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30 Sep 2000, 19:50 (Ref:40222) | #1 | |||
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From Autosport.com : Quote:
For the latest news... http://www.fia.com/homepage/rallynews.htm |
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1 Oct 2000, 12:11 (Ref:40349) | #2 | ||
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This sounds really bad, is he likely to be out for the rest of the year??
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1 Oct 2000, 15:07 (Ref:40367) | #3 | ||
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I understand he's got a broken cheekbone and a bruised lung, is badly shaken but is now out of hospital. Nicky Grist is badly shocked apparently.
Makes me wonder. Between McRae's broken cheekbone and the facial injuries sustained last week by a NASCAR truck driver, isn't it time that NASCAR and the FIA outlawed open-faced helmets completely. As far as I know, Auriol and Kankunnen are the only closed-face helmet wearers in the WRC and in Nascar, most WC drivers wear closed-face, closed-visor helmets. If they can do it, so can all the rally drivers. |
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1 Oct 2000, 20:01 (Ref:40423) | #4 | ||
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I waas thinking of making a post along exactly the same lines as Bob. Full faced helmets are a must.
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2 Oct 2000, 11:04 (Ref:40516) | #5 | ||
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It's not surprising Nicky Grist is in shock - he usually is, especially has Colin Mcrae a) seems to have accidents with alarming regularity and b) never has a small accident. Look at last year - was it New Zealand where he had that massive roll at 100+ mph.
I really do hope that he's OK, because he's a great driver, but I do think that if he's not careful Ford will end up telling him the same as Subaru, where he either stops wrecking cars or leaves. That said, if you don't go quickly you won't win anything, and you never know what limits are until you've gone over them. But in the words of Murray Walker, to finish first, first you have to finish Oh, and I agree with the full-face helmet bit completely. I suspect there'll now be some hurried rule-changing... |
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3 Oct 2000, 12:51 (Ref:40781) | #6 | ||
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Subliminal message: Gore is rat!!
On the safety note, check this out:
http://www.speedvision.com/pub/artic...d/001002a.html (I know we're not supposed to put URLs, but I don't feel like typing all of that.) |
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5 Oct 2000, 02:10 (Ref:41131) | #7 | ||
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Colin is having surgery this week on his cheek and it is possible (probably 50/50) that he'll be at San Remo.
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