Very sad to say we have loss a great Friend and Ambassador to our sport today...

Unfortunately Chuck Beeman has passed away this afternoon. He had been ill for a couple weeks now and left us this afternoon. From what i hear it was peaceful and quick.

I would like to be the first to say we will all miss you very much Chuck. You have been a great friend to me and my family. Always considered you as part of my extended family. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family!!! I know your in a better place now...

Denny Andrews

Sad news for sure.

I never met Chuck (I always wanted too), but everything I heard about him was good. True Gentlemen.

R.I.P Mr. Chuck Beeman

This has probably been one of the toughest things I have had to write, but I am compelled as Chuck was one of my best friends, in and out of the quarter scale world.

I was fortunate to have had over a 20 year friendship with this man, dating back to the old Outlaw Hobby days in San Bernardino, CA. Those Saturday mornings were spent getting there early with him and Ross Rettig and pulling in to secure our pit spot. We would race hard and fight hard all day long and then when the checkered was thrown we would load up and head to dinner. Until the next time we would say.

Through the years we always had a great time. He then bought Lightening and I had no idea where that would take me. My journey with Chuck and quarter scale took off. I was fortunate to travel to many tracks across the country with him during this venture. We would have fun on the road and then I saw all the hard work that he put into this sport in the evenings and weekends. He loved quarter scale and the people in it.

He was a wonderful husband to Jan (our love and prayers are with you) and to me the best friend a guy could ask for. He always stood by me and now I have to stand strong in his honor.

Here is to the big Oreo cookie and Coke that we shared on more than one occasion.

You will be sorely missed. We love you Chuck.

You buddy,
Jim Dooley

Sorry to hear this. Chuck was a great guy and huge supporter of ¼ scale racing.

My condolences to his family.

I met Chuck a few years back at a NCS race. Very nice man. He was truely an Ambassador for our hobby. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

The McCown Family

Heard a lot of great things about chuck GOD SPEED thoughts and prayers to the family and friends

We are sorry to hear about the loss ,He has many freinds and people that cared for him that says something very good about, Chuck ,He will be missed our prayers are for his family and friends with there loss ,Robert Knox

Well I am very sad to hear this. I had the opportunity to meet Chuck a few years back at my first Super Nationals event I went to. He brought alot to this hobby and will be missed.

Bryant

godspeed buddy godspeed...........................:(




DC

Thank-you for starting this post Denny as all of you know that knew Chuck, he was one of the true givers of the sport. From buying Lightening from the people back east just to be more involved with it to just sponsoring and putting money up for what ever was needed for the club. He loved the sport. Just aweek ago, I went to his house to give him the(SIGN ART AWARD) trophy that he had recieved at our banquet in which he couldn't attend because he was not filling good enough to make the trip. To recieve this honor is for somebody that goes beyond the call of duty for the sport. He earned it just about every year. We will all miss him dearly out here on the west but I know he will be missed everywhere.Jim, I know how much he stood for you and Deb and would like to let you know that our family is here for you both! Talk to you as soon as we can. Godspeed to you Chuck.
Dennis Andrews

I am extremely sorry to hear this news. The racing community we all know and love, has truely lost one of its greats. There are not too many people that will committ themselves to a hobby over a great deal of time. However, Chuck is a shining example of that. I have had the pleasure of racing with Chuck quite a few times. The thing I liked most about Chuck is that he is what we call "old school", meaning he couldnt care what his car looked like. He was there to race and if it meant rubbing fenders and knocking down walls, he wouldnt batt an eyelash! I wont lie, I loved that Gilligan hat too! He did a great deal for quarterscale racing here on the west coast and he was instrumental in the growth of our club here in the northwest.

Godspeed......you will be missed.

Chance Overholt

I am very sorry to hear about this,i couldn't beleave when i saw this posting,I will miss Chuck hes a great guy,and true to the sport,my dad (Bob Bates sr.),Brian,and Shon also want to give our prayers to Chucks family and friends,This is very sad to hear and i couldn't beleave it when i started reading,all i thought about when i read this posting was all the times we shared together and talked i enjoyed having Chuck at the track hes a great guy,friendly and a die-hard to the sport and helping keeping 1/4 scale alive, he also did a great job with Lightning when he owned it as well. I helped Chuck at the last race of the year in 2008 helping him with the set up and he let me race his GN car and we got it running alot better it was fast.

