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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ moment of silence for a great POC member

Posted by: Maltese Falcon Sep 14 2005, 12:37 AM

For any of you long time POC (SoCal) members, our respected friend Topper Chasse has passed on. I first remember him in his orange 9146 doing hot laps at RIR and Willow Springs back in 1978. He was a talented driver, and I always admired his skills on the track. He always had something good to say. He will be missed.
Friends can celebrate his life tomorrow 9/14/05 at The Church of the Calvary, 4201 Whittier Bl. Whittier, CA.
My condolences to the Chasse family.
Marty

Posted by: 0396 Sep 14 2005, 06:41 AM

My condolences to the Chasse family too.
I Met Topper at Riverside in the 70's driving his -6

Topper, next time I see you we will both be driving our -6's- RIP

Posted by: xitspd Sep 14 2005, 08:40 AM

I am sorry to hear about Toppers passing. He was a fierce competitor on the track and a very focused businessman. POC #1 will be missed.

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Sep 14 2005, 09:55 AM

Just about the end of an era. One of the founding forces in POC, as I recall. We talked at some length at the Ustabedunkel's swap meet last spring. Mostly about who's still around, what happened to people we knew, and the old days when time trials were filled with 356s, with a 911 now and then. He and Speedy Livingston, as well as John Uphoff, kept me focused on the things I could do to keep competitive in my daily driver 356A 1600NH coupe. Walked right up to me, close to 40 years after I last saw him, and we picked up right where we left off ................... The Cap'n

Posted by: campbellcj Sep 14 2005, 10:38 PM

Very sorry to hear about that. I only met Topper once, and didn't truly realize who I was meeting at that time, but learned more of his near-legendary status later.

This pic is from an HSR West event at Willow 3 years ago - from what I recall he was really showing the young bucks the way around the track, that day. His lap times in this car were like 10+ seconds quicker than I currently run in my car which is quite similar.

RIP

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