Re: Auto Salon

[Jon Ovington]

It is shocking to realise after viewing the news, that it was in fact Todd 'Judge' Wilkes, in his Giocattolo monster, travelling at almost 300km/h. He really was a true legend in motorsport, even if you did not know him personally.   Many people are expressing their sympothy at his website http://www.twinturbov8.com/ and there is also the topic of the poor setup of the event.   For those who do not know, it was a top speed event, fastest speed wins, the track was basicly the reverse of the Eastern Creek quarter mile, if you do not stop in time, there is nothing but a wall, silly design that really needs to be looked at right away.   My condolences to his friends and family once again.   May he rest in peace. Jon  -------------------------------------------------------  DatNet  - Online Datsun Resource  Website: http://www.datnet.org  Jon Ovington - [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Matt Spiteri - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Ovington To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: [n13] Auto Salon Hats off to the Yellow Alfa Romeo driver today who died at Eastern Creek attending the Auto Salon.   The car, with reportably 1300hp, was travelling well over 200km/h and locked up with too little space to stop, he unfortunately slip straight through the drag stage lights, and head on into a solid wall, this led to a massive explosion of fire, to the people that directly saw the incident first hand the accidents reason was really unclear, maybe others may know exactly what did happen? Lets hope they look into the safety of this event, and how it was setup.   Very sad to see people upset, including young children after watching this, but one must remember what it must have been like for his friends and family.   Just thought I would let you all know if you didn't already, very sad for something like this to happen.   There will be a article on the news tonight as well as this http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/story_9092.asp   My thoughts are with him and his family.   Regards, Jon Ovington  -------------------------------------------------------  DatNet  - Online Datsun Resource  Website: http://www.datnet.org  Jon Ovington - [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Matt Spiteri - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------