Originally Posted by
Rod Grimwood
John Osborne (OZ) passed on to the big motorsport club and race track in the sky yesterday. This is becoming a very elite club.
OZ ran a great race right down to the last lap, which was his longest of all, but he was still a winner.
This will leave a very big gap in a lot of peoples lifes and NZ Motorsport, especially in the South Island. To all who have been so lucky to have been involved with John or have just spent many weekends watching him do his trade behind the wheel of very wild and fast cars over the years, remember those times and also the other people he raced with who are also not with us anymore, they will be reorganizing the grid order at the race track in the sky.
To Andrea, Tim and family, our thoughts and love are with you at this very sad time.
JOHN OSBORNE (OZ) RIP