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[HistoryFan]

And we also had to add Peter Warr...

[Jim Thurman]

Joe Hill passed away September 25, 2010 while vacationing in Columbia Falls, Montana. He was 72. Hill was one of the top super modified and sprint car racers in the Sacramento, CA area in the 60's and 70's. He is listed as 1978 Super Modified champion at West Capital Raceway in West Sacramento. Hill is not as well known, but he was more than a match for more familiar drivers such as Jimmy Sills, LeRoy Van Connett, Johnny Anderson and Jimmy Boyd. Some of the drivers, and several of the car owners, Hill raced against in super modifieds and sprints would be heavily involved in the early years of World of Outlaws racing.

http://www.legacy.co...p;pid=145769680

Ray Horst, 89, died May 7, 2010. He was last known to be living in Martinez, California. Horst raced sprint cars and stock cars in northern California in the 50's, including tracks like Bay Meadows and West Coast Speedway in Vallejo. Horst was erroneously listed as being fatally injured in a severe accident at that same Vallejo track, and the error carried over until researcher Rick Kelly found an article in the Contra Costa Times interviewing the then 80+ year old retired CHP officer about his life and career.

Edited by Jim Thurman, 10 October 2010 - 18:54.

[raceannouncer2003]

John Storr of Victoria, B.C., Canada, passed away last Friday. He raced a Titan Mk 5 Formula Ford (ex-Roy Pike?) at Westwood, etc. in the early 70s, and a Brabham BT29 in some Atlantic races in 1975 and 1976.

The Celebration of Life for John was held October 13. Here are some photos that were on display. The Brabham had modified front bodywork:



Vince H.

[ReWind]

A summary of passings since August 2010:
Ed Adair (USA,86) Al Archdale Jr. (USA,61) Ray Archibald (NZl,87) Joaquin Arnett (USA,83) Helmut Aßmann (Ger,82) Sonny Ates (USA,75) Shorty Bennett (USA,82) Gene Black (USA,67) Eddie Bolen (USA,56) Buddie Boys (Can,77) Ralph Broad (GBr,83) John Brooks (Aus,c.75) Garvin Brown (USA,67) Luc Bruneel (Bel,57) Michael Burn (GBr,97) Dale Burt (USA,93) Jeff Byrd (USA,60) Bernard Clavel (Fra,87) Bob Curran (Aus) Tommy Dickson (USA,64) George Esau (USA,82) Jack Flowers (USA,72) Jimmy Girvan (GBr,c.56) Anton Goeser (Ger,59) Barrie Grant (USA,76) Sepp Greger (Ger,95) Bob Hartman (USA) Tim Hay (USA,49) Hugh Hayden (GBr,c.66) Joe Hill (USA,72) Jim Hunter (USA,71) Xhevahir Islami (Kos,49) Nicky Jack (GBr,c.60) Bill Jennings (SAf,86) Gerhard Koch (Ger,75) Barry Lee (NZl,c.67) Ray Lintott (Aus,67) Mert Littlefield (USA,66) Gino Macaluso (Ita,62) Bernard Mangé (Fra,65) Ian Mantle (GBr,90) Dan Margulies (GBr) Roy McCarthy (GBr,c.68) Ken Mitchell (Aus) Tom Ness (GBr,c.66) Tony Padrone (Ita,c.67) Hans-Peter Pandur (Ger,52) Mike Porter (USA,69) Lionel Régal (Fra,35) Hilly Rife (USA,83) Dennis Rollain (USA,76) Ron Schooley (USA,67) Charlie Selix (USA,80) John Sexton (Aus) Paul Ernst Strähle (Ger,83) Jim Summers (USA,54) Trevor Taylor (GBr,73) Beth Tuschak (USA,55) Trevor Twaites (GBr,c.66) Scoop Vessels (USA,58) Peter Warr (GBr,72) Heather Watson (Aus,63) Lenny Woods (USA,64)

[raceannouncer2003]

Two more:

Long time Ontario Porsche racer Fritz Hochreuter passed away October 23. More at these links:

http://thegarageblog...hreuter-passes/

http://www.racingspo...reuter-CDN.html

Also, Seattle historian Gary Bannister passed away October 18. More at these links:

http://www.legacy.co...p;pid=146168957

http://seattletimes....sterobit22.html

And here is a link to some great car profiles done by Gary for Martin Rudow's Vintage Drift, the magazine of SOVREN, the Seattle vintage racing group:

http://www.rspubs.co...r-profiles.html

Gary's dad, Len Bannister, owned a Fiat Abarth Record Monza in period, which was raced by Verne Wheelwright. Gary was very involved in helping Martin Rudow with his Northwest racing history books. I believe Gary was as fanatic about local racing history as Tom Johnston, Martin Rudow, and me, which is saying something! He will be missed!

Vince H.

[Jim Thurman]

I've just recently learned of the passing of Warren Wampole on May 4, 2010. Wampole, 72, raced stock cars, sprint cars, super modifieds and midgets in a very lengthy career, and was easily the most successful driver out of Globe, Arizona, where he won many races at nearby Globe-Miami Speedway. Wampole was inducted into the Arizona Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2006.

[ReWind]

Most recent passings:
Bevan Bertholdt (SAf,c.39) Red Dralle (USA,69) Alan Fraser (GBr,80) Piero Gancia (Bra,88) Russ Hankins (USA,78) Howard Hanna (USA,91) Christopher Hilton (GBr,c.65) Lee Holst (USA,88) Jean-Pierre Hoursourigaray (Fra,c.55) Tommie Irvin (USA,84) Sigi Müller sen. (Ger,79) Al Pombo (USA,85) Jeff Riggs (USA,48) Becky Robbins (USA,71) Roland Scherrer (Sui,46) Katron Sosebee (USA,c.81) Jacques Swaters (Bel,84)

[eldougo]

[quote name='raceannouncer2003' date='Oct 7 2010, 14:04' post='4628283']

Barry Grant raced the Cheetah in 1968, the same car that had been raced previously by Allen Grant and Jerry Grant, none of them related.




