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Offline simon#42

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rip john surtees
« on: March 10, 2017, 10:05:14 AM »
the only man to win the two greatest championships in world motorsport ...... rip
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Re: rip john surtees
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2017, 10:51:02 AM »
What a bad-ass.  F1 and 500cc GP road race champion.
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Re: rip john surtees
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2017, 10:52:36 AM »
Never understood why he wasn't knighted.  RIP. Sad loss  indeed.
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Re: rip john surtees
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2017, 11:23:53 AM »
That man lived an amazing life.  His parting is a loss to the world of motorsports, but he left nothing on the table, and he will live on. 
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Re: rip john surtees
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2017, 03:17:35 AM »
Another icon gone I begin to think that I may be living too long RIP John.
Bill the demon.
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Re: rip john surtees
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2017, 04:23:53 AM »
Quote from: demon77 on March 11, 2017, 03:17:35 AM
Another icon gone I begin to think that I may be living too long RIP John.
Bill the demon.

no bill you are definitely not living to long 
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