Folks Of Interest In memory of Fritz Kott

Fritz Kott died at the age of 66 on Thursday, June 2, on the way to the hospital. He had been working on a 1953 DeSoto in preparation for the Antique Nationals.

He had done it all; he was a longtime Bonneville and El Mirage racer, King of the Hill at the Signal Hill model T hill climb multiple times, 4 banger guru, panamerican racer, B25 Mitchell mechanic, P51 racing mustang mechanic, motorcycle racer, and more. As anyone who knew Fritz could tell you, he'd give anyone a hand with anything anytime. He was a genuinely good fellow.

The landracing.com board has set up a paypal donation for his wife Gayle and son Chris. More details in this thread, paypal info is on page 2 http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,9816.0.html

There will be a memorial held for Fritz at the Mormon church in Fallbrook, on Friday June 10 at 1:00 in the afternoon. The address is 621 South Stage Coach Lane, Fallbrook, CA 92028-3648
(760)*728-4244

 

Fritz was one of the coolest guys I met during my years racing on the salt. He was born in Nebraska, so he and my Husker crew always had things to talk about other than racing.

Here's a link to a tribute on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExKYie_UIBw

 

I didn't know Fritz was born in Nebraska. Interesting. I do know his dad ran Newport Plating for many years, so I always ***umed he was born in CA. Apparently not.

 

Haven't seen him in several years. Back in the '70's-'80 Fritz and his RPU named the
"Full House Mouse" were regulars at 'Mirage. A real racer. R.I.P.

 

RIP - Fritz....

 

Rip

 

Jill gave me the bad news a couple of days ago. Knowing Fritz from El Mirage and Bonneville he was one of those guys that would go out of his way to help. And he enjoyed his racing. We lost Willie Buchta earlier this year and now Fritz. For me El Mirage and Bonneville will be that little bit darker without them.

My deepest sympathy to Gail. R.I.P.

 

He and Gail were married on the starting line at Bonneville during speedweek. God speed Fritz......

 

Yup, still cracks me up when I see the picture. Married on the salt with the groom wearing flip-flops and shorts.

 

Well, the service was great. Lots of folks had stories to tell about Fritz, including some from his wilder days, like streaking the track at the Antique Nationals one year.

 

May he rest in peace....

 

What a wonderful tribute to a man who was there when it wasn't part of the "scene" to be into hot rods.

R.I.P.