As a GRANT myself i find it sad to hear the passing of Barry. Hope he had a good life that is what,s it all about. However the irony of the same car been driven by Allen & Jerry GRANT i find amazing ,and it is one of the all time favorite car of mine right from my slot car days.

[ReWind]

Summary 2010

Argentina (15 passings)
Omar Almeida (72 years old) Jorge Angeloni (53) Ernesto Bessone (87) Matías Bruno (22) Pablo Cacopardo (38) Tito Cancellieri (c.84) Julio Casaroli (c.72) Guillermo Detry (c.65) Ariel Divito (41) Bautista Larriestra (86) Carlos Nanni (74) Héctor Pozuetta (76) Rodolfo Speranza (78) Enzo Tasco (c.90) Rosmualdo Visintini (79)

Australia (20)
John Anderson (65) Eric Barnes (57) Norm Bice (c.82) Warren Blomfield (76) John Brooks (c.75) John Budgen (c.71) Bob Curran (??) Ron Haylen (??) Lloyd Hirst (96) David Jackson (72) Ted Jordan (c.67) Ray Lintott (67) Ken Mitchell (??) Bill Patterson (86) Aub Revell (91) Alex Rowe (97) John Sexton (66) Kevin Shearer (71) Mal Simpson (c.79) Heather Watson (63)

Austria (4)
Josef Borka (c.81) Otto Burghart (c.66) Hans Siebert (c.71) Meinrad Zechner (66)

Belgium (13)
Marc Beguin (53) Luc Bruneel (c.57) Fred Buchem (59) David Gilson (31) Monique Heyder-Bruckner (81) Christophe Hissette (29) Claude Legros (64) Jean-Pol Meunier (??) Dominique Pestiaux (46) Norbert Rebetez (c.79) Luc Ruebens (54) Jacques Swaters (84) Valère Want (41)

Brazil (5)
Piero Gancia (88) Daniel Maia (38) Vinícius Maschio (34) Fernando Onofrio (63) Luiz Valente (99)

Bulgaria (1)
Stoyan Kolev (66)

Canada (8)
Bob Attrell (70) Buddie Boys (77) Marcus Chappell (73) Bob Gatien (74) Fritz Hochreuter (??) Dan May (39) Jack Sharpe (c.83) John Storr (69)

Czechia (5)
Petr Doležal (61) Tomáš Dvořák (42) Josef Kloc (66) Karel Šimek (c.65) Vladimír Šnajdr (65)

Ecuador (1)
Marcelo Báez (c.47)
 
Estonia (3)
Eduard Au (60) Reinhard Jürgenson (84) Eedo Raide (63)

Finland (3)
Anssi Pohjus (18) Matti Räikkönen (56) Seppo Rikkilä (82)

France (41)
Christian Avril (77) Marcel Becquart (95) Jean Belin (70) Jean Boillot (84) Albert Chappe (96) Jean-Claude Charreyre (60) Bernard Clavel (87) Bernard Cognet (64) Louis Cosson (76) Jean Delettrez (89) Michel Deleuze (52) Laurent Duverne (43) Pierre Fouquet-Hatevilain (64) Alain Franceschi (67) Philippe Gobert (67) Fabio Grillo (33) Laurent Guicharrousse (43) Pierre Harnois (61) Jean Hébert (85) Jean-Pierre Hoursourigaray (55) Stéphane Huchet (34) Yvan Lébon (42) Bernard Mangé (65) Yves Marchais (63) Raymond Marescot (69) Catherine Marietton (??) Richard Mény (57) René Michel (53) Pierre Monneret (79) Jean Ortelli (74) Sébastien Paqueraud (29) Max Pinol (59) Jacques Poisson (72) Lionel Régal (37) Alain Sabatini (57) Édouard Seidler (78) Madeleine Souilhol (92) Jean-Jacques Strub (62) Didier Taurines (48) Pierre Vanier (49) „Yoyo“ [= Joan Stedile] (17)

Germany (33)
Helmut Aßmann (82) Jochen Berger (64) Willi Bidinger (c.49) Heinz Blind (78) Ferdi Bökmann (c.73) Bernd Fischbach (67) Willi Frenz (c.74) Anton Goeser (59) Jürgen Gräßer (70) Sepp Greger (95) Manfred Gudladt (76) Wolfgang Gunetsreiner (74) Hanns Hölder (82) Heinrich Hülbüsch (??) Eberhard Irmler (c.71) Emmerich Kalmar (84) Gerhard Koch (75) Frank Kremer (45) Albrecht Kußmaul (66) Helmut Leuze (66) Leo Löwenstein (43) Gerd Million (74) Georg Milnerowicz (c.58) Sigi Müller sen. (79) Günter Nonninger (87) Anselm von Oertzen (83) Hans-Peter Pandur (52) Helmut Rathjen (91) Thomas Schäfer (26) Toni Scharpf (60) Walter Schneider (83) Paul Ernst Strähle (83) Heinz Willibald (63)

