A while back someone was asking about characters in racing. Goop was that and more. He raced an Outlaw Stock and Enduro's, and was very involved with vintage cars for quite a while with his Billy Pauch Tribute car and others. He was a long time Billy Pauch fan and a forever fan of Flemington Speedway. It was Goop, Wyatt Jacobus Jr., and the late Bill Hanna that started the Flemington Speedway Historical Society. Goop always mugged it up for the camera when we'd bump into each other in the pits at New Egypt, or at a swap meet. He liked to mix it up at times too, and when it was done, you knew where you stood and that was a good thing. In recent years Goop was spending less time at the races and more time with his Godson, something that brought him probably more joy than anything else in life. For so many years, a trip to the track meant seeing folks that were part of the true core of the sport, and Goop will always be in that group. My condolences to the family and many friends of John "Goop" Mondelli. https://www.ippolitofuneralhomes.com/obituaries/John-S-Goop-Mondelli?obId=22604385#/obituaryInfo
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