5 - 98 Farewell to a Racer ant attend the final meeting e motor racing season at Tim bably only a tew people had gi lous thought as to now much OSCA. He was a li Go baRd SJoN memher and worked trelessly as secretary was looking to out me feet do when 0OSH le rang. A chili struck me was one c phone calls we all learn to dread Arnazıngıy. ın ai inose year Munty: as he was commonly know Ron Blakemore only managed lo was telling capture the wished i wasnt lam was an integral outright OSCA hearing. that long part of the motor title once. back time racer lan in 1977. He had Munt had died of racing scene in though. finished aheartattack after Canterbury and was runner up On racing hIS known and respected several Commodore at occasions. He by he South Was never an was an integral part of the notor racing scene in Canterbury and was known and respected by many. He began his career back in the mid 1960s at Ruapuna and after a spell in Australia. where he raced against some of the top names there, he returned to New Zealand in 1974 and took up racing in OSCA with his Capri Chev. For years he was synonymous with that car untif 1993, when he wheeled out his self built Commodore. OSCA meant a lot to lan, and an keenty compr ian was 54 years old and had just set his fastest ever lap when he died at Timaru. Two weeks earlier he had also set his fastest ever lap time at Kuapuna, so inspite of what he sometimes told us, he had by no means slackened his pace. By a quirk of fate, the eldest of an's three sons, Evan, made his OSCA debut at Timaru the day lan lan Munt was a great motor racin enthusiast and was always anxious t 43 A Great Team - lan Munt with long time friend and crew member Gary Nash. Photo: Euan Cameron. keep abreast of what was happening in the sport. In all the these many ears I have been covering motorsport on the local scene "Munty" has always been around. His was one of the friendly faces in pit lane Although he was not backward in expressing his opinion it was always carefully considered. I respected that. It still hasn't sunk in that we won't be seeing him around the circuits and in the clubrooms at Ruapuna next season. It probably won't until the new season starts. There will definitely b something missing Maybe we can take comfort ir knowing that he died doing something he really enjoyed doing. and that there is now another Munt coming along in motorsport to take over where he left off. To his wife Vivienne, and his sons Evan. Darren and Ryan, we at Canterbury Racer offer our sincere condolences. John Hawkins