Chuck we all will miss you buddy,and i am sorry to hear this,it brings tears to my eyes thinking that you were sick and then you pass,it tells us how short life can really be and we never think about this happening. We all will miss you so much rest in peace, Bob Bates Jr. #99:thumbsup:

The Sport has Definitely Lost a True Friend, I was Shocked when I had heard he Had passed

Godspeed Chuck.....Glad to have known you

It was my pleasure to have met and talked with Chuck. He was a friend I will always remember. He did much for the sport of 1/4 scale racing. Now he he can race with some of the others that have gone before him. He will be missed here on earth.

When I moved out to the west coast in 99 Chuck was one of the first guys to come
over and introduce himself and welcome me out here. We rubbed fenders alot through the years and he will be missed! You could always count on Chuck showing up and most of the time he would run 2 classes just to help the club. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
Jim Hock

Chuck was a good friend, and a true racer he had came out to race with us a few times over the years.Tony and Chuck came out to the Royal Oak a few years back. and Chuck and Jay K came out to MN, for a race he will truly be missed.
Mike

wow... this is very sad news. Best wishes to all that were close.

There's not much more that can be added to what has already previously been said other than passing on our condolences to his family and close friends .
Randy & Randi

Memorial Services will be held for Chuck Beeman on Thursday February 26th at 11:00 AM. Here's the address of the church the services will be held at. Hope to see you there.

Immanuel Baptist Church
28355 Baseline St
Highland, CA 92346

Thanks Denny....Dad and I will be there

Hi Denny, Shon and i will be there to we will meet you guys there,I will put address in my GPS.I am still very shocked by this,it really bothers me that this happened to Chuck he will be missed. Bob Bates Jr.

I have known chuck for three years and met him for the first time this past year at the NCS race at Boulder city. He was a great guy and all of us that knew Chuck will miss him. :cry:

This was sent to me by email. check it out. A lot I didn't know about Chuck.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_N_nbeeman21.2abe834.html

Even more on Chuck: http://ccentral.sbccd.cc.ca.us/NewsLetter/index.php?Arch=ON&NewsID=1466&EntityID=2

Chuck somehow found time for everything; his family, his friends, church, the city, the community college, his business, and quarterscale racing. I don't know how he did it all but he did.

Goodbye and thanks.

Scott

Chuck was a good Person and supported the 1/4 scales with heart. I was a dealer on the east coast for chuck a couple of years back and had alot of conversations with him on the phone. We finally meet at some QSAC races and he a was a Class act with what he did and how he acted.He will trully be Missed.

Mike Bush

This loss of a friend really hit me hard, a friend i've knowned since the early 80's. I met Chuck at Outlaw Motor Speedway in Highland California, which was a dirt track, i believe was the first Q -Scale dirt track. We raced together with with open motor rules, Those were good times! Chuck was always dedicated to the sport and went on to purchase Lightning race cars. He was always a positive and giving person.
He will be deeply missed. Todd Bishop

Just letting you all know we had a very nice Memorial for Chuck this afternoon. This man has done so much in his lifetime it is unreal. He had the place packed with people that he had touched in some way or another. From being a Track & Field Coach to helping out a D.A. run for office... And of course all of racers that are better people for knowing him. So i ask you all to think of him at your next race and dedicate a lap or 2 to him. He'll be watching us all doing what we love and routing each one of us on!!! :thumbsup:

Miss ya Chuck...

Denny Andrews

I want to say that I will truely miss Chuck,he was a great guy and we will all miss him dearly,I also want to say that the funeral went very well and it was very touching i am blessed to have been there and to honor a great friend and a great man.Chuck buddy i want to say to you that you will be with all of our hearts and we will never forget about you,and you will always be with me when i race my cars.I also want to keep your family and friends in my prayers,and i will never forget the time we have shared together.

In memory of Chuck Beeman #43.

Bob Bates Jr. #99

Hey guys I just wanted to point this out to you

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?p=2729097#post2729097

Hey guys I just wanted to point this out to you

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?p=2729097#post2729097

Thanks for posting Tommy.