clipsal 500

[Rushby Hinds]

Rest in Peace.

[leftlegger]

My Highlights were:

1. Santana - Superb.
2. Doc Neeson - His voice hasnt chaged a bit. His physical appearence has though.
3. Meeting 'Super' somewhere near the bar area.

The tintops are exciting enough but dont really do it for me.
Give me MotoGP anyday.
And at the Clipsal 500 most of the TOOLs arent in the pits.

[BIG SEXY]

anyone see the bloke dressed as a smurf? was dressed as a dodgy grampa on friday too

[WWT Freak 1049]

Very sad to hear about Ashley Cooper. Rest In Peace.

[hearts on fire]

i am very sad to hear the loss of Ashley Cooper. It really feel for his family at this point in time. Rest in peace.

[dinglinga]

rest in peace Ashley Cooper

hope craig dontas can get back to work soon and fit those bloody spoilers to my cars i have sold .....

[Thiele]

Rip Ashley Cooper

[Dog_ger]

Someone or something is responsible for the death of Ashley Cooper..?

This is perhaps above professional sport.

This is motor racing.

Someone hasn't done their homework.

Someone missed something here.

Adelaide Clipsal has a bad name in the worlds eyes now.

[dinglinga]

wouldnt go that far dog-ger

the early word is the acclerator got stuck

[JAS]

Dog_ger thats not the case here. Far from the Adelaide Clipsal having a bad name I afraid after looking at our three big news channel websites BBC, Sky and ITV there seems to be no mention of it whatsoever. Only interest is in F1, motorbikes and rallying here...a search for anything else gives no results.

Regards
JAS

[Rushby Hinds]

wouldnt go that far dog-ger

the early word is the acclerator got stuck

I've heard four completely different "inside words" on what caused his death today.

Maybe one, none or all contributed to his death.

[GWW]

I'm not saying its a direct cause, but on one of the News services tonight, they said he failed to appear at an info session provided on dangerous parts of the track, but instead was given a brief summary just before he was about to commence racing.

[Rushby Hinds]

I'm not saying its a direct cause, but on one of the News services tonight, they said he failed to appear at an info session provided on dangerous parts of the track, but instead was given a brief summary just before he was about to commence racing.

Struth.


Legal ramifications.....

[Wedgie]

Very sad and very moving when the chief of motor sports broke down at the press conference.

Perhaps its time to move on some of the undercard events as cement walls are no place for drivers who aren't as professional as the Supercar drivers. Mind you no need to overreact when its one incident in 10 years and you'd want it fully investigated first.

[MightyEagles]

First time someone has passed away from a crash here in Adelaide in over 20 years of motor racing at this track. There has been one at Albert Park, that of an official.
The racers know what they are getting theirselves into when they get into the car.
Senna knew what he was getting himself into on that day a few years ago.

[BJ Ernest]

Motorsport is dangerous. High speeds and walls around the track create a dangerous environment and every effort is taken to make it as safe as possible. Occasionally (not that its acceptable) these incidents are going to happen and we just hope they can walk away from it, sadly for Ashley and his family this time it didnt.

After a full investigation hopefully they find the cause and eliminate this incident from happening again!

RIP Ashley.

[Rushby Hinds]

On a lighter note

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m7z1fMZJpL0

[redden whites]

Dog_ger thats not the case here. Far from the Adelaide Clipsal having a bad name I afraid after looking at our three big news channel websites BBC, Sky and ITV there seems to be no mention of it whatsoever. Only interest is in F1, motorbikes and rallying here...a search for anything else gives no results.

Regards
JAS

As if anyone outside Australia would give the slighest crap about Australian V8 racing .Lets get real here.Like the tour down under you might find it at 3am on satellite channel in 3 weeks time

[Rushby Hinds]

Dog_ger thats not the case here. Far from the Adelaide Clipsal having a bad name I afraid after looking at our three big news channel websites BBC, Sky and ITV there seems to be no mention of it whatsoever. Only interest is in F1, motorbikes and rallying here...a search for anything else gives no results.

Regards
JAS

As if anyone outside Australia would give the slighest crap about Australian V8 racing .Lets get real here.Like the tour down under you might find it at 3am on satellite channel in 3 weeks time

Gets live coverage in NZ.

Also if you watch the sports wrap car racing type shows on ESPN/Fox Sports, they will show 10 minute packaged hilights of the V8 races from time to time, but often months after the event. These shows are produced overseas, and show bits of Superbikes, German DTR, etc etc.

But yes, fully agree, this death will not cause a ripple overseas.

[dinglinga]

spoke to craig dontas on wednesday ... his incident was in front of his family ... when he got out of his car the other driver was motionless ...
craigs car is a wreck but is auction parts of it and signed and all proceeds going to the ashley cooper foundation.

craig has a car for the next round at eastern creek