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I got the hint of the helmet, but discounted one of the drivers from that country because I was sure he had been killed in 1986...turns out I was wrong.

was it Surer that had that massive accident in the Ford thingy, RS200? I haven't heard his name since then so i assumed he died as well.
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found it, turns out it was his co-driver that died. I was only a lad when i saw this(probably on Wide World of Sports) but it horrified me.

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Righto, here's a slightly tricky one.

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Never heard of Surer till today & fark me Bails I'll have no clue who that is, it seems I am not old enough for this game... :(
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Youngish pic, so I will go with someone who unfortunately was killed in the early eighties & say Rolf Stommelen
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i had to google who the fuck Rolf Stommelen was :D Looks like you're on the money Macca.
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w00dsy wrote:i had to google who the fuck Rolf Stommelen was :D Looks like you're on the money Macca.
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Duke wrote:Never heard of Surer till today & fark me Bails I'll have no clue who that is, it seems I am not old enough for this game... :(
I shouldn't be either, just lucky enough that I was reading up on the many ATS teams a few nights ago!
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Those Group B rally cars use to catch fire so fast!
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Since macca forgot to do the next one, I'll fire one off. Hint, he's Japanese :rofl:

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Is that Saturo Nakajima?
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Ha! No! Suck it! Right era though
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Ukyo Katayama?
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Now you're just guessing I think :) You're usually the guru at this Woodsy!
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I think I just got lucky early on. I'm trying to think of who what was around in Nakajimas days.
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Ahh, was I right :D this has got me puzzled, I would have agreed with Woodsy's first pick. Last name isn't similar to a motorbike / car brand is it ? grasping
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Oh, Aguri Suzuki?
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Shinja Nakano? I'm trying to think of Japanese drivers names from ages ago, I have no idea what any of them looked like but it's worth a shot :D
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Not only did i spell his name wrong but he isn't even a driver, he's a motor bike rider. lol dick
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In your rampant guessing though Woodsy, with macca's assist of saying he had a motorcycle name, you were correct with Aguri Suzuki

Although I'm thinking there needs to be a joke here after all the rampant Japanese name flinging of "all Asians look alike" :lol:
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There's no way I would have gotten that without Macca's clue, but I'll take it :D


Let's see if anyone knows this spaghetti lover.

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Wait dex ran F1?
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Stefano Modena?
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It's Stefano.
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Cool. I need to defer my shot though as Im only on my phone through the weekend whilst at the Clipsal 500.
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