Great Britain (58)
John Allan (c.66) Greg Atkinson (53) John Batchelor (51) Harold Beach (96) Iain Bishop (44) Ralph Broad (c.83) Michael Burn (97) Stuart Cable (40) John Carden (73) Angus Clydesdale (71) Jack Cordingley (c.93) John Crampton (88) John Dabbs (73) Mac Daghorn (79) Craig Dawson (29) Jim Dryden (76) Trevor Elliott (64) Don Evans (c.82) Chris Fawkes (66) Alan Fraser (80) John Frew (42) Dick Gibson (92) Jimmy Girvan (56) Norman Greenway (87) Martin Hadwen (63) Mike Hawke (76) Hugh Hayden (66) Christopher Hilton (66) Nicky Jack (59) Cliff Johnson (67) Gordon Jones (78) Liz Jones (c.80) Jeff Leadley (55) Martyn Lewis (32) Phil Lloyd (c.60) Ian Mantle (90) Dan Margulies (85) Ted Martin (86) Ian Mawby (68) Roy McCarthy (68) Alan McKechnie (c.72) Robin Mortimer (58) Bill Moss (76) Tom Ness (66) Chris Neville-Parry (69) John Pollock (75) Alan Putt (73) FitzRoy Raglan (82) Valentine Richardson (92) Stewart Robertson (60) John Shanks (56) Stuart Smith (c.63) Richard Speakman (c.74) Trevor Taylor (73) Trevor Twaites (66) Tom Walkinshaw (64) Peter Warr (72) Peter Wynn-Jones (71)

Greece (2)
Pavlos Moshoutis (56) Andreas Papatriantafyllou (63)

Hungary (2)
Balázs Szobi (37) László Valcsics (68)

Ireland (3)
Ed Healey (56) Thomas Maguire (26) Paddy O'Callaghan (74)

Italy (22)
Angelo Albertazzi (c.62) Pietro Balestra (65) Franco Ballerini (45) Adalberto Carello (c.92) Claudio Caselli (c.54) Luigi Ciai (87) Andrea Curami (63) Gino Macaluso (62) Gianni Mazzola (c.60) Pierluigi Muccini (c.73) Egidio Nicolosi (c.79) Marcello Orecchioni (45) Tony Padrone (67) Gianluca Peduto (27) Giulio Pucci (c.64) Clemente Ravetto (76) Ricciardo Ricci (c.78) Klaus Trettl (66) Federico Valeriani (c.60) Fabrizio Violati (74) Eugenio Zigliotto (70) Peppino Zonca (??)

Japan (1)
Hiro Kaneda (c.60)

Kosovo (1)
Xhevahir Islami (49)

Mexico (3)
Carlos García (??) Heberto García (??) Nanán Solana (67)

 

Monaco (1)
Christian Haneuse (52)

Netherlands (4)
Frans Eschauzier (82) Kees van Grieken (c.73) Ad Puyt (81) Bob van der Sluis (67)

New Zealand (5)
Ray Archibald (87) Dave Brown (c.59) Stace Hopper (c.27) Barry Lee (c.67) Samantha Mouat (15)

Norway (3)
Erik Brenna (66) Erling Hagen (59) Gunnar Juvberget (77)

Paraguay (1)
Francisco Gorostiaga (46)

 

Philippines (1)

Kookie Ramírez (c.52)
 
Poland (10)
Marek Kozłowski (??) Bartek Lewandowski (29) Władysław Paszkowski (78) Marian Repeta (83) Marek Sadowski (53) Aleksander Sędzimir (73) Andrzej Siniarski (81) Mieczysław Sochacki (77) Jerzy Stępkowski (59) Janusz Szwenk (70)

Portugal (1)
Oscar Diaz (27)

Romania (1)
Horia Andronic (56)
 
Russia (5)
Aleksandr Ipatenko (85) Petr Kaz´min (94) Sergey Leonov (46) Sergey Salov (??) Stepan Vasilyev (64)

South Africa (8)
Owen Ashley (c.63) Bevan Bertholdt (c.39) Gordon Briggs (67) Colin Burford (c.79) Bill Jennings (86) Bruce van der Merwe (62) Les Miller (c.96) Fanie Viljoen (c.76)

Spain (4)
Susi Cabal (57) Juan García de la Rasilla (61) Manuel Lage (c.64) Manuel Trujillo (??)
 
Sweden (7)
Alf Andersson (??) Christer Bohlin (49) Kaj Bornebusch (73) Rolf Gülich (98) Cecilia Koskull (91) Freddy Kottulinsky (77) Håkan Lindberg (72)

Switzerland (4)
Loris Kessel (60) Roland Scherrer (46) Silvio Vaglio (70) Marcel Willemin (c.80)

Ukraine (2)
Volodymyr Romanov (47) Karl Sochnov (83)

