In memoriam Marius Du Toy van Hees

On Thursday our former scrutineer Marius Du Toy van Hees passed away. About 40 years ago Marius single handedly restored and race-prepared a Lotus Elite. From 1983 he competed in HARC races. He also raced internationally in the FISA European historic GT championship. After hanging up his helmet, the Lotus became a grand touring car. With his wife Marlies he travelled tens of thousands of kilometres throughout Europe. In his role as technical delegate, Marius could express his enormous love of technology. His contribution to the establishment and professionalisation of technical inspections for historic racing cars cannot not be underestimated. His almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the technology of historic cars was of enormous value in issuing FIA Historic Technical Passports and FIVA Identity Cards. In his role as chief scrutineer he subsequently checked these documents at countless races and rallies. With his always calm but strict demeanour, he was one of the pillars of the success of the NK HTGT. Marius had been seriously ill for some time and passed away on Thursday morning. Marius will be deeply missed by the historic racing fraternity. We wish Marlies and the rest of the family lots of courage to cope with this loss.