Mark Lyle has passed

[Ms Takin]

Hard to believe chief starter Mark Lyle has died - he was on vacation with wife Marcia over the weekend before intending to head for Las Vegas and race #4... RIP Mark - we'll all miss you!

 

[bodyman]

http://www.nhra.com/story/2016/3/28/nhra-chief-starter-mark-lyle-passes/b

 

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What a shock. Mark Rebilas posted that he died trying to save a friend struggling in the water. I first met him at Woodburn many years ago when he became the official Div. 6 starter. He seemed to be the one guy that everyone involved in NHRA really liked because of how he treated everyone. =/

 

[tx_trojan]

Far, far, far too young..... RIP Mr. Lyle.....

 

[Bubba]

Incredibly sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.

 

[force fan]

This sucks....

 

[santed66]

Incredibly sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.

My thoughts exactly.. What a shame.

 

[DrRocket]

This really does suck.

RIP to Mark, and my sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Professional Fan]

Very sad. I spoke to him at several races after he took over from Rick Stewart. He seemed like a really nice guy and did a great job as starter.

 

[vegasnitro]

Stunning and saddening. Condolences to all friends and family. The starting line under Mark didn't feel like a feifdom that needed to be ruled with an iron fist, it felt inclusive and welcoming. He is going to be missed, Vegas is going to be weird this weekend.

 

[Guy]

RIP Mark.

 

[stitcherbob]

Stunning and saddening. That about sums it up.......

 

[Jer]

So sad for a great person like this to happen,prayers for the family to get thru this

 

[TooTall999]

So sad...RIP Mr. Lyle...

 

[none]

Sad news. Mark was well-respected and will be missed. Fortunately, those who knew and loved him have lots of happy memories to help them celebrate his life.

 

[Paul]

Sorry to hear this, thinking of his family and friends.

 

[FABMAN]

Very said news, our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

 

[Leebone]

Very sad news. My deepest condolences to the Lyle family. RIP Mark. He will be missed!!

 

[mw6789]

RIP Mr. Lyle. Prayers for your family.

 

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It's kind of amazing seeing all the tributes and posts on FB, Twitter and Instagram about Mark. It really goes to show how he affected so many people in a good way and how much people admired and respected him.

https://www.facebook.com/strtrddr