USA (241)
Ed Adair (86) Regina Adams (38) Mike Addington (50) Gene Adkins (63) Clarence Anderson (94) Craig Anderson (68) Gene Angelillo (74) Al Archdale Jr. (61) Joaquin Arnett (83) Bob Ashbrook (80) Sonny Ates (75) W.H. Atkinson (75) Mel Auckerman (57)
Ray Baker (68) Gary Bannister (61) Ernie Bartley (79) Jerry Baxter (61) Harry Beck (84) Gary Bellefleur (49) Carmine Benincaso (74) Shorty Bennett (82) Paul Beregszaszy (34) Bub Bilodeau (53) Gene Black (67) Tom Blackwell (81) Lew Blair (74) Eddie Bolen (56) Dennis Boyce (55) Bart Boyd (50) Whitey Brainard (86) Al Brand (78) Ed Brannon (85) Bill Braund (89) Luther Brewer (81) Gene Brookover (66) Earl Brooks (80) Garvin Brown (67) Andy Buffington (74) Moon Burgess (81) Dale Burt (93) Jeff Byrd (60) Wayne Byrum (79)
Jerry Camp (75) Paul Canary (62) Dick Carter (85) Greg Caver (54) Bernie Cedoz (83) Bob Cody (65) James Cogdill (58) Ken Coles (78) Gene Cook (67) Alan Craven (72)
Don Dahle (82) Candido daMota (88) Glenn Darnell (81) Jimmy Davis (49) Jon Davis (73) Tommy Dickson (64) Don Dionne (70) Alex Djordjevic (37) Frank Dochnal (89) Bob Donner (79) Freeman Downing (76) Red Dralle (69) Matt Drendel (35) John van Driel (86) Taybor Duncan (9)
Al Eames (94) Don Eggett (83) Jake Elder (73) George Esau (82)
Wes Farrand (75) Dick Ferguson (61) Jack Flowers (72) Buddy Faye Foster (69) Christine Fox (59) Larry Frank (80) Pete Frazee (83) Donald Frey (86) Lemoin Frey (84) Norm Froscher (79) Bob Funkhouser (49)
Jan Gabriel (69) Cliff Garner (72) Floyd Gilbert (80) Don Gilchrest (79) William Gillelan (82) Donald Goodman (42) Barrie Grant (76) Bill Gray (71) Shirl Greer (74) Jim Gresley (73) Charlie Griffin (66) John Gunn (70)
Ron Hall (69) June Hamrick (85) Mack Hanbury (79) Russ Hankins (78) Howard Hanna (91) Bob Hartman (76) Tim Hay (49) Jim Hayhoe (74) Frank Headley (88) Hubert Hensley (78) Jim Herlinger (70) John Hewitt (57) Bob Higman (84) Joe Hill (72) Blackie Hilliard (84) Ken Hobson (67) Jesse Hockett (26) John Hogarth (66) Lee Holst (88) Brian Holtz (55) Ray Horst (89) Jim Hunter [TN] (74) Jim Hunter [SC] (71)
Tommie Irvin (84) Richard Jackson (73) Fran Jischke (89) William Jones (72)
Frank Keller (86) Hoyt Kerr (93) Wally Kindt (67) Eddie Kingsley (72) Gary Knollinger (39) Cliff Kotary (91) Perry Krinitt Jr. (43)
Blackie LaMacchia (85) Dick Lang (75) Jim Langenback (70) Brent Laursen (59) Kenny Lay (79) Wayne Leary (71) Howie Lettow (62) Dean Lind (80) Mert Littlefield (66) Ernie Lowe (80) Bill Lutz (81)
Richard Macon (72) Bill Madsen (77) Marilyn Makar (76) Art Mankel (85) Tom Marks (69) Jerry Martin (69) Troy Matchen (75) Charlie McCann (74) John McKarns (65) Bruce Meihls (64) John Metzger (55) Jack Miller (74) Hal Minyard (85) Tom Mittler (67) Ken Molica (65) David Mote (70)
Al Neumann (58) Randy Neumann (48) Mark Niver (60) Neal Parker (58) Ralph Parkinson Sr. (83) Raymond Parks (96) Charles Pauley (97) John Phippen Jr. (57) Joe Phipps (74) K.S. Pittman (82) Dick Poe (74) Al Pombo (85) Don Porter (79) Mike Porter (69) Bob Presnell (74) Paul Prill (67) Tommy Pryor (90)
Dale Redinger (53) Ronnie Renner (87) Gib Repass (76) Les Richter (79) Hilly Rife (83) Jeff Riggs (48) Becky Robbins (71) Don Robertson (79) Mark Robinson (39) Dan Rocke (68) Dennis Rollain (76) Scott Rubin (52)
Rob St. Clair (50) Ralph Salyer (88) Dick Sanford (84) George Scheffler (65) Harry Schilling (93) Ron Schooley (67) Vernon Schrater (86) Herb Scott (83) Carl Seelye (72) Charlie Selix (80) Howie Sewell (60) Henry Shaw (76) Gary Sigman (70) Tony Slama (84) Nelson Snow (83) Bengt Soderstrom (86) Lee Sofield (67) Katron Sosebee (81) Bill Spalding (93) Merle Spencer (80) Walter Spencer (91) Casey Stagno (90) Jack Starrette (78) Ernie Stierly (79) Joe Stimola (61) Paul Stornetta (81) Jim Summers (54) Audie Swartz (84)
Artie Tappen (65) Bob Tasca Sr. (83) George Thompson (39) Jim Townsend (72) Nick Trgovich (85) Beth Tuschak (55)
David Uihlein (89) Del Vance (77) Scoop Vessels (58) Rich Vito (62) Bob Wagner (85) Mike Walker (55) Warren Wampole (72) Richey Watanabe (55) Mike Watts (58) Barbara Weaver (83) Kenny Webb (79) Dick Wells (75) Myron Wheaton (80) Jim Willis (37) Jackie Wilson (61) John Wisbon (53) Venlo Wolfsohn (83) Lenny Woods (64) Jesse Wyllie (90) Pete York (79) Porky Zartman (76) Dave Zemke (41) Paul Zimmerman (86)


In each case where I had to put “c.” in front of the age number or even had to write “??” (for: unknown) I would appreciate to learn the exact birth date of the deceased person. Thank you.

Edited by ReWind, 15 April 2024 - 14:41.

[Nanni Dietrich]

Necrology 2010

...

Italy (8)
Franco Ballerini (45) Adalberto Carello (c.92) Andrea Curami (63) Gino Macaluso (62) Tony Padrone (c.67) Clemente Ravetto (76) Fabrizio Violati (74) Eugenio Zigliotti (70)

...

In each case where I had to put “c.” in front of the age number or even had to write “unknown” I would appreciate to learn the exact birth date of the deceased person. Thank you.

Eugenio Zigliotto. A legend of Italian motorsport journalism. Sometime he used the nom-de-plume of "Tito Zogli".

[ReWind]

Thanks, Nanni!
I will correct it stante pede.

