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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: This bunch of pratts give motorsport a very bad name
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on: May 04, 2007, 12:26:51 pm
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We were talking about this earlier.
What absolute fuckwits (wonder what the autocensor will do to that!).
This isn't motorsport, this is hooliganism in the same way that joyriders tear round estates putting people at risk.
This type of event should be banned and whilst I'm sure these chaps feel remorse for what they've done I hope they are treated in the way that the local laws require and don't manage to buy their way out of this.
And there's the problem Piglet... Joyrider = Poor kid who is a Hoologan, Vandal and Hoodie' and should be 'Cracked down on hard' because they're scum Scumball = Rich people and Tara P-T who are just having fun and should be given all the TV coverage they desire because they are 'Celebs'.. I've always thought that the ability to buy a £300,000 car should not be the only judge of whether you should have one..  |
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: heard about richard hammond!!!!!!!!!
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on: September 21, 2006, 12:35:51 pm
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Not sure if it was BBC or ITV news but their "witness" said that he had watched the timed runs, left the track and then heard the car fire up again and do another run and then heard about the accident when someone told him about it later!!!
Now call me picky, but that isnt a witness to the accident in my book!
This must be the same witness that the BBC website used for the fatality at the Euro Finals at The Pod... He was standing on the banking near the startline and 'saw somethig come off one of the cars about 100 yards past the finish line and go into the crowd... |
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: heard about richard hammond!!!!!!!!!
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on: September 21, 2006, 12:13:11 pm
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Richard Hammond, Injured while driving a Jet Car..... The reporting is about how inherently dangerous it is and there are phone in shows about 'Why do people feel the need to take risks like this and isn't life more precious than that'
Well, it is inherently dangerous, isn't it?
Isn't that why there was a fire crew and an ambulance crew "standing by".
Things are made more dangerous when a person with little/no experience is doing it. Verging on reckless, IMO.
Steve Irwin - a very experienced diver, diving with what is normally a placid creature.
Richard Hammond - a very inexperienced jet powered car driver, it would seem, performing beyond his abilities.
Sad on both counts.
fingers still well crossed.
Nobby, I wasn't suggeting that driving a Jet Car is not dangerous, of course it is... My comments related to the uniformed comment and analysis in the news reporting of the incident. Steve Irwin - a very experienced diver, diving with what is normally a placid creature. - Killed in an accident by something unexpected... Richard Hammond - a very inexperienced jet powered car driver, it would seem, performing beyond his abilities. - Injured in an accident by something unexpected. At present there has been no information about Hammonds preparation for the drive, but I would be surprised if Colin Fallows let him drive it if he felt it was 'beyond his abilities. You don't just jump into one of these things and fire it off up the runway... That was exactly the reason that Dennis Priddle would not let Maggie Philbin drive the Fuel Streanliner in the Eigthies for Tomorrows World, because he said 'she couldn't handle it'. My point in comparing the two is that, because there are cars involved the reporting is different. If Irwin had been killed by a crocodile, not a stingray I don't think there would have been the same sanctimonious, 'Holier than thou', "What is the point of what he was doing" rubbish that was on the phone in show I was listening to this morning. Good luck Hamster... |
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: heard about richard hammond!!!!!!!!!
