Im not sure on the level of motorsport etc but BBC says
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11412436
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11412436
Rally fatality
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Soldato
RIP
Was a talented driver.
Soldato
Was up at Laggan Wolftrax MTB trails on Saturday. On the way up on Friday we spotted loads of rally cars either driving on the road up and around that area or being trailered there. On the way back home from Laggan/Aviemore in late afternoon the next day we spotted loads of "Police Slow" signs in the area the incident happened.
Didn't hear about the fatality until we got home and I watched the news.
RIP Jimmy.
Didn't hear about the fatality until we got home and I watched the news.
RIP Jimmy.
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Rest in Peace Jimmy. Another sad loss in Motorsport.
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any death in motorsport in a tragidy but its the risk involved
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Poor guy..RIP
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56yrs old.. Thats too old to race a car around at that speed.
Well, that's you on my ignore list. You don't half post some *****.
Caporegime
the driver is 56? look at sterling moss, ancient but can still tear it up.
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Soldato
Shush now.
Soldato
I do not mean to be disrespectful to the poor guy who passed away, but at 56yrs old your reaction time is not what it use to be. 'Born Again Bikers anyone?' Racing a car at high speed at that age is an accident waiting to happen..
Sorry but its true!
Sorry but its true!
Soldato
You have medical research to say so?
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Utter tosh. If he wasn't able to drive at an appropriate standard they'd have revoked his license.
Are you serious?
No really you must be joking right?
Oldest CART winner - Mario Andretti at Phoenix Speedway 1993 - 53yrs old
Daytona 24hrs class winner - Paul Newman 1995 - 70yrs old (He was still doing the race in 2005 at 80!)
That's just 2 examples - both in cars racing at over 200mph.
A fit and healthy 56yr old racing a rally car is most certainly not "an accident waiting to happen". Despite your insistance to the contrary it is actually very disrespectful of you to suggest otherwise. RIP Jimmy.
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Are you serious?
No really you must be joking right?
Oldest CART winner - Mario Andretti at Phoenix Speedway 1993 - 53yrs old
Daytona 24hrs class winner - Paul Newman 1995 - 70yrs old (He was still doing the race in 2005 at 80!)
That's just 2 examples - both in cars racing at over 200mph.
A fit and healthy 56yr old racing a rally car is most certainly not "an accident waiting to happen". Despite your insistance to the contrary it is actually very disrespectful of you to suggest otherwise. RIP Jimmy.
And there you have it.. Cart and Daytona.. Thats a whole different ballpark.. Cart and Daytona = guffers day out. Considering neither offer a single corner to negiotiate, I'm not suprised old guffers are still able to compete in either series.
Rally / MotoGP / F1 and well just about 98% of sports out there is for more challenging than a guffers day out Daytona, and at 56yrs you are simply too old and too slow to be able to not be a danger to yourself.