In case anyone cares these are - AFAIK - the oldest ones to have passed away in 2010:
16.10.1910-04.02.2010: 99y+111d Luiz Valente (Bra)
11.12.1912-03.09.2010: 97y+266d Michael Burn (GBr)
31.12.1912-10.01.2010: 97y+ 10d Charles Pauley (USA)
15.02.1913-24.01.2010: 96y+343d Harold Beach (GBr)
??.??.1914-19.12.2010: 96y+???d Lloyd Hirst (Aus)
05.06.1914-20.06.2010: 96y+ 15d Raymond Parks (USA)
10.05.1914-23.02.2010: 95y+289d Marcel Becquart (Fra)
04.02.1915-02.08.2010: 95y+179d Sepp Greger (Ger)
20.06.1915-03.06.2010: 94y+348d Clarence Anderson (USA)
01.09.1915-10.06.2010: 94y+282d Al Eames (USA)
08.06.1916-10.03.2010: 93y+275d Hoyt Kerr (USA)
12.10.1916-07.07.2010: 93y+268d Harry Schilling (USA)
26.05.1917-16.08.2010: 93y+ 82d Dale Burt (USA)
16.04.1918-17.12.2010: 92y+245d Dick Gibson (GBr)
24.06.1918-19.06.2010: 91y+360d Aub Revell (Aus)
12.02.1919-28.10.2010: 91y+258d Howard Hanna (USA)
13.04.1919-23.06.2010: 91y+ 71d Helmut Rathjen (Ger)
08.11.1919-27.12.2010: 91y+ 49d Cliff Kotary (USA)
01.01.1920-02.08.2010: 90y+213d Ian Mantle (GBr)
31.07.1919-12.02.2010: 90y+196d Jesse Wyllie (USA)
18.03.1920-12.09.2010: 90y+178d Tommy Pryor (USA)
08.10.1920-07.07.2010: 89y+272d Frank Dochnal (USA)
06.09.1920-07.05.2010: 89y+243d Ray Horst (USA)
27.07.1920-29.01.2010: 89y+186d David Uihlein (USA)
02.10.1920-03.02.2010: 89y+124d Fran Jischke (USA)
21.08.1921-12.06.2010: 88y+295d John Crampton (GBr)
30.09.1921-30.05.2010: 88y+242d Ralph Salyer (USA)
31.07.1922-31.12.2010: 88y+153d Frank Headley (USA)
30.08.1922-01.11.2010: 88y+ 63d Piero Gancia (Bra)
03.10.1922-22.11.2010: 88y+ 50d Lee Holst (USA)
07.09.1922-21.08.2010: 87y+348d Ray Archibald (NZl)
07.08.1922-04.06.2010: 87y+301d Ronnie Renner (USA)

Edited by ReWind, 19 May 2012 - 08:51.

[ReWind]

Only recently did I learn that South African Bruce van der Merwe (06 May 1947 – 24 March 2010) died nearly one year ago in Davos, Switzerland.

An obituary by the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists:

Former South African racing driver and international businessman Bruce van der Merwe died

Former South African racing driver Bruce van der Merwe has died in Switzerland at the age of 62 after suffering a heart attack while skiing with friends in the Alps.

Born and raised in Springs, he first tried his hand at motor racing at the age of 21. Between 1968 and 1971 he raced a Porsche 906 in the Springbok Series with his friend Clive van Buuren. Together they enjoyed many successes against prominent drivers from all over the world. He went on to race a Repco-Brabham BT20 in the South African motor racing drivers’ championship, which was then contested by Formula One and F5000 cars, a series unique in the world outside of the F1 world championship.

His racing took a back seat in 1973 when the Middle East oil crisis put a temporary halt to South African motor sport. He became a pharmaceutical salesman and, in 1979, began what was to be a stellar career with Johnson & Johnson. He started as a regional sales manager and, after being promoted to national sales manager, took up an international position at Johnson & Johnson in Germany in 1988.

He was appointed managing director of Johnson & Johnson Benelux, based in Holland, in 1991 and was responsible for it becoming one of the star companies in Europe. This led to his becoming international vice president of Johnson & Johnson based in Switzerland with responsibility for a group of companies across Europe and the Middle East.

He retired from Johnson & Johnson at the age of 55 and for the past seven years has built a successful eye laser clinic near Zurich in Switzerland. His success in business allowed him to return to motor racing and during the past 10 years he had several outings in his Chevron B19 in European rounds of the International Supersports Cup. A highlight was sharing the car with his son, Alan, in a two-hour race at Brands Hatch in the 2002, which they won.

He played an influential role in Alan’s career in motor sport, which saw the younger Van der Merwe win the prestigious British Formula Three championship in 2003. After a spell as a test driver for BAR-Honda in Formula One, Alan drove for A1 Team South Africa in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in the 2006/2007 and 2008/2009 seasons and, now aged 30, is currently the driver of the FIA’s medical car in the Formula One world championship.

Bruce van der Merwe is survived by his wife Denise, daughter Tanya and son Alan.

Even more time has passed since Kenya-born Canadian Hima Maher (07 April 1968 – 07 March 2009) perished in an avalanche in British Columbia.
Source 1
Source 2 (click on “April 2009” to open a PDF document with a lengthy obituary)

[Richard Jenkins]

Only recently did I learn that South African Bruce van der Merwe (06 May 1947 – 24 March 2010) died nearly one year ago in Davos, Switzerland.

Now that is a surprise, as I would've thought Alan's career would've brought that in focus more and made more news. Having heard of Bruce through many South African links, this is also a real shame.

