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The passing of Ernie King
This was posted by Bill Wilson on the Corvette Forum. I was with Ernie at the Z06 Fest on friday, I'm shocked , and my heart goes out to the King family.
" I am sadden to announce to each of you the news concerning the passing of Ernie King. Ernie died in his sleep last night at his hotel in Bowling Green, KY while attending the ZO6 Fest being held this weekend at the Corvette Museum. Ernie was a long time drag racer out of Rockville, MD and raced his Blue C5 Corvette in the East Coast Supercharging Corvette Challenge at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. Ernie also attended the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Corvette Nationals at Carolina Dragway and Richmond Dragway. He also participated in the Mid-Atlantic Corvette Challenge series in Richmond, VA. Ernie and his wife Barb had recently moved to the Conway, South Carolina, in the Myrtle Beach area and had just recently purchased a 2009 ZO6. Ernie was a very good friend, neighbor and competitor. I will miss seeing Ernie on nearly a daily basis and racing with him whenever we had the opportunity to do so. "
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