Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 25, 2015, at 7:38 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > It's a very informal and close knit community and everybody knows each > other and helps each other out. Unfortunately, we had some really very sad > news today as one of the drivers in the Irish Hill Climb Championship > Simon McKinley was killed in a crash today down in Co. Clare. > > Simon who was a multitimes champion is here seen descending after a run. > My friend Brendan is just behind him. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Motorsport/2012/Indq.jpg.html > > This is picture of Deirdre his wife and their young son. Absolutely tragic. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Motorsport/2014/Naul2014_LittlePitBoss_b.jpg.html > > Brendan and I were also going to go to the hillclimb as he intended giving > his own new car an outing, but he couldn't due to recent unexpected > medical treatment. The course is extremely demanding, bumpy, and > dangerous, as indeed many Irish courses are now as the wider busier better > surfaced roads are being made unavailable due to heavy traffic and can't > be closed. > > Here is a Youtube video of Simon driving in his Lant at the Naul in 2013 > which gives an idea of the speed and danger which is always present. > Sadly, he is now lost to us. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeJVi3LBSrU > > RIP Very sorry for your loss of a friend Douglas; and my heart feels for his family too. How common is a serious and/or fatal crash on these courses? Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist