Career
Tom Hnatiw was best known as co-presenter of the television show Dream Carolina Garage on Speed Channel alongside Peter Klutt from 2000 to 2008. There he was famous for the phrase "Do you need a car like this? Number. Do you want a car like this???" Further he was involved with the programmes Hard Drive and Sports Carolina Revolution.
Altogether he was involved in the production of over 500 shows related to the automotive world and co-owner of a 5000 square-foot race shop.
He wrote several widely read automotive columns and was featured in newspapers such as the Toronto Star. He also was a well known live race announcer, e.g., for the SRT Viper Cup series of the North American Road Racing Association, for which he also was a spokesperson.
On 30 July 2012 he died in a hospital in Oakville, Ontario from kidney failure, aged 53. "His genuine passion for racing, concern for the well-being of drivers, and the way he made every competitor feel as welcome," said NARRA President Tom Antonelli in a farewell note.
"His beaming smile, and that unmistakable voice, will be truly missed.".
