Hot Rod magazine tribute:

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/nitrous-i...mp;sf61342095=1

A local racer posted this on a local MB:

"It said a lot for some of the Street Outlaw guys who drove over for the funeral. Farm Truck and his dog, Doc, Monza, Dominator, Jeff Lutz."

Cool

Doc, and Monza, knew Monte well. The last time I saw Monte was at PRI. Monza had delivered his intake manifold for Monte to rework, and they were talking with one another. Wish I would have been able to talk with him more that day, but he was busy.

I am really going to miss his no BS, direct to the point, tech advice. He would talk about other things in person, but rarely on here. Those that never got a chance to talk with Monte one on one, have really missed out. he had a good sense of humor, and was just a nice down to earth guy, that would help anyone.

Treed you a page back on the link!

Sorry! I took a quick look but missed it.

WOW. Just got back from vacation where I unplugged, and truly shocked to see this. How old was Monte? 50 maybe??? what a tragedy! Dude had a wealth of knowledge! Rest in Peace Monte Smith.

June 29 1963.

53 years old.

I always enjoyed reading his posts whether I agreed or not because his passion is what always stood out.

RIP Monte

No worries! A second link will ensure more people see it.

he was 53....

thanks for the facebook link. crazy reading through that.... man he touched a lot of folks.

i was born exactly the same day

This is a pic James Goad "ReaperSS" posted on face book.

RIP Helped me out a lot with my procharged 340 build in my various threads. Seemed like an incredibly knowledgbale guy who was always willing to help others out without any negativity.

Sorry to hear this.. my wife told me about
this... his whole family took a big hit in
the last couple of years... I meet Monty a
few times at DW and I dealt with him on my
injection.... RIP Monty

So sorry to hear this, thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. RIP Monte

I got to speak to him a couple months ago on the phone and planned to meet him this spring when down at my summer place. He seemed to have a great temperament because I never could provoke a hostile response from him on here

Hard to say much except, Dam! didnt see that coming and feel for his family.

I never really grasped how deeply involved he was in the race world.

It did seem he was living the car lovers dream and doing a fine job of it.

Just seeing this now ..... very sad news , RIP Monte , condolences to his family and friends

The hobby has lost a very knowledge person

Gonna miss his straight to the point knowledge filled posts. I would like to have one of his T-shirts...Just to have one, I wonder if it's still possible to get one?

Definitely a big loss for the racing community. Bought my first nitrous system through him years ago.