These photos were taken by Todd Dziaosz
at Beaver Springs Dragway and given to me by Tom. The rights to them are not
meant to be infringed upon by the garage club.
Click images for full sized view:
TOM LARNARD AT THE BSD AWARDS BANQUET.
Tom's Camaro doing the warm up burnout.
Tom's Launch. Plenty of Daylight, well, as much as
your get at a night race!
Here is a blast from the past.
Tom's "Orange Crush"
Tom Larnard
1967-2004
Garage Club Member # 9
'68 Camaro 426: 160.00 MPH
President of the 100 MPH club at Beaver
3 years straight! ('97, '98, & '99)
CLUB LEGENDS:
by Chris Ives (02-15-2005)
"Tom was a very dear friend, not only to me but to many. I can
still hear his laugh when the topic of fast cars comes up in heated conversations.
Toms presence is oh so near anytime club members gather. The stories he told will
live as long as we are still around and most likely beyond. He was the highlight
of every event I ever attended. Be it SPEEDZONE where he dominated the indoor oval
or club meetings where his tales of bizarre happenings held every ones ears at bay
for hours.
Very few can compare in our circle of the automobile enthusiasts as Tom. He was extremely
intelligent and learned the ways of making things go fast through technology along
with trial and error. He was always there to help a friend when the need arose. Traveling
literally hundreds of miles to assist a stranded buddy or pull many an 'all nighter'
so others can race the next day.
I can still recall the first time I met Tom. A young brash kid with a quest for fun,
companionship & speed. I raced him many a time at various places. And if I won,
his determination would always end up getting the better of me by improving on what
he had and not accepting defeat. Granted, I owned more rides then him, but his were
always faster by far. That was Tom, may we always remember a TRUE LEGEND!"
See Tom in our YouTube Videos below: (If you have some video tape of Tom let us know. We would like
to put together some videos of him.)
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Below: The first recorded garage club meeting:
Below: Tom Larnard beats his red Camaro with
commentary by Jeff Doud circa 1991 on Roushe Creek Road.
Below: Here are some Garage Club guys with
some Beaver Springs Dragway footage from the summer of '97. Included you will see
Jeff Doud and his '68 Impala, Tom Larnard and his '69 Camaro, Mark Brown and his
'69 Camaro, Dave Lehr with his '66 Biscayne, Craig Lahar in his '68 Camaro, and Chris
Riley in his '65 Chevelle.
