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John Charles Shoemaker

Birth
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Death
8 Mar 2008 (aged 65)
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
Burial
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
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ON 3/8/2008 NHRA TOP FUEL DRAGSTER DRIVER JOHN SHOEMAKER WAS RACING AT THE SACRAMENTO RACEWAY IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA WHEN HE WAS SPEEDING DOWN THE QUARTER MILE WHEN HIS DRAGSTER WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A DIRT BURM JUST THEN THE MEN OF THE NHRA'S SAFETY SAFARI TEAM ARRIVED ON THE SCENE ALONG WITH PARAMEDICS FROM THE SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPT TREATED AND TRANSPORTED JOHN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WERE HE PASSED AWAY JOHN'S WIFE JUDEE USE TO CALL JOHN HER BESTFRIEND AND WENT TO ALL THE RACES AT IRWINDALE AND POMONA WITH JOHN, JOHN SHOEMAKER WAS A BIG NAME IN THE DRAG RACING WORLD HE MADE HISTORY AT THE SACRAMENTO RACEWAY AND SET A NATIONAL RECORDS AND BULT RACE CAR CHASSIES FOR 20 YEARS AND SAFETY WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND JOHN DIE'ED DOING WHAT HE LOVED TO DO AND THAT WAS TO DRIVE HIS TOP FUEL DRAGSTER DOWN THE QUARTER MILE AND WIN AND GRAB THE WALLY JOHN YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN KEEP ON RACING JOHN
ON 3/8/2008 NHRA TOP FUEL DRAGSTER DRIVER JOHN SHOEMAKER WAS RACING AT THE SACRAMENTO RACEWAY IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA WHEN HE WAS SPEEDING DOWN THE QUARTER MILE WHEN HIS DRAGSTER WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A DIRT BURM JUST THEN THE MEN OF THE NHRA'S SAFETY SAFARI TEAM ARRIVED ON THE SCENE ALONG WITH PARAMEDICS FROM THE SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPT TREATED AND TRANSPORTED JOHN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WERE HE PASSED AWAY JOHN'S WIFE JUDEE USE TO CALL JOHN HER BESTFRIEND AND WENT TO ALL THE RACES AT IRWINDALE AND POMONA WITH JOHN, JOHN SHOEMAKER WAS A BIG NAME IN THE DRAG RACING WORLD HE MADE HISTORY AT THE SACRAMENTO RACEWAY AND SET A NATIONAL RECORDS AND BULT RACE CAR CHASSIES FOR 20 YEARS AND SAFETY WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND JOHN DIE'ED DOING WHAT HE LOVED TO DO AND THAT WAS TO DRIVE HIS TOP FUEL DRAGSTER DOWN THE QUARTER MILE AND WIN AND GRAB THE WALLY JOHN YOU WILL BE MISSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN KEEP ON RACING JOHN

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