Don Swiatek
 

Don Swiatek known to those of us who cherish Super Cars as the one and only Hi-Performance Manager for Nickey Chevrolet passed away this Friday morning.

Our deepest condolences go out to his friends and family.

R.I.P our dear friend.

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Our thoughts and prayers for his family friends.

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Very sad, my deepest condolences to Don's Family and friends.

Dan

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Wow...Very sorry to hear.

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Wow...rest in peace Don....

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Condolences to his family.

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.... Our thoughts and prayers for his family friends.

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I feel truly honored to have been able to host Don at CVF and MCACN as a special guest in the Nickey Chicago booth over the past years.

It was great hearing some of the stories and his recollections of cars and things they did "back in the day" and again with Stefano and the crew.

Truly a sad loss for our Supercar family.

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

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This is a very sad day alot of knowledge has went along with him all my prayers to his family he was a very great man that really enjoyed what he did for the sport god rest.

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----Sorry to hear this, Stefano. He was one of a kind!......Bill S

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Very sad to hear.

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R.I.P. Don. I am sure there are great stories being told as we speak...

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Here is Don and crew, as well as the new owner, along with the Nickey prototype Z28 we unvieled at MCACN III.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...CACNIII110.jpg

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Twinkle in his eye says it all. RIP Don. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

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Stefano,

Great picture, thanks for sharing! Sam your 100% correct!

Dan

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Thank you all for patience waiting for this information.

The service for my Dad will be on Tuesday, March 6th, promptly at 12:45pm at:


Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
20953 W. Hoff Road
Elwood, IL 60421
Phone: 815-423-9958

We are still working on a life celebration/Memorial get together. I will spread the word once arrangements are complete.

Any questions or if you need additional info, please reply to this email. Also, please send along to anyone you know would have an interest.

Thank you~

Jenni Swiatek

[email protected]

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I am very sorry to hear of Don's passing. Many years ago, as a 10 year old 5th grader in 1966, in the Chicago Public schools, I was assigned a project to interview someone. Having fallen in love with the fast cars of the day, especially Chevys, I had my dad take me to Nickey, which was close by, to interview someone there. Somehow we ended up talking to Don for quite a while, in a glass enclosed booth. Although I cannot locate this 5th grade paper, I remember how freely Don gave of his time. I was fascinated and at 55 years old, still remember the interview. I just recently became aware of Don's passing and I wish I had the chance to tell him that 45 years later I still have this happy recollection, and that it helped fuel my life long love of fast cars. I thought it would be nice to share this with the group and maybe pass this along to his family.

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Great story, Thanks for sharing.

Dan

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X - 2 What a great story!