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12-04-2013, 06:11 PM
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While many roadside tributes include crosses, signs and flowers, the friends and colleagues of Daniel Toops found a more unusual - yet seemingly fitting - way to honor him. Toops, the owner of Toops Performance in London, Ohio, passed away early Thanksgiving morning as the passenger in a single-vehicle accident, and on their way to his viewing, a convoy comprised almost exclusively of tuned diesel trucks stopped in front of Toops' shop with a soot-spewing, tire-smoking tribute which was all caught on video.
According to mydailyregister.com (http://www.mydailyregister.com/news/home_top-news/3014987/Toops-an-innovative-diesel-power-mechanic), Toops was a self-taught diesel mechanic with a flair for innovative solutions, and his shop's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toops-Performance/103450793111983) shows that he was competitively involved in truck pulls. The 13-minute video is posted below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/12/04/diesel-pickup-convoy-burnout-tribute-fallen-friend-video/#continued) showing more than 50 trucks laying rubber on a stretch of rural Ohio backroad, along with a second, more conventional tribute video. Note: There's a brief bit of explicit language right at the end of the first video.Continue reading Diesel convoy burnoutfest is a unique way to remember a loved one (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/04/diesel-pickup-convoy-burnout-tribute-fallen-friend-video/)
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While many roadside tributes include crosses, signs and flowers, the friends and colleagues of Daniel Toops found a more unusual - yet seemingly fitting - way to honor him. Toops, the owner of Toops Performance in London, Ohio, passed away early Thanksgiving morning as the passenger in a single-vehicle accident, and on their way to his viewing, a convoy comprised almost exclusively of tuned diesel trucks stopped in front of Toops' shop with a soot-spewing, tire-smoking tribute which was all caught on video.
According to mydailyregister.com (http://www.mydailyregister.com/news/home_top-news/3014987/Toops-an-innovative-diesel-power-mechanic), Toops was a self-taught diesel mechanic with a flair for innovative solutions, and his shop's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toops-Performance/103450793111983) shows that he was competitively involved in truck pulls. The 13-minute video is posted below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/12/04/diesel-pickup-convoy-burnout-tribute-fallen-friend-video/#continued) showing more than 50 trucks laying rubber on a stretch of rural Ohio backroad, along with a second, more conventional tribute video. Note: There's a brief bit of explicit language right at the end of the first video.Continue reading Diesel convoy burnoutfest is a unique way to remember a loved one (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/04/diesel-pickup-convoy-burnout-tribute-fallen-friend-video/)
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