Knobdoodle wrote:

> "NagaThai" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:P7r8j.23688$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sorry clem - I tried!
>>
> and very nearly triumphed!!

Triumph and Tragedy. The story of Clem Doherty...

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>Triumph and Tragedy. The story of Clem Doherty...

"Toosmoky" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> Triumph and Tragedy. The story of Clem Doherty...
>
Speaking of which; Michelle bought me "Love, Speed and Loss" and I watched
it today.
Very sad.
1973 was a bad year with Saarinen leading the 500 championship when he died
and Newcombe 2nd when he died. (And both the victims of stupid officials
who couldn't give a **** about the riders !!)
--
Clem

"Johno" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Agreed, wasn't it Barry Sheene that started the revolt against the
> officials to make it safer for the riders?
>
According to Barry it was.
According to Kenny Roberts it was Kenny Roberts!
>
> Beer?
>
Only just enough to get by Johno.
>
> Spare fork parts?
>
Plenty thanks. They're mostly all ****ed but there's certainly plenty of
them!!
--
Clem

"Johno" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>1973 was a bad year with Saarinen leading the 500 championship when he
>>died
>>and Newcombe 2nd when he died. (And both the victims of stupid officials
>>who couldn't give a **** about the riders !!)
>
> And Renzo Pasolini - also attributed to officialdom gone mad!
>
True; but he wasn't a top-three 500GP contender that year (And his Wiki page
reckons he WASN'T actually the victim of Walter Villa's oil-spill as has
long been alleged but rather that his bike had siezed all of it's own accord
and pitched him into the wall.
It's always been reported that he died on impact [as opposed to Saarinen who
was lying on the road still alive until he was hit by the pack] but in Love,
Speed and Loss John Dodds reckoned that Pasolini was still alive until Dodds
himself hit him and killed him.)
Tough stuff.
--
Clem

On Dec 16, 8:47 am, Toosmoky <toosm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Knobdoodle wrote:
> > "NagaThai" <Naga.T...@Gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:P7r8j.23688$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Sorry clem - I tried!
>
> > and very nearly triumphed!!
>
> Triumph and Tragedy. The story of Clem Doherty...
>


With Clem's record I think its was more tragedy than Triumph!

SteveB

SteveB wrote:
> Toosmoky wrote:
>> Knobdoodle wrote:

>>> and very nearly triumphed!!

>> Triumph and Tragedy. The story of Clem Doherty...

> With Clem's record I think its was more tragedy than Triumph!

One of those G(r)eek Tragedies?

Theo

On Dec 16, 10:34*pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Toosmoky" <toosm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Triumph and Tragedy. The story of Clem Doherty...
>
> Speaking of which; Michelle bought me "Love, Speed and Loss" and I watched
> it today.
> Very sad.
> 1973 was a bad year with Saarinen leading the 500 championship when he died
> and Newcombe 2nd when he died. *(And both the victims of stupid officials
> who couldn't give a **** about the riders !!)
> --
> Clem

I've had it here for ages--haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

Pat