mungrels!!!

Pro Racer · 18 Apr 2008, 04:30 (Ref:2180349)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4486502a1823.html

thats a pretty low act, it's really annoying there are people like that out there.

v8babe · 18 Apr 2008, 05:11 (Ref:2180363)

Not the only driver affected either...

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/content...ng_in_transit/

TSR · 18 Apr 2008, 05:43 (Ref:2180377)

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Originally Posted by v8babe

Not the only driver affected either...

http://www.v8supercar.com.au/content...ng_in_transit/

Interesting note in the mentioned story, I was under the thought that FPR left from Brisbane, not Avalon.

Fig Jam I am surprised there is 2 helmets around that would fit his big head

Very well said Fig Jam

Fig Jam · 18 Apr 2008, 05:14 (Ref:2180364)

I am surprised there is 2 helmets around that would fit his big head

Pro Racer · 18 Apr 2008, 05:21 (Ref:2180366)

as Rick said you can't parade around with it and you can't sell it. it's just a **** of an act.

Prickly_Goo · 18 Apr 2008, 05:34 (Ref:2180373)

Mungrels!!

I have always firmly believed that you should not trust anything with one. And helmets and other racing gear that a driver strongly relys on should be taken with them. Not left in some case or something that could be easily nicked or fobbed off.

It just goes to show that some Australians arent as honest as people think they are.

Senna05 · 18 Apr 2008, 05:37 (Ref:2180374)

Didn't someone in the land of the great white cloud steal John Bowes helmet in 04/05??

Someone's getting a nice little collection of helmets!

Bullett · 18 Apr 2008, 08:58 (Ref:2180475)

And didnt Ambrose stuff go missing at Bathurst a few years back?

A9X05 · 18 Apr 2008, 12:11 (Ref:2180612)

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Originally Posted by Bullett

And didnt Ambrose stuff go missing at Bathurst a few years back?

A balaclava wasnt it?

Chatters · 18 Apr 2008, 10:40 (Ref:2180533)

Yeah, Murph had it!!

MPA · 18 Apr 2008, 10:41 (Ref:2180535)

hahaha special comms gear in the helmet....

Reminds me about the saga a couple of years ago when all the development series drivers turned up at The Clipsal to find out all their helmets were suddenly no good. Someone in Adelaide made a lot of money selling a truck load of plain white helmets.....and yeah.....an all nighter for the radio contractor to fit the two-way gear.

Still .....mOngrels..........

But would it really be an issue if a driver had to read a pit board and look at the flag marshals to know what was going on?

mOngrels....

Don't they sell crash helmets in NZ? Why would Murph need to fly a spare in? A press beat up that I wont fall for.......

SSbaby · 18 Apr 2008, 11:54 (Ref:2180596)

A good opportunity for a helmet maker to get some exposure methinks. The $9000 for two helmets is chicken feed compared to the publicity the company would get in Australasia.

thunderbolt · 18 Apr 2008, 12:13 (Ref:2180615)

a low act.

you would think there would be some of his old ones at tasman nz

thunderbolt · 18 Apr 2008, 12:35 (Ref:2180632)

http://www.tasmanmotorsport.com/defa...display&id=225

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crew chief’s helmet as well

Ford00 · 18 Apr 2008, 21:26 (Ref:2180980)

Mongrels, but who would want Murph's helments??

Trevor · 18 Apr 2008, 22:12 (Ref:2181000)

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Originally Posted by Ford00

Mongrels, but who would want Murph's helments??

Exactly

Pro Racer · 19 Apr 2008, 00:47 (Ref:2181047)

and who would want Rick's wheel and FPR's rims???

MPA · 19 Apr 2008, 03:17 (Ref:2181089)

It's not the best way to start a weekend, but there's nothing wrong with having to wear a plain white helmet for the weekend....

One of our greats wore white.

But I understand how the loss could really annoy him. Some drivers like collecting and displaying their lids.

Chatters · 19 Apr 2008, 03:48 (Ref:2181096)

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Originally Posted by MPA

It's not the best way to start a weekend, but there's nothing wrong with having to wear a plain white helmet for the weekend....

One of our greats wore white.

But I understand how the loss could really annoy him. Some drivers like collecting and displaying their lids.

Mr. Bright's collection?

Razor · 19 Apr 2008, 04:29 (Ref:2181106)

Yep

MPA · 19 Apr 2008, 04:51 (Ref:2181110)

Sure is.....

The lids go right back.

So you can understand why a driver might be annoyed.

It's more than just the expense of having someone else go out and buy you a new lid for the weekend.

Chatters · 19 Apr 2008, 06:59 (Ref:2181156)

Interesting to note to that the helmet second from the right on the third row down has both HSV and FPV stickers...

DAVID PATERSON · 22 Apr 2008, 08:43 (Ref:2183723)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

Interesting to note to that the helmet second from the right on the third row down has both HSV and FPV stickers...

Well spotted!

Please explain?

Falcadore · 22 Apr 2008, 14:50 (Ref:2184087)

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Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

Well spotted!

Please explain?

The would be from the time at a Phillip Island round where after achieving a podium for FPV promptly thanked Holden.

Guess he looked at his helmet when trying to remember his sponsors.

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Originally Posted by GtiMagic

hey will most likely be caught, and I hope they are named and shamed.

after being tamed, blamed, flamed, made lame and had his wounds inflamed?

or as it is suspected to be an inside job, sacked, cracked, racked and stacked for what he lacked?

GtiMagic · 22 Apr 2008, 08:48 (Ref:2183727)

Wow Chatters, you should be a proof reader. Maybe he had surplus visors and put a more current visor onto an old helmet - during the "transition" phase?