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Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:50 pm

Is this for real? Race driver steals to fund adrenaline addiction? (sorry if it's a repost).

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/sto ... d=10420100

by **Adydas** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:53 pm

So whos dropped out of the A1gp racing? Thats the question to be asked.

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:53 pm

Adydas wrote:So whos dropped out of the A1gp racing? Thats the question to be asked.

Someone I went to school with.. hrmm.. and he hasn't been mentioned for a while...

by **Adydas** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:56 pm

Thats a shame tho, but i guess the racing is like an addiction youd do anything to get a fix comment is rather true.. Im sure were all slightly guilty of the same type of thing on a much smaller scale.

by **SUBARUCONVERT** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:02 pm

Adydas wrote:So whos dropped out of the A1gp racing? Thats the question to be asked.

Id say he isnt in A1GP, rather one of the support races on this weekend

by **atmosports** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:00 pm

The person in question runs in the Toyota series, he ran a toyota last season & for two or so seasons before that he ran Formula Ford. He's from Wellington & he has previosuly be named in the Herald, Auto Action & Australasian Motorsport News.

I know who he is & to be honest when I first read about this probably a month ago I was shocked as he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met in Motorsport & his parents are very supported of his motorsport & are bell well respected people with a lot of knowledge.

All I can say is he isn't the first & won't be the last person either here or elsewhere in the world that has resorted to crime to pay the bills.

Caldina GT-T · by **snwtoy** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:02 pm

atmosports wrote:I know who he is & to be honest when I first read about this probably a month ago I was shocked as he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met in Motorsport & his parents are very supported of his motorsport & are bell well respected people with a lot of knowledge.

I'm glad it's not who I thought it was then, but still that's a very sad thing to hear.

by **TrouserFxGt** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:03 pm

and if you look in the dominion post paper from tuesday(?) his name is there.

by **matt dunn** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:43 pm

Yeah I heard that a few weeks back too, and was told the name but not one of the drivers I recognise.

Was a TRS driver and was missing from the grid at The Lady Wigram Round when I was there too.

Matt

by **aesc** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:11 pm

I wanna know who it is. Can someone PM me and say who please?

by **l1ttle_d3vil** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:43 pm

good to see the people of toyspeed have common sense, last time something like this came up on rotahavik everyone mentioned the guys name which could've landed any of them in a fair amount of trouble with the cops...

so if he is going to be named, I would do it via PM. just a warning to all...

by **soopachargen** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:54 pm

surely if the dominion post have named him its common knowledge tho?

by **soopachargen** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:56 pm

ok, dont worry just read the herald article about the suppression

by **Mr Revhead** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:29 am

yeah was in the paper here in early december.

by **DeeCee** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:56 am

just did a google and the drivers name has come as recently as 16 January in local papers relating to this incident..

by **The_Lorax** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:04 pm

http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.aspx?id=69477

by **MikeMan** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:05 pm

As people have said not the first and not the last time this will happen.

One of the guys driving in F3 when my father was race engineer turned out to be involved in a spate of wage van hijacks.

He was the getaway driver

They always wondered how he had the best gear available....

by **fangsport** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:14 pm

irony is that he was quoted in an interview in the Speedsport magazine as having 'secured extra funding ' to have a real good crack at the TRS champs.

poor fella. was definetely a driver progressing well in the sport.

by **B1NZ** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:57 pm

atmosports wrote:The person in question runs in the Toyota series, he ran a toyota last season & for two or so seasons before that he ran Formula Ford. He's from Wellington & he has previosuly be named in the Herald, Auto Action & Australasian Motorsport News.

I know who he is & to be honest when I first read about this probably a month ago I was shocked as he's one of the nicest guys I've ever met in Motorsport & his parents are very supported of his motorsport & are bell well respected people with a lot of knowledge.

All I can say is he isn't the first & won't be the last person either here or elsewhere in the world that has resorted to crime to pay the bills.

I was wondering why everybody else seems to have more funds than me, I need to go out and steal haha :lol:

by **DriftMonkey** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:21 pm

Turned out it was exactly who I thought it was. Maybe it wasn't so good that TVNZ promoted his huge step up in the series from using second hand tyres last season to being a front runner this season, but how were they to know?

Anyone else think this is going to do even more damage to the NZ Motorsport scene? Bloody NZ seems to be anti-motorsport, and I'm damn sick of it, especially because of the money it can bring in, but of course people can't have their sunday meditation interrupted with a bit of engine noise a few times a year :evil:

(referring to Hampton Downs and the proposed Nelson Motorsport Park....)

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