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31 Dec 2001, 14:05 (Ref:191928)
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Pace car stolen?
Does anyone know about the pace car that was stolen in the 80's by a drunk guy? If so, please leave some info on it. We have been wondering about that for months trying to remember who it was and what year, and so on.
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31 Dec 2001, 14:12 (Ref:191930)
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I don't recall that... but there are a couple of incidents that do come to mind.. the drunk in a Valiant that got onto the circuit somehow at Oran Park and joined in the endurance race was one...
And the theft of the BRM 2.5 ex-F1 car the night before the Ballarat International race in Central Victoria in 1961. Dan Gurney's car it was, poor old Dan had never won a race in a BRM and this was about his last drive for them before going to Porsche... and the car gets pinched. They found it the next morning under some haybales at the other end of the circuit... it was an airfield.... none the worse for the experience... And Dan won the race! |
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31 Dec 2001, 14:14 (Ref:191933)
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Sorry, I mean the Indy 500 pace car.
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31 Dec 2001, 14:21 (Ref:191937)
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Does this mean the thread is in the wrong forum?
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31 Dec 2001, 14:22 (Ref:191941)
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Sounds like it - but welcome anyway, Daniel
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31 Dec 2001, 15:31 (Ref:191983)
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There was some drunk fool who stole the pace car at Talledega awhile back. Only this guy was pretty brave about it and drove it around the speedway in front of 150,000 people. So when they finally got him to stop, well, this is Alabama, son. The cops just beat the snot out of the guy. On national TV. There was no lawsuit.
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31 Dec 2001, 15:36 (Ref:191987)
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 I guess this is the American version of Britain's ever-popular "flasher on the football pitch" routine. |
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31 Dec 2001, 15:41 (Ref:191992)
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A few cars were stolen on the Dakar as well, most notably a works Peugeot 405 T16. |
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31 Dec 2001, 15:56 (Ref:191996)
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Didn't Richard burns' car get stolen at some rally last year? And they recovered it just in time to start the stage?
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31 Dec 2001, 16:16 (Ref:192003)
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Reminds me of another... Allan Moffat's Falcon GT HO was stolen on the eve of the Adelaide endurance race one year, joyriders got it and it remained unfound for a day or two...
Unfortunately Moffat was able to borrow Murray Carter's similar car and win anyway... |
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31 Dec 2001, 16:23 (Ref:192005)
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does anyone know the year?
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31 Dec 2001, 16:25 (Ref:192007)
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A number of years ago, a couple of pranksters broke into the pits before an F1 Grand Prix (can't remember where or when) and swapped bits of bodywork around on the cars...
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31 Dec 2001, 16:29 (Ref:192009)
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Now that really does sound like a fun idea to me!  Or even more fun, how about if some pranksters swopped Bernie's bank account for mine? A Happy New Year for me and a coronary for Bernie! Last edited by Aysedasi; 31 Dec 2001 at 16:31. |
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31 Dec 2001, 18:33 (Ref:192056)
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 That's one I've got to try some time...
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31 Dec 2001, 18:40 (Ref:192060)
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Then there's Nazareth with CART last year - and the pace car/ Safety truck near misses - about 2 if I recall!
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1 Jan 2002, 11:13 (Ref:192190)
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And aren't you faint with the praise here. Moffat wins in another guys car and he still is a goose. I guess he had more money than the rest right? Moffat is the rarest of beasts... A genuine Ford hero! |
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