R.I.P., Kelion Kasler
01-01-2016, 10:37 PM
#5
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Very nice guy this is sad news. I met him last year at Sebring 48 .. and tried to help him out along the way with his Rx choices for Panca over past year He lasted alot longer than most with this dreaded disease. God Speed Frank
01-02-2016, 12:25 AM
#6
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He was the reason I started racing - We met each other at DE at Mosport and he was annoyed I had passed him in my 6GT3 and he was in his street Boxster. He told me he was buying a SPB and I should join him. We went to Sebring together 4 years ago and it was his first club race and I did DE in my GT3. I got annoyed when he insisted my lap times where the result of the car and not my driving, which I later I realized was a ploy to lure me in. I told him when I got home from Sebring, I was going to buy a SPB and come kick his a$$. Our first race together was at WGI and it was also my first club race. He unfortunately crashed in the middle of race one. This was actually a life changing moment for him, because this was what lead him to find his cancer. I will never forget when he called me two weeks after the race and told me.
A month later when he had moved back to CA to be closer to family, I went to see him and stayed with him for 3 days. He was very down and felt like he was going to die within 3 months. We had some terrible conversations over those three days but in the end I had gotten him to see that life was still worth living. I drove him to a Porsche dealership on the last night and he picked himself up a new 991 S. His smile was as big as ever and we went to dinner with his family that night for his wife's birthday and everyone had a great night. I left the next day and he had a renewed interest in life. It was the very least I could do for him. We saw each other many times over the next 3 years as our track lives crossed. He was now living life on his terms and I always respected him for that.
We always shared a healthy conversation on racing and driving in general, often talking for hours on the phone about a race or a car.
Race on good buddy. You will forever inspire me to push.......
A month later when he had moved back to CA to be closer to family, I went to see him and stayed with him for 3 days. He was very down and felt like he was going to die within 3 months. We had some terrible conversations over those three days but in the end I had gotten him to see that life was still worth living. I drove him to a Porsche dealership on the last night and he picked himself up a new 991 S. His smile was as big as ever and we went to dinner with his family that night for his wife's birthday and everyone had a great night. I left the next day and he had a renewed interest in life. It was the very least I could do for him. We saw each other many times over the next 3 years as our track lives crossed. He was now living life on his terms and I always respected him for that.
We always shared a healthy conversation on racing and driving in general, often talking for hours on the phone about a race or a car.
Race on good buddy. You will forever inspire me to push.......
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01-09-2016, 05:34 AM
#12
Kelion and I had a tremendous dinner at the Ritz Laguna Nigel August 5 th
Magical evening...
May the Lord Bless You and Keep You, May His Face shine upon You and give You peace...
Great driver, great person...
Lyb
Magical evening...
May the Lord Bless You and Keep You, May His Face shine upon You and give You peace...
Great driver, great person...
Lyb
