I was always proud to be associated with openwheelracers.com. I always felt John's website was one of the best NEWS sites around. If you wanted to find out what was going on, John normally had it. His was always one of the first I checked for race results.

I met John face-to-face at Atlantic City in 2005 and shared a room with him at Fort Wayne last year. His love for racing was obvious but more so was the enjoyment he attained from the people who make racing what it is.

He's going to be sadly missed by those of us associated with openwheelracers.com, but by the many racers who crossed his path.

In old newsroom jargon, a journalist who died was said to have written his final 30 -- which was a traditional copyediting symbol indicating the end of a story.

In today's electronic age, John LeVan has made his final post. But, I'm certain there's many stories about John and racing.

Jim Morrison
openwheelracers.com correspondent