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Old 3 May 2013, 19:33 (Ref:3242339)   #1
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Sorry if this is a completely boneheaded question and that the answer is/was the worst kept secret and I am the last to hear/figure it out...

Was "Murphy the Bear" Chris Economaki?

I had never really put much thought into who it was and was recently thinking I hadn't see anything posted on his blog in awhile. I looked and the most recent entry was from 2012-09-01 and Chris passed away on 2012-09-28. The most recent comment on his last post is from that same day and says RIP Chris.

I did a quick Google search as well as a search here and didn't see anything linking the two together?

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Old 3 May 2013, 19:48 (Ref:3242344)   #2
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Murphy The Bear = TWK = Tom Kjos.
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Old 3 May 2013, 19:53 (Ref:3242346)   #3
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Murphy The Bear = TWK = Tom Kjos.
Ok, that sounds familiar. I think I actually remember hearing that. TWK hasn't visited here since 2011. I guess Murphy and TWK has gone quiet for other reasons then.

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Old 3 May 2013, 20:08 (Ref:3242356)   #4
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Yep, it was Kjos. Last I heard he was moving on to things outside of motorsports.
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Old 3 May 2013, 20:20 (Ref:3242362)   #5
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Yep, it was Kjos. Last I heard he was moving on to things outside of motorsports.
Indeed, the ALMS had lost it's lustre, so he moved on, like many others.
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Old 4 May 2013, 03:23 (Ref:3242455)   #6
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It's a shame he moved on because I really enjoyed reading his blog.
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It's a shame he moved on because I really enjoyed reading his blog.
It was informative AND very entertaining.
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Old 4 May 2013, 21:00 (Ref:3242891)   #8
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Seems like I read him saying that he was taking time off from his blog for awhile to work on a long term project which he did not describe.

And I agree, I also enjoyed his blog.
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Seems like I read him saying that he was taking time off from his blog for awhile to work on a long term project which he did not describe.
I remember him giving a link to some unfinished research paper. Subject had something to do with military history/Vietnam War. A new hobby I guess.

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After more than a decade, he’s really quite tired of the Braselburger crap. He’s got something far more fun and far more important to work on. Check out some background material at http://gourl.gr/owz or http://min.us/msLVTYQei . Go ahead, download. Perhaps you know someone who knows someone who can help.

The Bear will check in occasionally, and he’ll still tweet. But if it’s the same ole mostly-spec-racing crap, well, he’s got better things to do.
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Old 5 May 2013, 06:26 (Ref:3242979)   #10
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Yeah I just tried one of those links and no go. Twitter hasnt been updated since last year.
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I remember him giving a link to some unfinished research paper. Subject had something to do with military history/Vietnam War. A new hobby I guess.

Edit: yup: http://murphythebear.com/blog/index....ity-of-choice/

Links are dead though.
Not a hobby I can assure you. Tom served his country during the Vietnam War and is a decorated veteran. He has good reason to write about those times.
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