{"id":1396,"date":"2016-03-28T18:40:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2016-03-28T18:40:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:40:45","slug":"nhra-chief-starter-mark-lyle-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/28\/nhra-chief-starter-mark-lyle-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"NHRA Chief Starter Mark Lyle passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Courtesy of the NHRA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>GLENDORA, Calif. (March 28, 2016) \u2013 With great sadness, NHRA reported today that Mark Lyle, NHRA\u2019S Chief Starter, passed away unexpectedly this past Sunday.\u00a0 On behalf of NHRA and the entire drag racing community, we offer our condolences to all of Lyle\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1398\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/28\/nhra-chief-starter-mark-lyle-passes\/marklyle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?fit=625%2C416\" data-orig-size=\"625,416\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"marklyle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?fit=625%2C416\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"marklyle\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?resize=284%2C190 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?resize=99%2C66 99w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/marklyle.jpg?w=625 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lyle had been Chief Starter for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series since 2012. He was only the third Chief Starter in NHRA history, along with the late Buster Couch (1955-1996) and Rick Stewart (1996-2011).<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming the pro series Chief Starter, Lyle was the official starter at Pacific Raceways in NHRA\u2019s Northwest Division since 2000. He was named the official starter of the Northwest Division in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Division 6 starter Mike Gittings has been named the interim NHRA Chief Starter for this weekend\u2019s DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of the NHRA GLENDORA, Calif. (March 28, 2016) \u2013 With great sadness, NHRA reported today that Mark Lyle, NHRA\u2019S Chief Starter, passed away unexpectedly this past Sunday.\u00a0 On behalf of NHRA and the entire drag racing community, we offer our condolences to all of Lyle\u2019s family and friends. 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