Tom Hnatiw passes

[F1000champ]

Tom Hnatiw
Formula 1000 lost a great friend and colleague

Formula 1000 and the racing community in general have lost a great friend and colleague. Formula 1000 Championship Series announcer, Tom Hnatiw has passed away. “Tom was a great friend with a terrific personality,” said F1000’s Jon Lewis. “Tom and I have known each other since 1990 and worked together on several projects. He truly believed in the Formula 1000 Championship and he will be greatly missed.”

[glenn cooper]

Gone too soon for sure.
What a great guy, and so much one of us, a motorsports afficianado, super knowledgeable, and quite the hoot to be around.

The TV show he did w/ Peter Klut on SPEED was definitely one of the better offerings from that network - it was fun and informative, every episode.

I had a great time talking it up with him at Mosport, where I could tell something was not quite right, and at NJMP where he looked very ill, but still fighting to be at the track doing his thing.

Godspeed Tom

[Beartrax]

What a likeable guy. Ditto on what Coop said.

I never got a chance to speak with him, but I got a big smile when we passed each other inside the Seneca Lodge at Watkins Glen in 2010.