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Post by mekon on Dec 7, 2019 9:51:58 GMT
Rewatched the Senna film today and I remember it because unusually I was at my mate's house watching it on Eurosport, which seemed to have a more vulture like feed going on and it just seemed utterly unreal what was happening. That guy was immortal, or so it seemed. He had what Hamilton lacks which is a purity (his mind is distracted with social media and image) of purpose.
Sadly given my motorsport interest quite a few that stick in the memory are equally sad from Indycar to motorcycling. I used to watch Indycar or CART live on some channel somehow and the Greg Moore one seemed terribly unfair as it was just the sort of thing that normally doesn't happen.
The Nigel Benn vs. Mclellan is another that really seemed to shake the world at the time. The fight just seemed everything you'd want to validify or vilify boxing in one match.
On a happier note the first time Foggy got the RC45 working at Hockeheim is one that sticks in the memory. Perhaps also for Whitham saying Hodgson got gang raped on into the stadium complex. Quite apt as early Hodgson was a bit like Bradley Smith in that he always got his lunch money taken if the big boys were going into a corner at the same time as him. |
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Post by neilf on Dec 7, 2019 13:04:55 GMT
Schwantz riding around the outside of Rainey at the Melbourne Loop... British 500GP,'91 I think. Prior to that, I remember Murray Walter saying something along the lines of, "I'd Kevin Schwantz wins this race, I'll eat the hat that I don't normally wear!"
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Post by paulg on Dec 7, 2019 13:07:59 GMT
Good post.
Most recently Ben Stokes winning the 4th test at Headingley was absolutely incredible...I was running around the garden in delight!
VR winning first time out on the Yamaha was pretty special.
Like you Mekon, the sad parts of motorsport seem to stick in the memory. Losing William Dunlop last year was quite a shock and incredibly sad what with his young family and his plans to retire
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Post by pantah on Dec 7, 2019 13:51:31 GMT
For me it was Isle of Man TT 1978. Mike Hailwood’s comeback. I was 19 and not really aware of the talent of the man other than reading about him. He’d been retired from bikes for 12 years, living the quiet life in New Zealand and looked older than 38, bald and slightly overweight. To ride a Ducati in the formula 1 opener was brave. They weren’t known for durability and it was a Sports Motorcycles entered 900 SS taking on Phil Read on the works Honda. Read had famously slagged off the TT after it was stripped of gp status then made a comeback himself the year previous.
I was in the wee grandstand at Bradden Bridge for the race and the atmosphere was electric. It was David and Golliath, Reid the baddie (cunt) Hailwood the hero. Reid started ahead on the road but Hailwood on number 12 was gaining and the noise when he overtook on the road was unforgettable. Reid broke down and Hailwood took the win and legend status. Don’t know if it’s myth or fact but it’s said that the Ducati engine blew up as he shut off crossing the line.
He even came back the following year and won the senior on an RG 500 proving his legend.
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Post by paulg on Dec 7, 2019 14:17:24 GMT
For me it was Isle of Man TT 1978. Mike Hailwood’s comeback. I was 19 and not really aware of the talent of the man other than reading about him. He’d been retired from bikes for 12 years, living the quiet life in New Zealand and looked older than 38, bald and slightly overweight. To ride a Ducati in the formula 1 opener was brave. They weren’t known for durability and it was a Sports Motorcycles entered 900 SS taking on Phil Read on the works Honda. Read had famously slagged off the TT after it was stripped of gp status then made a comeback himself the year previous. I was in the wee grandstand at Bradden Bridge for the race and the atmosphere was electric. It was David and Golliath, Reid the baddie (cunt) Hailwood the hero. Reid started ahead on the road but Hailwood on number 12 was gaining and the noise when he overtook on the road was unforgettable. Reid broke down and Hailwood took the win and legend status. Don’t know if it’s myth or fact but it’s said that the Ducati engine blew up as he shut off crossing the line. He even came back the following year and won the senior on an RG 500 proving his legend.
James Whithams version of this is a good story...He says there were grown men in tears all around the circuit! Wish Id have witnessed it but I was only 3
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Post by armstrongracer on Dec 7, 2019 14:37:07 GMT
Bob Stokeo in raincoat and trilby running onto the pitch after Sunderland beat Leeds in FA cup final.
Zola Budd tripping golden girl Mary Decker in Olympic final
Hearns V Hagler
Eubank V Benn
Rossi's overtake on Stoner at Corkscrew
Michael Dunlop winning 250 the day after Rober got killed
Supersic..