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on: September 21, 2006, 11:31:59 am
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What is amazing is the low standard of reporting that has been applied to this..The BBC Breakfast news presenter this moring, describing the whole thing as a 'Stunt', which implies a lack of preparedness, then they interview a guy from 'Fast Car' magazine who procedes to describe a Jet Dragster.. (Something that he has obviously never seen) as 'Inherently unstable and something that you just hang onto and try to keep going in a straight line' Driving into work and they interviwed Quentin Wilson on the radio who said, 'What you have to understand about this type of 'rocket' (his word not mine) powered car is that the track at the front is really narrow to cut down on the wind resistance so the steering is not what it could be and when something goes wrong you have no control and are just an accident waiting to happen' Have news researchers never heard of the likes of Martin Hill, Roger Goring or even Ronnie Picardo who have driven these things for years and could at least give some kind of informed opinion rather than spouting rubbish about something they know nothing about. Or is it just sloppy? Another observation.... Steve Irwin, Killed by a Stingray making a wildlife program..... The reporting is all about how tragic it was and what a great man he was... Richard Hammond, Injured while driving a Jet Car..... The reporting is about how inherently dangerous it is and there are phone in shows about 'Why do people feel the need to take risks like this and isn't life more precious than that'
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: Its very Quiet
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on: August 11, 2006, 04:00:37 pm
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Alternatively, muslim only flights / airlnes
Until people start to behave
I like that idea. I will get my surface to air rocket ready. Ok, I know this isn't the place for politics and the mods can remove this post if they want to, but.... Lets not tar everyone with the same brush here. What we are talking about is extremists hanging on to the Muslim faith, not Muslims in general. Cat Stevens and Imran Khan are Muslims and I don't think they are likely to be looking to blow anything up. The IRA used to blow things up in London, they are 'Catholics' and the UDA/UVF used to murder people and blow things up in The North they are 'Protestants', but we didn't call for Catholic/ Protestant only shops and bars and then make comments like "I'm ready with my grenades". My family are Catholics but I don't inmtend to go out and blow up a Protestant. Yes the people responsible for 9/11 and this plan are evil and deserve to be hunted down and dealt with but they do not represent the Muslim faith in general.. A little tolerance goes a long way in this world. |
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: USGP this weekend.
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on: July 03, 2006, 04:00:13 pm
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Sarcasm mode on:
Fax you must have been at a different race..
The London Times reporter saw it this way...
The future of Formula One in the United States depended at the very least on a professional showing here — although, thrillingly, it got much more than that — while the title race required a 37-year-old German victor to keep it alive and kicking for a few weeks more.
Step forward Schumacher. A consummate display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, abetted by the canniness of Felipe Massa, his Ferrari team-mate, who made it a memorable one-two for the Scuderia, will have appeased the natives, who were all but ready to turn their backs on the sport after last year’s US Grand Prix descended into farce
Scott Speed, the only American driver in the field who suffered an early exit, had hailed Formula One as “the pinnacle of motor sports”, but while many of his countrymen would disagree, the 120,000 who populated this vast expanse of concrete and steel seemed happy to consign last year’s shambles to memory and enjoy the day.
Certainly, the sight of Americans turning up en masse will have done much to convince Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One’s paymaster, and Tony George, the Speedway’s owner, that the sport has a future in the US as they prepare to thrash out a new contract in the coming days.
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: Peter Dumbreck flying Merc article.
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on: April 28, 2006, 03:27:04 pm
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Yes, that's right Fran.
The first 'flight' was Webber in evening qualifying.
Merc then 'fixed' the cause.
Webber then flew again in the warm-up and the car was withdrawn.
These were both 'minor' flights with a flip over and back onto the circuit.
Finally, Dumbreck had a Wright Brothers moment in the early part of the race and that, as they say, was that!
That was my first year at Le Mans Listening to Radio LeMans, they posed the question.... Norbert... One car got airborne in qualifying, Another got airborne in the warm up.. Do you want to take the third car out... Dunbreck... Can I phone a friend? |
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: Who, Where, When... 2006
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on: April 15, 2006, 09:38:00 pm
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Team TickleTheDragon are up to (I think 15) this year...
Advance party going down Saturday Night June 9th to set the campsite up in the usual place on Tertre Rouge..
Others ariving at various times during the week, with everyone there by Wednesday.
Dover - Calais
Portsmouth- St Marlo
Portsmouth- Caen
Merc SLK
Merc Estate thing
Transit Support truck
Skoda Superb
And a Twin Pulsejet Engined bicycle...
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Tickets by Internet
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on: April 05, 2006, 06:18:49 pm
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Has anyone noticed that on the ACO Official site you can now buy tickets (Entrance and Camping) for the Bike 24Hours and they are saying 'Coming Soon' for the Car 24 Hours...
The way the ACO do things, It'll never work, or am I just cynical?
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