Paul Brown

[302BOB]

http://www.racer.com/pirelli-world-challenge-champion-paul-brown-passes-away/article/263611/

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

I made this for my FB cover page for the next few weeks, here is the file in case anyone wants to use it as well: http://i.imgur.com/ifcam.jpg

 

[cloud9]

May God bless him and his family.

 

[MNG_BOSS302]

My thoughts and prayers go out to Paul's family and friends.

 

[HackBoss2901]

RIP Paul Brown

 

[SVT1]

Sad news.

Our prayers go out to Paul's family. A big loss to the car community as well.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Another article and link to an previous interview.

http://www.stangtv.com/event-coverage/road-racing/mustang-racer-paul-brown-succumbs-to-skin-cancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mustang-racer-paul-brown-succumbs-to-skin-cancer

 

[mwilson7]

http://racing.ford.com/more-racing/news/articles/cancer-claims-gts-champion-paul-brown-at-43-1293055089716/

 

[askjeffro]

I made this for my FB cover page for the next few weeks, here is the file in case anyone wants to use it as well: http://i.imgur.com/ifcam.jpg

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Thanks, I did exactly that.

 

[BossJockey]

Pirelli World Challenge Champion Paul Brown Succumbs to Cancer

I haven't see this posted yet on BMO. I was a little shocked when I saw it. So sad.

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/story.php?story=2728

Oct. 13, 2012

Series Staff


Pirelli World Challenge Champion Paul Brown Succumbs to Cancer

LOS ANGELES - Champion race car driver Paul Brown, of Covina, Calif., passed away Saturday morning after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 43.

Paul Brown - 1969-2012

Highlighted by the 2011 Pirelli World Challenge GTS Drivers’ Championship, Brown started his racing career in 1992 in SCCA Club Racing. He made his first SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge start in 1993 at Des Moines, and would run another 41 races through the 2000 season before taking a hiatus from the series. After a handful of starts in 2008-2009, Brown returned for a full slate in with his Tiger Racing/Paul Brown Racing Ford Mustang Boss 302S in 2011.

At the season-opening round at St. Petersburg, Brown earned his first-career pole position and followed that with a first win at Long Beach. Brown would win four more times in 2011 en route to a dominating Drivers’ Championship.

Following the season, Brown was diagnosed with an aggressive melanoma, and began undergoing treatment. The team signed Justin Bell to drive the No. 50 Mustang for 2012 in Brown’s absence. With Bell unable to attend the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (Mosport) event in June due to a scheduling conflict, Brown returned to the driver’s seat for what would turn out to be the final time. Battling side effects from the cancer treatment, Brown raced to a pair of top-10 finishes, highlighted by a third-place run on Saturday.

“On and off the track, Paul Brown was an inspiration to us all,” SCCA President and CEO Tom Campbell said. “He worked his way up over the years, from a driver fighting for top 10 finishes to a driver fighting for the Championship. He is a true Champion and will always be a part of the SCCA Pro Racing family and our history. Our thoughts are with his wife, Carol, and the rest of his family.”

"I have known Paul since 2000, when we competed together in the Speedvision World Challenge GT series,” WC Vision President & CEO Scott Bove said. “He was an intense competitor but always willing to lend a hand. After a few years off, he and I met again at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2009 and talked about the need for a new class of racing for the factory-built Mustangs. That conversation led to the development of the Pirelli World Challenge GTS class, in which he won the 2011 Championship. He was an inspiration to all that knew him and he will be missed."

Brown married fellow World Challenge driver Carol Hollfelder in 2005. The couple each came from a racing family. Brown’s father is renowned Mustang tuner Kenny Brown, and Hollfelder’s father, Tom, has been a fixture in North American vintage racing scene for many years and also previously competed in World Challenge. Outside of the driver’s seat, Brown managed the shop at Tiger Racing.

Service arrangements are not yet available.

 

[808Boss]

This is shocking news... I can't believe it. My condolences to his family and friends. He will certainly be missed...

 

[suprmn]

Paul Brown Tribute


http://vimeo.com/52174971

 

[VoodooBoss]

For those that recorded it there's a tribute to Paul Brown at the beginning of the televised Long Beach WC race from April. There's a nice comment from Mark Wilson included.

 

[GB899]

The race is currently available "On Demand" thru the world challenge website
http://www.world-challengetv.com/

I am proud to be able to call Paul a friend... I really miss him...

 

[mwilson7]

Here's the tribute:

I miss him too........

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DnjZYt5foEo[/youtube]

 

[VoodooBoss]

Thanks for posting that. Someone needs to make a poster of Paul using that great shot with his right wheels off the ground.

 

[vista6019]

I met Paul at the MidAmerica Ford Event in Tulsa while driving at Hallett....a couple of years ago. What a class act and a real professional, who always had time to chat with us little guys....Thanks for posting the tribute.