RIP Stan Janiszewski...  

Stan lost his battle with cancer early Saturday morning. He was my friend. Not just a guy I built a car for, a guy that I could hang out with or talk to on the phone and reminisce about some great times. One of the few people that called me "Johnny", lol. A guy that my dad would actually lend a motor to without wanting anything in return, just to run the hell out of it and spend days building headers to fit a big block in a late model because he genuinely respected his abilities behind the wheel. A guy that always had plenty of help at the shop because he was just one of the guys...a real sense of humor but very quiet until he knew you. I always thought he had the talent to go further, it just didn't work out that way. 

 I'm sure I'm speaking for a lot of people when i talk about what a good friend he was and a fun guy to hang out with and a helluva racer...and I've spent all day thinking about him and Kim and his son and daughter...a lot of people are going to miss him...I think about that 50 lapper he won at Grandview, the work we all put in to get ready for that race, changing a transmission after warmups, missing the heat, qualifying thru the consi, starting in the back, getting caught up in a tangle and going to the rear and blasting thru the field to take the lead with about 5 to go...he wanted that race so badly and won it...so many other stories,,winning an open comp race at BP, battles at Nazareth...God it was fun..and now it's over and a lot of us are going to miss the guy. Godspeed Stanley, you were one of the good guys...

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