Guess who I saw

[i-bert]

I always remember Foggy crying that he wasnt as famous as he thought he should be.. He was never exactly a household name was he.

I mean if the police ever pulled you on your bike for speeding, you'd never hear, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ??? Carl Foggarty?

Nope, i seem to recall the 'who do you think you are' Barry Sheene' even when Foggy was winning championships on his Duc.

Legend in WSBK, and no-where else TBH.

WSBK has never been in the limelight. Even though it's 10x more interesting to watch than MotoGP.

 

[thedoc46]

It makes me sad to think that the people who have never heard of this British Motorsport Legend, could probably name every footballer playing in the Premier League.

It's because it's Carl Foggerty..

Ask anyone if they've not heard of Barry Sheene..

 

[i-bert]

It's because it's Carl Foggerty..

Ask anyone if they've not heard of Barry Sheene..

He was a GP rider though.

 

[sigma]

Jesus?

 

[thedoc46]

He was a GP rider though.

A handful of non-eventful starts. No doubting his success in WSBK, but in MotoGP the few races he did compete in, he was only ever on the 2nd row AT BEST.

 

[Jimz]

Is this thread used to just get people post counts up?

 

[eddiemcgarrigle]

Halle Berry.

Well done that man. Halle Berry it was and what a stunner.

 

[Luke]

So what was he driving that was not a supercar but that was a bit special?

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Who the **** is Carl Fogarty?

Currupted by the masses. If it's not on Sky Sports 1 then it's not a real sport surely

I spoke to to Steve Sedgley and Paul Gascoigne in a service station on the M6.. Although a Leeds coach pulled up and everyone ran

 

[gettothechopper]

I saw Tony Robinson on the motorway, he overtook us in a massive range rover, he just glanced sideways for a second, it was the most barely noticeable movement of his head
and then a little smug grin, almost to say to us

"yep your damn right - im Tony Robinson"

we were both like OMG

 

[Gilly]

If you asked me who Barry Sheene was I would have guessed Charlie's brother

 

[ScarySquirrel]

So who was it?

 

[Gilly]

A white hole?

 

[gatzi]

So who was it?

I *think* it was Audley Harrison

 

[gatzi]

I mean if the police ever pulled you on your bike for speeding, you'd never hear, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ??? Carl Foggarty?

True story:

My friend's dad is Peter Duke, son of Geoff Duke (6 times world champion). He got pulled for speeding in his car and the policeman said to him: "who do you think you are, Geoff Duke"

My mates dad replied: "well.....you're not going to believe this...."

He didn't get done for speeding

 

[thedoc46]

True story:

My friend's dad is Peter Duke, son of Geoff Duke (6 times world champion). He got pulled for speeding in his car and the policeman said to him: "who do you think you are, Geoff Duke"

My mates dad replied: "well.....you're not going to believe this...."

He didn't get done for speeding

Seriously ? How old was the copper 90 ? I'm fairly sure, very few people know of Geoff Duke this day and age, outside of the Duke Video's.

 

[jaybee]

My money's still on David Haye

lol this thread cracked me up. The overclocker tron 9000 lol

 

[Turambar]

A million neds?

With a population of around 600,000 this seems unlikely. Unless a lot of them commute.... Could explain a few things.

 

[gatzi]

Seriously ? How old was the copper 90 ? I'm fairly sure, very few people know of Geoff Duke this day and age, outside of the Duke Video's.

Yep, was in the Isle of Man though, so probably chance of knowing him a lot higher than anywhere else.