[Jim Thurman]

Catching up on some recent passings in the Western U.S.:

Art Mankel, a long time dirt track racer in Arizona, and a member of the Arizona Motorsports Hall of Fame. Mankel raced just about anything possible on dirt.
http://www.trivalley...48575969693.txt

Casey Stagno raced hardtops and modifieds in central and northern California in the 50's through the early 70's. From Manteca, Stagno's home track was Stockton 99 Speedway, where he was one of the top drivers in the mid-60's.
http://www.legacy.co...p;pid=147593186

Stan Scheidecker began racing track roadsters in Illinois in 1946. A year later, he moved his family to San Bernardino, California where he enjoyed a long career on southern California tracks, and at his home track of Orange Show Speedway. Racing jalopies, super modifieds, stock cars and late model sportsman. Well liked by fans and fellow competitors alike, Scheidecker won the NASCAR late model sportsman title at OSS one year (I believe 1969, my materials are still packed at the moment). That earned the right to race in the Permatex 300 at Daytona, and Scheidecker did so in 1970. Three generations of the Scheidecker family raced at OSS, including sons Dave, Greg and Mike.
http://www.redlandsd...ies/ci_17321366

Edited by Jim Thurman, 12 February 2011 - 19:12.

[Richard Jenkins]

Dee Jones, long-time sprint and dirt car driver, who also tried - but failed - to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 five times, died on the 28th January after losing his battle against cancer.

[Richard Jenkins]

I've only just discovered Dick Ferguson, former CART driver, died on the 26th September 2010 in Los Angeles.

[B Squared]

From todays IndyStar:

Oldest mechanic dies

The 500 lost one of its last remaining riding mechanics earlier this week when Harry Dean died in California. He was 97.

Dean rode with Ted Horn in the 1937 race, finishing third in the last year for two-man cars. That was the closest 1-2-3 finish to that point, a separation of about 12 seconds.

Speedway historian Donald Davidson said the last known remaining riding mechanic is Indianapolis resident Joe Kennelly, who rode with Johnny Seymour in 1936 and finished 31st.

[Richard Jenkins]

Richard Hamann and Wullie Brown have both died far too young...

http://www.topspeed....3-ar106786.html

http://www.thecourie...llie-brown.html

[ReWind]

Summary of passings from the first quarter of 2011 (January, February & March):

Ben Arnold (USA,74) Gene Bergin (USA,78) Bernie Beydler (USA,74) Walt Bohren (USA,63) Didier Bonnet (Fra,61) Kym Bonython (Aus,90) Roger Brookfield (GBr,65) Clemar Bucci (Arg,90) Luiz Bueno (Bra,74) „Tom Carnegie“ (USA,91)
David E. Davis (USA,80) Bill Deakin (USA,90) Harry Dean (USA,97) Yves Debraine (Sui,85) A.C. Denton (USA,76) Bernard Duisit (Fra,c.65) Jim Endruweit (GBr,c.82) Derek Gardner (GBr,79)
Chick Hale (USA,83) Justin Haler (GBr,60) Richard Hamann (Ger,53) Matt Harrison (Aus,c.16) Fran Hernández (USA,88) Ron Hickman (SAf,78) Leighton Irwin (Can,c.72) Johnny Johnson (USA,75) Dee Jones (USA,77)
John Katsanis (Aus,62) János Klink (Hun,68) Max Lagod (USA,41) Pierre Louis-Dreyfus (Fra,102) Don MacLaren (USA,75) Ray Matts (GBr,c.70) Mel McGaughy (USA,94) Maurie Monk (Aus,90)
Orville Nance (USA,83) Bill Noble (USA,69) Connie Riches (GBr,90) Warren Ruffner (USA,90) Shinichirō Sakurai (Jpn,81) Stan Scheidecker (USA,86) Jeff Stevens (USA,66) Eddie Stobart (GBr,56)
Dick Trajnowski (USA,74) Jack Turner (GBr,94) Luciano Viaro (Ita,c.68) Augie Walackas (USA,92) Glen Ward (USA,64) Roy Watling-Greenwood (GBr,91) Gordon Winters (USA,70) Grahame Wood (Aus,73) Charles Zwolsman (Ned,55)

Edited by ReWind, 06 November 2011 - 13:03.

[ReWind]

I just noticed on the BRDC website that Roy Watling-Greenwood died on 03 February 2011.

Has anyone access to a newspaper obituary revealing how old he was (at best giving an exact birth date)?

[David McKinney]

The Motor Racing Directory 1957 gives his d/o/b as 7 April 1919

[ReWind]

Many thanks, David!

Maybe you could lend me that book...

[David McKinney]

Send me a PM in about a week and I'll do you a list

[Richard Jenkins]

Reinhard, any idea where the excellent lists have gone on page 1?

[Tim Murray]

Richie, everything posted before early 2008 has been temporarily removed while they try to sort the forums' technical problems, as explained in this post in the Website Feedback forum:

Due to ongoing stability problems - for which we apologise - we have temporarily removed the first three million posts from the forum's database.

Some long running threads will begin in early Feb 2008, while any older threads that remain accessible will have no content.

This is a temporary measure to see if the root cause of these problems is the size of the posts table. All these posts will be restored when the result of running the forum in this way becomes clear.

Thanks for your understanding.

With luck they'll all be back soon - it's frustrating not being able to access the early stuff.

[ReWind]

Just found out that ARCA racer Beau Slocumb succumbed to a rare form of cancer at the untimely age of 26 on 08 April 2011.
(Source)

In case anyone may have missed the bad news, noted Frenchman José Rosinski also died recently at the age of 75.
(One of many sources)

[ReWind]

Leland Seth Gaug, b. 05 February 1924, d. 27 July 2011

Goodyear's racing manager for 24 years (until 1992), Lee Gaug, died at the age of 87.

Obituary by Joe Saward here.

[Nanni Dietrich]

On 31 July 2011 passed away Giuseppe Repetto, aged 87.
A well known car and engine tuner from Alessandria, Italy, "Pino" Repetto as he was nicknamed, prepared the Ford Italy works rally cars until the 1990s.
In 1975 Renzo Zorzi won the Monaco Formula 3 GP at the wheel of a yellow GRD 374 fitted with a Lancia engine tuned by Pino Repetto.

