Kirk F. White, consummate enthusiast and partner with Roger Penske when the pair entered a Ferrari 512S for Mark Donohue in the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, has passed away. According to a message from his family:
This beautiful, crazy, beloved man, father of five, author of DontWashMine.com, owner of the Sunoco Penske/White Ferrari 512 and the Cannonball Daytona, passed away peacefully on March 20. His generous nature, his love of automobile lure and of all of those who shared it with him will be missed terribly. The memory of all those wonderful times will live on in his online blog, and in the future in the book. You all made his life special, with the best memories and we thank you for that. Marilyn, Mandy, Libby, Chris and Geoff and Trip