Mark Donohue was a total class act.  I was just a kid when I wrote him and it couldn't have been a week later where I got a signed autographed picture.  He loved race cars and racing.  He'll never be forgotten.

Rest in Peace Mark Donohue, not only a champion driver, but a champion human being.

At the 1972 Mosport Can-Am, I was just a kid with a paddock pass where you could get close to the cars and the drivers. I saw Mark approaching me and I asked him to stop for a picture, which he did. I was having a little trouble with my camera (no cellphones in those days), but he waited patiently and gave me a big smile. I thanked him and he patted me on the shoulder. Class act.

It was 1972 I was 8 years old at the Pocono 500 I yelled at him he came over and signed an autograph he will always be my favorite

I grew up knowing and watching Mark Donohue race. A great guy and my, all time, favorite driver. He is missed!

Linda Werlein

There'is nothing in sports them hearing "Back home again in Indiana" on race day!

Mark Donohue won the first race I ever attended, the Can-Am at Laguna Seca in October 1973. Mark's win that day clinched the championship for him, and I still have the old Ektachrome slide showing Captain Nice with a big smile and the trophy. A great driver and gentleman, this very fine remembrance does the man justice.

My childhood hero...that 72 #66 gives me chills in the museum at IMS.I have a lithograph of him and all his cars surrounding  his bust featuring the Trans am Camaro,some told me Penske has the original.

Penske/Donahue biopic should be made with Roger as technical supervisor
BTW Don't forget mark raced boats too!
RIP Mark Donohue best of his class in a classy era because he was so well rounded...decathalete of racing

One of my favorite Donohue stories happened at the 1973 Mosport Can-Am. Team McLaren had quit the series, leaving the Porsche 917s as about the only competitive cars in the field. Donohue was there in the new factory car, and Jody Scheckter was driving an older model. They started on the front row and just left the field behind them. They were running so fast that they caught backmarkers partway through the fourth lap of the race (on a 2.5 mile track), and had a collision of some sort while passing them.
Seeing these two very talented drivers competing in such fast cars was something I'll never forget.

He was one of my favorites when i was a boy.I cried when i read in the indy star that he died it was almost 45 years ago.

Mark Donahue winning Indy car of 1972 was the most beautiful Indy car of all time!

My favorite driver. I would go out to the Ontario Motor Speedway in the early '70's and watch him qualify and race in the California 500.

Mark Donohue, a bloody great driver. Same with Mark Skaife. :)

I saw Mark a number times when he raced Can Am series, driving Lolas and Porches.  I was a track worker and spoke with a few truly great drivers of that era, including Mark.  They were fine days of colour, noise, and speed, all turned up to 11.  
Nothing of that time remains and it all seems surreal.   That was 50 years ago when I was in my 20's.     RIP Mark et al.

I saw Marks Sunoco Camero once. I got soooo excited!

Had Mark Donohue lived out the 70s I think that the Penske F1 team would have been sucessful as it was the Cosworth era when chassis/suspension/aerodynamics were the most important factors and MD was a genius in developing and setting up a car. He was also a truly world class driver. An almost unbeatable combination. I think he was probably suceeded by Niki Lauda.

To think that Mark Donohue won the Indy 500, the Trans-Am and Can-Am titles, and even a NASCAR race at
Riverside, but today he is mostly forgotten.  The racing industry should a special award in his honor.

I never had a "favorite" driver like many people do.  I always thought I was the best.  But Donohue was the only driver that I truly admired.

The year Donahue won was the year my heart broke for Bettenhausen and Grant. One damn exciting race all my friends were screaming those last 100 laps. Best daze of racing