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Re: London-Cape Town Rally

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Subject: Re: London-Cape Town Rally
From: burdekij@bvsd.k12.co.us (Jane Burdekin)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 14:18:58 -0600
At least they weren't hurt, it could have been worse.  I'm glad they are
back on the road again.  Jane

>Interested Listers:
>
>After some investigation, here is a message from the Rally Event secretary,
>who is an old TSSC friend of mine:
>*****************************************************************************
>As I understand it John and John are currently holding on to a 'Silver
>Medal'.  They dropped from gold because they went 'straight on' at a
>hairpin and bent the chassis but they are carrying on and hope to
>straighten it during the rest day this weekend.
>Dated 06.11.1998
>******************************************************************************
>And from Thomas Schmid in Munich, Germany:
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>The news is not too good, but I have no doubt, that the boys will fix it:
>
>(schnäpt from the Mustang team site)
>
>John Thomason in the Vitesse was not so lucky, going straight on at a
>hairpin and crashing into the side of the mountain. (ouch!)
>The car came away with the chassis bent and the engine,
>radiator and front suspension pushed back a few inches. He limps on!
>
>The Vitesse spent 11 hours in the garage having chassis straightening
>and welding attempted.
>They finally got back to the Hotel at around 2am, sat in the bar for
>an hour to unwind, had 4 hours sleep and then were off again.
>******************************************************************************
>More will follow as I find out what is going on!
>
>Regards
>Leon F Guyot



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