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get him into a gokart age 5 scuddy

 

my thoughts exactly , next year . hope he has some talent unlike me . he hits a mean golf shot as well .

 

i want him to try out all the things i wanted to do as a child but was never given the chance / support .

 

awesome rob, how old is he and what bike?

i raced for many yrs....just sold my bike last year

 

teach him how to use chopsticks

 

gotta support the young blokes whenever you can, often it all comes down to contacts + opportunities.

mate of mine i used to race karts with (son of sandown promoter) now into the 944 cup, aussie racing cars and the occasional porsche cup gig, hes doing v well

 

yeah a bit of history behind the family for sure, great kids his sons, raced with them both.

younger of the 2 now racing in europe/USA open wheelers

 

You should buy Tom Wheatcrofts autobiography. Great read about his life, the Donnington collection and the resurrection of the race circuit. I suspect his anti-authoritarian outlook will strike a chord with you

Interesting fact from the book- he was a WW2 soldier in the invasion of Europe. He and his tank crew actually robbed a bank in Germany by popping an explosive shell through the front door and driving the Sherman tank into the foyer. This persuaded the manager to open the vault rather than necessitate an armour piercing round doing the job. They took off with the cash and the loot helped Wheatcroft set up his post war building business that made him his fortune.

I seem to remember seeing that portrayed in a hollywood movie, can anyone remember the movie?

FWIW, a number of the cars in his collection came from Australia and New Zealand. They were left here after they were used in the Tasman and other race series. Gone, never to return like so many other great cars

Anyway, an interesting read for anyone so inclined.

 

Sounds like itd be a great read SD may check it out too!

 

I was thinking about that after you mentioned it the other day - was it Kelly's Heroes?

 

can't be hard, my 11 yo boy can use them

 

no, think it's the one with George Clooney something about "Kings"

 

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nope not 3 kings....kellys heroes looks like it

 

Three Kings, but that was Iraq post-Desert Storm, I thought we were looking for Germany
Maybe they robbed the Baghdad branch of Deutsche Bank

 

Rob did state when he started the thread vegas that it was not to be your fantasy girl, tssk

 

Now you're talking. Brooke from B&B is just hot... milf or not!

 

I'm surprised no one's put up a picture of their hand.

 

funny