[ReWind]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me more about the following passings:

From this source I reckon that Phil Chapman of Mercury fame died earlier this year (probably in April).

From an Italian forum I learned that Alceste Bodini passed away in autumn 2009.

And according to this website sometime in 2006 Jimmy Byrnes died.

Does anyone know details, i.e. exact dates?

Finally let me repeat a request from another thread:
Does anyone know on which date recently departed Jimmy Somervail was born?

[Richard Jenkins]

Somervail was born in quarter 2, 1933 if I've got the right chap.

[ReWind]

Not the right chap, I'm afraid, Richard.

James Alexander "Jimmy" Somervail was 87 according to this obituary. So the year of his birth must be 1924 or 1923.

EDIT: Thanks to Adam Ferrington I learned that he was born on 02 August 1923.

Edited by ReWind, 10 August 2011 - 08:25.

[ReWind]

A summary of passings from months April to July 2011:

Osvaldo Ameal (Arg,??) Martin Bartek (Sui,44) Karl-Günther Bechem (Ger,89) Richard Bensted-Smith (GBr,81) Claude Bobrowski (Fra,c.79) Bill Boddy (GBr,98) Richard Bond (GBr,71) Robin Bořke (Cze,30) Tom Cecil (USA,72) Phil Chapman (GBr,90) Jackie Cooper (USA,88)
Claude Daneyrolle (Fra,78) Glen Dennee (USA,75) Al Disney (USA,89) Dick Emerson (USA,80) Tamotsu Futamura (Jpn,??) Gaston Garino (Fra,83) Richie Garuti (USA,83) Lee Gaug (USA,87) Dawie Gous (SAf,84) John Guttormson (USA,81)
Reg Hargrave (GBr,c.75) Hugues Hazard (Fra,88) Heinrich Heintz (Ger,72) Jack Humphrey (USA,64) Chuck Hurn (USA,68) Dick Hutton (USA,80) Karl Jungmayer (Ger,88)
Dieter Kern (Ger,73) Miroslav Kmeť (Svk,c.34) Jack Knab (USA,81) Billy Knight (USA,56) Soames Langton (GBr,43) Eric Liddell (GBr,81) Claude Lobo (Fra,67) Pete Lovely (USA,85)
John Maddox (USA,75) Neil Mahr (USA,72) Matt Marker (USA,31) Allen May (USA,72) André Millet (Fra,68) Sid Mosca (Bra,74) John Myerscough (GBr,75) Jimmy O'Brien (USA,69) Sylwester Olszewski (Pol,30) B.J. Parker (USA,77) Rodney Peacock (GBr,92) Georg Plasa (Ger,51)
Jean-François Rageys (Fra,68) Rita Rampinelli (Sui,87) Pino Repetto (Ita,c.87) Jean-Louis Rosier (Fra,86) José Rosinski (Fra,75) Marc Roy (Fra,67) Hans-Christoph von Seherr-Thoß (Ger,92) Rick Sipes (USA,62) Jiří Skoupil (Cze,46) Graham Slater (Aus,??) Beau Slocumb (USA,26) Jimmy Smith (USA,72) Jimmy Somervail (GBr,87) Gustavo Sondermann (Bra,29) Jimmy Summerour (USA,77) Bill Summers (USA,75)
Leon Thomas (Aus,77) Roger Usclard (Fra,c.73) Gino Valenzano (Ita,91) Mike Van (USA,67) Chic Vandagriff (USA,82) Andreas Waldherr (Aut,43) Roy Winkelmann (USA,81) Spike Winter (GBr,??) Skip Zeigler (USA,75) Harro Zitza (USA,83)

Edited by ReWind, 12 November 2011 - 09:33.

[ronmac]

HI Rewind..Further to the report about the passing of early New Zealand Saloon Car Champion
Harold Heasley of Rangiora, New zealand,.You may possibly gain further details from New Zealand Racer
Magazine ..John Hawkins care of benjamin@sundaybusiness.co.nz.
Or read the report on website....New Zealand Racer Magazine ..Heading....Canterbury Stalwart Passes Away.
Peter Leversedge (Christchurch ) or David Mc Kinney (London ) on this forum may also assist.

[Nanni Dietrich]

I would appreciate if someone could tell me more about the following passings:

...

From an Italian forum I learned that Alceste Bodini passed away in autumn 2009.

Alceste Bodini from Cremona, passed away in October of 2009 (don't know the day). A popular racer who always tuned his car by himself, his career spanned over three decades.
Bodini started in the late 1950s, becoming one of the first go-kart drivers in Italy in the 1960s. A Tecno car enthusiast, he drove the Formula Ford, Formula 850 and the Formula K-250 Tecnos, winning the Italian Championship in 1970 (the K-250 was a category of small single-seaters), before progressing to Formula 3. His ageing, successful, well-kept Tecno 68-Ford (then replaced by a 1971 model) was seen in the Italian series and also on European tracks, including Monaco, Nurburgring and Zandvoort, until the mid-1970s (in 1974 he finished 11th in the Polifac International Formula 3 Trophy), fighting against more modern Brabhams, GRDs and Lotuses. In the late 1970s he moved to historic racing, competing in Italian hillclimbs and circuit races for years at the wheel of his beloved Tecno Formula 3.
In 1972 Bodini took part in the 1000 Km of Monza, then a round of the Wold Sportscar Championship, in a private Chevron B19 owned by Luciano Rassega. Actually his nephew Matteo Bodini is a rally driver.

A sad loss.

Edited by Nanni Dietrich, 17 August 2011 - 17:43.

[275 GTB-4]

Today (30 Aug 11) the WA Mini community laid to rest a true gentleman and Mini enthusiast - Al Munday.

He was well known for his many years of Mini Speedway racing and later Appendix J Mini racing.

