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As an example of not having any money to race. In the old days IMSA would pay you at the end of the race weekend. Just like the short tracks do in oval racing. So we would stand in line and wait to go into the Bishop motorhome or if the track had one an office. They would hand you your check for of your portion of the race purse. Well Varde had a bad weekend having blown an engine when the throttle hung open and zinged the beast to well over 11,000 rpm and in the race had some other issues. He didn't win anything that weekend but was in line just the same and just ahead of me. Varde walked into the room to See Mr. Bishop. Basically he need a 'loan' to get him from Portland to the next race on the East Coast. They gave it to him and naturally Joe repaid them at the next event when he won. IMSA was truly a family deal in the early days.
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