By now, it’s no secret that Shaun Carlson, one of the true greats of import racing, passed away Sunday morning. We could go on and on about his achievements in the industry – he was a photographer and journalist; a great fabricator that built record breaking race cars; an entrepreneur that built his own company, Nuformz, around his passion for racing; a successful Sport Compact FWD racer who raced everything from Honda to Ford to Mopar – he even raced NHRA Pro Stock. And after all of that, he still found a place in the drifting community with Team Mopar.
These are all things that Shaun was known for, but Shaun was more than just that. More than anything else, Shaun was a truly great guy. He never let any of it go to his head. He was always giving his full 100% and he was always thankful for the opportunity to have a successful career doing what he loved. And he meant it.
Shaun was that guy. That guy who is serious about what he does, but never takes himself too seriously. That guy who works his butt off but still manages to give credit to all of the other people on his team who were also working their butts off behind the scenes. That guy who feels like a close friend from the moment you first meet him. That guy who turns people who think they’re going to dislike him into his best friends. An honest to goodness, really good guy. And guys like that are in really short supply.
So we here at Motor Mavens would first like to thank YOU, Shaun… Thank you for putting so much of yourself into this industry – your impact was felt and you will be sorely missed, because you were a truly great person. And we would also like to give our condolences and thanks to Shaun’s family and friends. Without all of the things that you guys poured into him, he would have had far less to pour into all of us. Thank you.
:Motor Mavens
John Naderi‘s Tribute to Shaun Carlson (on Cardomain)
Join the Shaun Carlson Memorial Facebook page for details on the memorial service
Jay Canter’s Photo Tribute to Shaun Carlson on Facebook
Jay Canter and Ed Bergenholtz’s old school photos of Shaun Carlson’s cars and Nuformz
You will truly be missed Shaun
We have a memorial written by Eric Hsu who worked with Shaun in the early days of NuFormz
http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/tabid/59/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1339/RIP-Shaun-Carlson.aspx
R.I.P Shaun, the Sport Compact World seems much smaller already.
I just wanted to say thank you to all of you that remembered Shaun and what he’s done for the racing community. I’d also like to let everyone know about his upcoming memorial service…Here goes:
Calvary Chapel Chino Valley
12205 N. Pipeline Ave
Chino, Ca 91710
Services to begin on Monday, October 12th, at 1:00PM
We’d really appreciate all that can come!
well writen, MotorMavens.