Just cme across this and thought of relevance to Brocky. Attilio Bettega (b. February 19, 1951 - d. May 2, 1985) was an Italian rally driver. In 1982 he joined the Lancia squad driving the 037 after some years with Fiat. In his Lancia years he gained 4 podium finishes in rallies counting towards the World Rally Championship. His last podium was also his best one, driving his Lancia to 2nd place at the 1984 San Remo rally. In 1985 he entered the Safari Rally and the Corsica Rally. At the last one it went wrong. On the 4th stage of the rally - Zerubia, Attilio lost control over his Lancia and crashed into a tree which simply ruptured into the driver's seat and killed Attilio instantly. His co-driver Maurizio Perissinot survived the crash.
And Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresta died on the Tour de Corse in their Delta S4 the next year - and Group B died along with them...
Indeed, and Toivonen was as much loved as Brock. Burning to death strapped into a car is too horrible to contemplate.
if you haven't seen it, there's a movie called Too Fast To Race, it's all about the craziness of Group B stuff, really cool i'm sure AndrewWA has it on his shelves...
Watching the replay of his interview with Andrew Denton from July 2005, damn he was a really deep and honest guy.
Funeral starts in about 15 minutes.. live on a few channels. "A new Holden VZ Statesman hearse adorned with BROCKY number plates provided by a fan will travel down Flinders St just before 11am, escorted by six police motorcycle riders."
I dont know about this........ http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Peter-Brock-tribute-license-plate-RIP-PB_W0QQitemZ130028490841QQihZ003QQcategoryZ128290QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
to the punter on the street does anybody really think they would understand it, for all intents and purposes it could be Ran Into Problem.............personal best Rural Indigenous Person..............Peter Beatty Receptor-Interacting Protein (cell apoptosis).......... Peanut Butter Rest in Pieces............ Pandora's Box Routing Information Protocol ............Particle Beam Reflex Inhibiting Posture........... Phonetically Balanced
Pap didnt post that. Pap's friend did who is a big fan of Brock. But I agree with him, that plate is crap.
Urrrrghhhh......... I can imagine some poofter **** cruising past the 'Beat' in the Valley in Brisvegas looking for some boys to have a good time with......
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20570498-2,00.html?from=rss Tree chopped down but for the wrong reasons.
There were some very upset fans on the news last night because they cut that tree down. If it will save a life in the future, then it is a good thing.
