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    RIP Jason Richards - Sandown Farewell

    As many of you know Jason Richards (V8 Supercar driver amongst many others) lost his long fight with cancer.

    Today at Sandown a farewell was held for him, showing how huge of a fanbase he had.

    Here is a video showing some of the day


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    may he rest in peace. such a shame really. was a great driver to watch
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    Was a sad day when he passed.
    He showed amazing courage and strength through that battle.

    Thanks for posting the video.
    Last edited by kabel; 9th January 2012 at 10:17 PM.

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    Up until the end he was still racing in one form or another.

    No probs Kabel, actually was meaning to posy up info of today's events earlier. One of my to do things I didn't get to Click here to enlarge
    Last edited by poita; 9th January 2012 at 10:23 PM.
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    I saw the info at Speedcafe.com,there is some further info of the day on that site for anyone wanting to see more.

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    A talented driver and a gentleman. A good man lost. RIP Jason Richards.

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    terrible to hear full stop !

    his cancer is 1or 2 out of every 1 million poeple Click here to enlarge extremely rare. Hope his family are ok.

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