I was privileged to have known Ivan as a child as my mum and dad were friends of the family, and we would often visit their house and they came to ours. Special memories include the world final at Wembley in 1978, when my Dad and myself each carried one of Ivan’s spare wheels in order to gain access to the pits, and the time Ivan raced Peter Collins at Ellesmere Port in the 1970’s over three races and my Dad had arranged for me to go on a few laps on the back of Peter’s bike during the interval while my sister was with Ivan, and I’ve been trawling the internet in the hope of finding any photos or video of that, but no luck as of yet. I also remember a new year’s eve party when my mum turned up in a green dress and Ivan went mad as he hated the colour and I have a photograph of that somewhere!, and I was also lucky enough to sit on the gold bike during one visit to their house. My Dad was a Belle Vue fan for 50 years and Ivan wrote a special tribute for him which appeared in the programme and the Speedway Star. My Dad also managed to convince everyone he was the New Zealand manager after having a picture taken with the team during one of the England vs New Zealand series matches at Belle Vue in 1970!. http://www.geocities.ws/robnade2001/NZtests.html Ivan rang me personally in 2006 after we lost my mum and sent flowers from Australia. That says it all, he was a fantastic man. Dear Raye, Julie, Kym, Debbie and all the Mauger family, please accept my, Paula’s and our families' most sincere condolences regarding the passing of Ivan, we are all so very sorry to hear the news and you are all in our thoughts and prayers at this very sad time x