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THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY. R.I.P.
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From the Shelby Star:
Eddie Gossage missed a call he never got to return.
Click Baldwin left Gossage a voicemail message around 8 a.m. Tuesday. An hour later, Baldwin's motorcycle collided with a car in Montana. The renowned owner of Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell in Gastonia died late Tuesday from injuries he suffered in the wreck.
"He's just one of my closest friends," said Gossage, the former public relations chief of Lowe's Motor Speedway and current presidnet of Texas Motor Speedway. "He's a brother."
Motorcycle riders and enthusiasts from across the United States knew Baldwin from his involvement in the Kyle Petty Charity Ride and numerous other rides and rallies.
Baldwin counted NASCAR luminaries like Gossage and driver Kyle Petty among his many friends, but many describe the self-styled "Belmont Boy" as humble.
"If you would just meet Click on the street, you would just think he was a regular individual, not a business owner or anything," said longtime friend Steve Jenkins of Bessemer City. "He was just Click."
J. Wylie Goble was the librarian at Belmont Junior High School when Baldwin attended school there. He had learned of Baldwin's dealership and recently saw him in a television appearance from Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"I was delighted by his success as any teacher is when they see students succeed in life," Goble wrote in an e-mail after learning of Baldwin's death. "Click Baldwin is a loss to his family, friends and the motorcycle world. He will be missed and remembered."
Eddie Gossage missed a call he never got to return.
Click Baldwin left Gossage a voicemail message around 8 a.m. Tuesday. An hour later, Baldwin's motorcycle collided with a car in Montana. The renowned owner of Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell in Gastonia died late Tuesday from injuries he suffered in the wreck.
"He's just one of my closest friends," said Gossage, the former public relations chief of Lowe's Motor Speedway and current presidnet of Texas Motor Speedway. "He's a brother."
Motorcycle riders and enthusiasts from across the United States knew Baldwin from his involvement in the Kyle Petty Charity Ride and numerous other rides and rallies.
Baldwin counted NASCAR luminaries like Gossage and driver Kyle Petty among his many friends, but many describe the self-styled "Belmont Boy" as humble.
"If you would just meet Click on the street, you would just think he was a regular individual, not a business owner or anything," said longtime friend Steve Jenkins of Bessemer City. "He was just Click."
J. Wylie Goble was the librarian at Belmont Junior High School when Baldwin attended school there. He had learned of Baldwin's dealership and recently saw him in a television appearance from Myrtle Beach, S.C.
"I was delighted by his success as any teacher is when they see students succeed in life," Goble wrote in an e-mail after learning of Baldwin's death. "Click Baldwin is a loss to his family, friends and the motorcycle world. He will be missed and remembered."
