Jim, Thanks for posting this. I recall meeting Ray in the early 70's at our Northern California shows and beginning in '75 when I started going to the So Cal shows. Ray was very respectful to everyone, including kids and a positive influence on many in the hobby including myself. Ray's name has come up quite a few times in the past 3 weeks. I read George Vrechek's article on Ray last month. On a recent trip to Southern California, my co-pilot Doug McWilliams commented on how he had been the photographer of the picture of Ray with Ray Medeiros which was used in the SCD article. Just a few days ago, Steve Mitchell and I were talking about Ray as well. I haven't had a chance to look it up yet, but Steve said that there was a picture of Ray and him in an early '70's Sport Scoop..... My last communication with Ray was several years back. I became concerned several months back when a lot of his 'stuff' was being offered on Ebay, thinking that he may have passed already. Everyone's time comes at some point, but Ray seemed to enjoy quite a journey during his time.
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