Al also owned and operated Mini Central in the Perth metro area,where he was always there to give advise or fix someones broken down Mini. He always had a smile and a cuppa if you called in, he will be surely missed in the Mini community.

Rest in Peace Al.

[Tim Murray]

Betty Skelton, best known as an aviator, but who also set automobile speed records, including some Women’s Land Speed Records driving Art Arfons’s Green Monster:

http://www.prweb.com...rweb8773377.htm

[bradbury west]

Betty Skelton, best known as an aviator, but who also set automobile speed records,.......

In the Telegraph, where the copy in the newspaper itself showed her with her Corvette.
http://www.telegraph...ty-Skelton.html

copyright unknown, copied from Daily Telegraph.
Roger Lund

Edited by bradbury west, 11 September 2011 - 23:29.

[rateus]

Speedway historian Donald Davidson said the last known remaining riding mechanic is Indianapolis resident Joe Kennelly, who rode with Johnny Seymour in 1936 and finished 31st.

No longer alas - Joe Kennelly passed away last Friday, truly the end of an era. RIP
http://www.racer.com...article/212347/

[Nanni Dietrich]

Betty Skelton, best known as an aviator, but who also set automobile speed records, including some Women’s Land Speed Records driving Art Arfons’s Green Monster:

http://www.prweb.com...rweb8773377.htm

Sad news. Just two months ago I've found a good article about her on a Speed-Age magazine, issue of the early 1950s (1954 if I remember well). Betty Skelton was regarded as a great boat-pilot, rather than a race car driver, an aviator and an adventurer. I did not know her story before, and started searching more informations. I was happy when I found that she was of the same age of my Mom and still with us.
Sadly, a few weeks later she passed away.

[ReWind]

Not only Ian Sutherland (83), Hully Bunn (91), Reds Kagle (79) and Tony Everard (88) died recently but also – according to this site – former French F1 driver of the early 1960s, Bernard Collomb (80).

[Richard Jenkins]

Not only Ian Sutherland (83), Hully Bunn (91), Reds Kagle (79) and Tony Everard (88) died recently but also – according to this site – former French F1 driver of the early 1960s, Bernard Collomb (80).

Thanks for the update, Reinhard. If that's a recent photo of him on the site, he looked pretty well for his age, not that it helps him now I suppose.

[HiRich]

Herbert "Bert" Stillborn, sometime 500 and Austin 7 driver (and rather handy on bikes as well, I understand) died 7th September 2011

[opplock]

Last weeks Autosport included an obituary for Don Truman, F3 competitor during 1940s and 1950s and subsequently Clerk of the Course at British circuits and Chairman of the BRSCC.

I remember attending his briefing for novice drivers at Donington. His description of the oil flag "Back in 1895 when I was a racing driver this flag used to terrify me".

[Jim Thurman]

Catching up on passings from the Western U.S. short track scene from 2011:

Glen Dennee, 75, who raced and owned midgets, passed away on July 11:
http://www.legacy.co...e...2&fhid=2112

Jack Humphrey, 64, a veteran racer who competed at Vallejo Speedway in the 1970's, passed away June 12 in American Canyon, CA:
http://www.legacy.co...p;pid=151955133

Mel McGaughy, 94, passed away February 19 in Puyallup, WA. McGaughy raced midgets in the northwest, winning the 1954 & 1955 WMRA championship, and made 1 USAC Championship start (Phoenix 1956). McGaughy also won 1 USAC national midget feature, in Galesburg, MI in 1956.

Rick Sipes, 62, who raced midgets, sprints, stock cars and super modifieds on dirt tracks in Arizona, passed away in June:
http://www.legacy.co...b...7&fhid=8280

Mike Van, 67, who raced stock cars in Oregon and northern California died May 2 in Portland, OR:
http://obits.oregonl...p;pid=150801110

Gordon Winters, 70, died March 10 at Manteca, CA. Winters raced super modifeds at Stockton 99 Speedway out of his hometown of Ripon, CA:
http://www.escalonti...c...ionID=4&S=1

[ReWind]

Thank you very much for your contributions, Jim!

Unfortunately the forum software doesn't allow me to update my initial post anymore.

Allegedly the post is too long.

Perhaps I should look for someone who operates a website & would be willing to host a memorial to the ones who are gone but should not be forgotten.

[D-Type]

Why not ask Twinny to close this thread. Then copy over the 2011 content and start a new one "Gone, but not forgotten Part 2: 2011 onwards"

[ReWind]

Because my experience is that in the future I will learn of further passings from 2006 - 2010 which I would like to include in my initial post as soon as I am aware of them in order to keep my lists as complete as possible.

A closure of this thread is something I would hate to see.

[275 GTB-4]

Because my experience is that in the future I will learn of further passings from 2006 - 2010 which I would like to include in my initial post as soon as I am aware of them in order to keep my lists as complete as possible.

A closure of this thread is something I would hate to see.

ReWind...you should chat to some of the people here who run websites....you could probably piggy-back on their site...the cost of website
capacity has fallen at a rapid rate over the years.

Closure of the thread would be a shame

[D-Type]

Because my experience is that in the future I will learn of further passings from 2006 - 2010 which I would like to include in my initial post as soon as I am aware of them in order to keep my lists as complete as possible.

A closure of this thread is something I would hate to see.

That was one reason I suggested moving from 2011 away - it would leave room for that type of addition.
Alternatively you could create the space by editing Post 1 to say "For deaths from 2011 onward see Post 400 on Page 10" or whatever number it is and move 2011.
When I suggested "Close the thread" it was in the context of "Close the thread and open a new Part 2 thread"

[David McKinney]

So what you're suggesting, Duncan, is to start a new Post 2010 thread, and leave the old one, perhaps renamed to say pre-2011, to be added to as and when?