go just for that or stay for the race itself. In memory of Bryan K Clauson, please visit our floral store.Later today I am going to No Limits, TX (yes, it’s a town) for the completion of the Ind圜ar Firestone 600 race. Visiting hours will be held on Sunday, Februfrom 2-4PM, with a religious service held at 3PM at the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad St. Additionally, he leaves behind his brother Duane and his wife Debra, their children, Michelle, Nicolle, and Jesse as well as his mother Louise, and sisters, Diane, Linda, and Laurie, and many family and friends for whom he prayed daily. Bryan is survived by his son, Keith and his wife Stephanie, as well as his two grandchildren, Isabelle and Willem. For over forty years, he tenaciously walked the links, seeking the perfect swing. Bryan diligently argued on childrens’ behalf to attend school without fear of being unjustly unenrolled, a relentless struggle which earned him the nickname “Bulldog.” Besides his family, Bryan’s second love was golf. Bryan earned his Juris Doctorate and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in June 2000 where, for the next twenty years he passionately advocated for juvenile rights in education and was a bar advocate for Children and Family Protective Services in the greater Springfield area. He was born Octoin Brookings, South Dakota to Louise Gadbois. Clauson, 61, Passed away at his home on Sunday, February 20, 2022.
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