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R.I.P. Al Copeland...

HALLETT BOY

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That's sad...I remember him being quoted as saying in an interview one time " out on the water it's merely a battle of wallets, if it takes more money to win, so be it " true as in so many thing in life ...
 
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So sad - he was an incredible force.

He was the Boss Hoss distributer for Louisiana. I was talking with him about putting a small block Ford into one and he said " damn if I know if it can be done. The truth is I do not know how any of this crap works - I just know how to make enough money to hire people who do know."

Made perfect sense to me.

Rest in Peace Al.

LT
 
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His services are tomorrow here in town. His race shop is right next to the interstate and I pass it everyday coming home from work. I'll see if I can get a pic for y'all, they have a big banner across the front of the shop with the date he was born and the day he died. Al Copeland was a big local and international legand. I'll miss seeing him blow across the lakefront in his turbine cat.

He did a lot of good things for the community, and he will be missed. Al Copeland was about as colorful of a character as they come.

I passed on an opportunity about 10 years ago to work in his shop on the race team at the very bottom of the Totem Pole. I always wondered if that was a mistake passing that job up to go work at the dealership.

Jay
 
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