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Misc Forums => Health, Welfare, and Passings => Topic started by: ack on January 03, 2020, 05:01:44 PM
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I am sad to report Jack Costella passed away several hours ago.
He was a good friend and great innovator.
Glad he was able to make the trip to Bolivia with us.
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Oh, come on - Jack?
May he Rest In Peace.
Our condolences to everybody that knew him. And - now who are we gonna call "the old hippie"?
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Sorry to hear this. But Jack really lived his life fully every day. Not many can say that.
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Sad to hear that! RIP JC! :cry: :cry:
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Sad news indeed,, I had a interesting conversation at Motel6 one evening with him, many innotive ideas were in that mans head 8-)
Condolences to his family and friends :-(
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Around 2003 I took my then 12 year old grandson to SW. We went around the pits and a lot of guys had Carl sit in their race cars, including the Phoenix. Always with a warning about chute release. I had never met Jack but new of him and his cars. When we got to his pit it was just Jack and his liner. I asked if he was Jack Costella and he gave me this "who wants to know" look and says "yeah". I said "I wanted to introduce my grandson to the most innovative guy at Bonneville. Less than 2 minutes later Carl was sitting in the liner telling Jack he knew about chute releases and Jack pointing out everything else.
So long Jack
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RIP JACK!
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RIP Jack, we will not see the likes of him again.
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I'm really sorry to hear this. Jack Costella was a real innovator and his cars' records speak for themselves.
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Nuts.
God speed.
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RIP
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That is a damn shame. Jack could always be counted on to think out of the box. Truly a memorable and salty character.
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Oh no...just a genius. So sorry to hear this. ‘Race In Peace’ Jack.
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Jack was the man who always came up with ideas and followed his dreams. Jack we will miss to you. Peace and good will to your family.
John
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What a crappy way to start a new year....
Well Jack, you did it your way and you did it right... stayed under the air...
GodSpeed Jack
Condolences to your close friends and family from my racing family.... we will miss seeing and talking to you at the 6
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Sorry to read about Jack's passing.
RIP.🙏🙏🙏✝✝✝✝✝.
My condolences to all family and friends.
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This year starts tough....
Jack, losing you my friend, so sad....
we had so much fun to create the Yellow Submarine....
We had a so great time at the salt, at El Mirage and at your place in San Jose....
MAN, I will miss you but I will never forget you....
R.I.P. Jack.....have the same fun as you had here on the other side.....go crazy, go fast....so as you always done......
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This for Jack
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How old was Jack?
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---here's link to Jack's website---states he was born in 1935--and lots of other good stuff
http://www.jackcostella.com/
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Rest easy Jack. You will be missed .
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I did not have the opportunity to meet Jack, but after reading his introduction on his website, I thought this statement is the reason I race at Bonneville, and I quote:
Jack Costella "People wonder if my vehicles are submarines or gliders. There is no driver, wheels or engine visible. It is imagination and innovation that keeps me going. I like participating in an activity that recognizes and awards creativity and innovation. The main obstacle with other racing is that events become handicapped with rules that don?t allow any different thinking. I now build LSR streamliners that allow the most freedom of design and innovation."
Tom
Actually, I think I did meet Jack in 2018 at "World of Speed". I took this photo. If this is not Jack, please let me know and I'll delete this photo.
(https://i.postimg.cc/j2DpPdq8/Jack-Costella-s-mini-streamliner.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BPG7G3KD)
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That is Jack.
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I saw the Jack Costella thing yesterday, shocker.
I had communicated with him occasionally online since about 18 years ago or so, always responded, always cordial.
Due to our mutual emphasis on AERO, he was my #1 LSR hero.
IIRC, I corralled him in that Mad Max truck of his, SW '05 Saturday as he was in line. Asked Aero Qs for a couple mins, quickly digressed to life and pursuit of hippieness. Most enjoyable 20 mins of my lifes racing experience, getting an audience with the Guru of Air-Go without going up on a mountain, but on the Valhalla of LSR, The Salt, during SpeedWeek.
Hey Jack, Thanks, we'll always have memories.
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Yes, this is Jack, in the orange T and the Yellow Submarine, now in the sidecar configuration....
Jack asked me in the 90's, as we both was thinking outside the box, if I see a chance to create a motorcycle which stands by his own without any kind of mechanical support
like a gyro....or outriggers....he understood my theory....and so he built at first the Yellow Submarine and later the Salt Snake....Cliff Gullett's streamliner...
the attached pictures shows Jack with his first successful racer, the NT 2, this racer got him into the 200 Club
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Was this sudden as Jack posted on the forum only a couple of weeks ago.
Rest in Peace and Godspeed Jack Costella.
Tom G.
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Yrs truly can't think of anything more to add to the accolades already expressed about Jack other than to post my ditto!
An extraordinary innovator!
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A memory smile about Jack.....it was late 90s and we were in an Eliminators meeting in the garage in Norco. He had come down to visit and attend various meetings and was given a "brass balls award" for running through the traps at good speed, with back half of the car on fire. There was a lot of friendly laughs that night.
It was a fun meeting for a bit player like me, to sit back and listen to Jack, and Donny Arivett, Jack Kelly, Bill Smothers, and others...while they discussed various problems about random LSR stuff. I think the longest subject of the evening was Jack Kellys dry sump troubles that kept taking out the bottom end in the belly tank.
Sometimes you meet peoples that are so far above your level, it is a satisfying thrill to hear them all engaged. He sure was a good fit in that level of people and I liked seeing that.
He certainly deserves the respect for the fun things he showed us and shared with us.
Cool running, Jack
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Lost another one of the Giants !
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I was in 1997 we are sitting at the end of the road,because the Utah
meet was rained out.This man in a motor home shows up and says I just
came from Black Rock Desert and they are trying to go faster then sound.Jack was there.A lot of us took off.When Barbie and I got there
Jack had Andy Green sitting in his car.What a class act.
Rest in peace Jack
Barbie & Ken Kloth
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Observations by American Hot Rod Foundation on Instagram:
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Mike
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Godspeed Jack. :-(
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The Celebration of Life for Jack will be on Saturday, March 21 at 12:00 pm. It will be very casual and lunch will be catered. Please come if you are in town. It will be in Jack's workshop in the backyard of 1681 Phantom Avenue, San Jose, CA.