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Kosmic Kartman

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Another sad loss
« on: 01 November 2011, 08:44:26 pm »
Sidecar passenger Dave Wells died in an accident at Mallory Park Sidecar Festival on Saturday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-15520091

According to a mate who was racing there at the weekend the throttle stuck open on driver Roy Hanks machine at Edwinas chicane and crashed in what was a reletively low-speed accident. Dave died of his injuries shortly afterwards.

R.I.P Dave Wells
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Re: Another sad loss
« Reply #1 on: 02 November 2011, 08:11:47 am »
 :( It's been a bad time in motorsport recently.
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Re: Another sad loss
« Reply #2 on: 03 November 2011, 12:37:20 pm »
Not another one.   I thought it was just road racing where fatalities were/are a regular occurence, but now it seems to be everywhere.    I feel sick everytime I hear of a racing death,  as I'm a race watching addict.
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