{"id":7911,"date":"2023-11-06T10:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T09:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/?p=7911"},"modified":"2023-11-06T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:52:22","slug":"we-mourn-the-loss-of-jerry-lackey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/2023\/11\/we-mourn-the-loss-of-jerry-lackey\/","title":{"rendered":"WE MOURN THE LOSS OF JERRY LACKEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"section\" class=\"section spacingTop--sectionHuge spacingBottom--sectionHuge\" data-scrollto=\"\">\n<article id=\"24427\" class=\"post section__entry spacingSides--spacingLarge\">\n<div class=\"wrap--alignCenter wrap--widthTwoThirds\">\n<header class=\"post__header js-inview__staggerParent\">It is with great sadness and gratitude that we bid farewell to Jerry Lackey. With him, we have not only lost one of the founding fathers of the NitrOlympX, but also a very good friend and long-time companion who made a great contribution to the international drag racing scene. In all the years we worked together, we always had the greatest respect for his expertise and professionalism \u2013 as a driver and, above all, as the NitrOlympX race director for many years. Through his boundless dedication and enthusiasm, he made a huge contribution to making the NitrOlympX \u201cthe pearl of European drag racing\u201d, as he himself proudly called the event.The respect and affection that Jerry \u201cBig Daddy\u201d Lackey received from everyone on the race track was unparalleled, as he easily managed the balancing act between competent boss on the track and approachable contact person who had an open ear for everyone. He was a passionate drag racer and deeply rooted in the scene. His love was not only for the sport, but also for all the fans. The organization of the unique NitrOlympX Nightshow, where the audience is amazed every year with spectacular show acts, was particularly close to his heart.Hockenheim-Ring GmbH could not have wished for a better representative for drag racing in general and the NitrOlympX in particular. In August 2023, he was honored with the NitrOlympX Lifetime Award for his life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Our deepest condolences go to his family in Germany and the USA. The Hockenheimring team will honor Jerry Lackey\u2019s memory. We will sorely miss him as a role model and loyal friend. He will always be in our hearts \u2013 and always with us at the quarter-mile. His fair sporting spirit will live on at the NitrOlympX.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"post__footer js-inview__staggerParent\">\n<div class=\"post__share buttonWrap flex js-inview__staggerChild\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"more\" class=\"section spacingTop--sectionHuge spacingBottom--sectionHuge background--colorShade\" data-scrollto=\"\">\n<div class=\"title section__entry section__entry--lessGap spacingSides--spacingLarge js-inview__single\">\n<div class=\"wrap--alignCenter wrap--widthFull\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness and gratitude that we bid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7911"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7916,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7911\/revisions\/7916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nitrolympx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}