Michael Park, a tragic loss

[)o(Stormblade]

If you didn't know, I'm a racing freak. I just love fast cars\bikes, vehicles of all types that go VERY fast. The more extreme the form of racing is, the more it holds my interest. The World Rally Championship (WRC) has been my favorite form of racing for nearly 10 years now.

My day has gone from great to quite shitty. I was watching the video I taped last Sunday night of the Rally of Wales GB and on day 3, the program just ended after about 4 minutes. The WRC lost one of it's best Co-Drivers in a tragic accident on stage 15. My thoughts go out to his family, to Markko Martin (the driver) and to the rest of the WRC community whom are all in mourning over this loss of life.

My utmost respect goes to Citroen's French driver, Sebastien Loeb, as he forfeited his chance to nab the Championship title after only 12 (of 16 rounds). He stepped down and refused to complete the rally, this incurred a 2 minute penalty, knocking him back down the leader board. Now THAT'S something not many people would do.

I'm one of the millions out there whom will really miss Michael. If you're interested in reading what happened, click the links below.

BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4257438.stm)
also
WRC News (http://www.wrc.com/page/BreakingNewsDetail/0,,10111~714968,00.html)

[HTM|Sp@ceMonkey]

Yeah, my friend who I been working with a little bit died. He was a race car driver too. He decided to pass in a non passing lane going wayyyy too fast in his hot rod. His name was Brandon. :( Sunday night

[)o(Stormblade]

Oh man, sorry to hear that. The death of family, friends or someone you really admire always hurts. I'll admit it, I actually cried the morning Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna was killed. I was walking around bummed out for nearly 2 weeks.

btw : Monkey, nice meeting you last night, stop by more often. Damn are you one dangerous dude when armed with that friggin' Lightning Gun!! :twisted:

[HTM|Sp@ceMonkey]

LOL, thanks. I will man. I love my HTM family, but I dont mind going to a server where the routing is more direct to my near-seattle residence. I REALLY can enjoy a 70 ping. oh man. A steady ping even. Though, I am used to my average 104 ping at H-town...I mean no complaints there, but it is definately good to finally find a server other than ours where people get along, and are very cool, and good sports. (PLUS I DONT LAG MUWAHAHA!) lol

cya soon.