![]() ![]() “He put the into motion because you kind of lose ground in a hurry with things like that. “Steve is forward-thinking,” friend Janie Molliston said. Kerry was left alone with a young daughter to care for, but without the money to do so. His success on the track did not follow him into his finances. The idea of leaving his family alone at such a young age had never crossed Myers’ mind. It was with that sad reality, close friend and fellow Pro Stock driver, Steve Johnson, begun the John Myers Memorial Foundation. Strange to think how one day one man can have so much, and the next, how one family could lose so much and have so little. ![]() ![]() It was on that day that John Myers, at the age of 40, left behind a legendary career, friends, admirers, and most importantly, his wife, Kerry, and his then 22-month-old daughter, Christina. 9, 1998, that one of the greatest Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers in the history of drag racing passed away – in a street bike accident, nonetheless. ![]()
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