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About 70-80 persons, including fellow track announcer Bruce Flanders and track photographer Earl Scruggs, attended the 11:00 a.m March 6 memorial service at a church in Pasadena for long-time Ascot track announcer Sandy Reed, 83. The popular voice at race-tracks and in many racing movies passed away February 7 from a massive stroke in an Arcadia hospital. Sandy's second wife, Suzy, was the widow of Sandy's fellow track announcer Scooter McLean at Riverside International Raceway for many years.
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- ↑ Nowlan, R.A.; Nowlan, G.W. (2013). Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed. Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed. McFarland. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7864-7406-6 . Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ McLafferty, G. (1989). Elvis Presley in Hollywood: celluloid sell-out. Hale. p. 229. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Saratoga: Wine tasting gets personal with Reed pouring – The Mercury News". mercurynews.com. July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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Using a combination of narrative by Sandy Reed, plus Dan's own comments, this record is essentially a brief biography of Dan Gurney on record rather than the printed page. Sounds of some of the races in which Dan has competed
