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Gary DeBacker

On September 19, 1982 in Waterford, Michigan during an 1982 ABA Leukemia "Race for Life" event that was memorial race dedicated to the memory of Todd Kingsbury (The Todd Kingsbury Memorial Race), a boy who had died of leukemia in 1981, Seven year old Gary DeBacker gave his 1981 Michigan District #1 No.1 trophy he won to Bob Kingbury, the deceased boy's father because if Todd did not stop racing due to his illness, he would have been Michigan District #1 champion and not him.



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