Long-Time Off-Road Race Promoter Passes

Kit Palmer | October 24, 2003

According to San Diego Off-Road Magazine, long-time race promoter “Fud” Fudpucker passed away yesterday, October 23. Sherri Kukla, the magazine’s editor/co-publisher, has informed us that, after a morning jog, Fudpucker was talking with a neighbor when he collapsed in front of his home in Chula Vista. The cause is believed to be a massive heart attack.

Kit Palmer | Off-Road Editor

Kit Palmer started his career at Cycle News in 1984 and he’s been testing dirt and streetbikes every since – plus covering any event that uses some form of a knobby tire. He’s also our resident motorcycle mileage man with a commute of 120 miles a day.