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Post by mekon on Dec 7, 2019 19:37:24 GMT
Toseland's first wbk title was memorable if just because the cunts wanted Laconi to win and Tardozi's face looked like piss.
That dramatic 2nd Biaggi wsbk title as well. 0.5 point. Fuck off Tom Sykes.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Dec 8, 2019 0:32:21 GMT
Bayliss winning in Valencia, Toni Elias beating Rossi in Portugal. And a sad one which I saw up close was Nagai's fatal accident at Assen in 1995. If there was one thing I could unwatch...
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Post by Droog on Dec 8, 2019 17:05:23 GMT
Rainey crashing at Misano still haunts me to this day. I was never a big Car racing fan but the Senna crash I was watching live and that definitely had an effect.
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Post by mekon on Dec 8, 2019 20:21:30 GMT
The one that really fucked me up was Simoncelli. I'll never forget that shot of the helmet on the floor, it was like Rollerball or something and I just walked out of the room and said "he's dead". I know it was hours before it was confirmed but I never felt like having a moments optimism about it. Last time I watched 'hitting the apex' I had to fast forward it.
Michael Bisping finally winning the UFC title gave me a little tear in the eye after a long career of only really losing to those obviously on the sauce and eyes problems. That knockout victory was also the ultimate fuck you to the pillow hands thing. It also helped that Rockhold was a cunt.
Tell you what else I really remember - the fucking idiot that parachuted into the ring. Was up at some stupid hour and I remember waking my brother up to tell him what was going on.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Dec 10, 2019 15:06:26 GMT
Toseland's first wbk title was memorable if just because the cunts wanted Laconi to win and Tardozi's face looked like piss. Thats what I was going to write. Especially as I was sitting in the grandstand at the time. Plus Waldmann's 250 win in the wet at Donington. |
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Post by pantah on Dec 10, 2019 18:44:30 GMT
A memorable day for me was 21st May 2016.
Venue Hampden Park where the mighty Hibs beat the Rangers 3-2 to win the Scottish cup for the first time in 114 years.
Never thought I’d see the day. 😊😊
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Dec 10, 2019 20:30:26 GMT
This is a good thread. I try not to be limited to 'my' sports. In no particular order:
Rossi at PI getting a 10 second penalty and still winning.
Marquez in moto2 winning from a pit lane start.
Rymer on an Old Spice Ducati winning from the back in BSB.
Redding winning his fist 125.
Nigel Benn being as good as out but turning it round to beat McClellan.
Froome attacking at the Giro 60 miles out to set up the tour win.
Brighton V Palace St Paddy's Day victory.
Lizzie Armisted's world champion ride.
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Post by mekon on Dec 11, 2019 10:06:32 GMT
Redding was funny because I think it took a few laps for the crowd to twig what was happening since a large part didn't really know who he was. I was a melbourne loop snapping and it seemed to also take a lap or two for photographers to twig and they all started getting ready for the historic victory pics.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Dec 11, 2019 12:40:21 GMT
A memorable day for me was 21st May 2016. Venue Hampden Park where the mighty Hibs beat the Rangers 3-2 to win the Scottish cup for the first time in 114 years. Never thought I’d see the day. 😊😊 And it's always much, much sweeter when you pump one of the bigot brothers in the final. For me it was the 1991 cup final. Dundee United managed by Jim McLean vs Motherwell managed by his brother Tommy. Every pundit condemned it as a non event before a ball was even kicked because there was no old firm involved. Scotrail had laid on a train from Motherwell to Hampden but a mile down the line some cunt pulled the emergency cord. The guard went mental, called us all "fucking animals" and booted us off the train! We all had to troop back along the tracks to Motherwell where it became a whacky races of taxis, cars and buses to get to Hampden. We listened to the start of the match on the radio and it was 1-0 by the time we got in. 2nd half we went 3-1 up but our goalie, Ally Maxwell had been injured and played on with concussion and double vision. United pulled it back to 3-3 at the final whistle taking it into a nerve shredding extra time. We scored early on but near the end a United rocket looked goal bound and through the sea of heads in front of us we saw the paw of Maxwell rise up to palm the ball over the bar. FT 4-3 to Motherwell. From a non event to what is now regarded as one of the best cup finals ever. The bittersweet aspect was 18 year old Phil O'Donnell who scored one of our goals and went on to have a successful career before returning to Motherwell as many players have. The last game I saw him play was the one in which he collapsed and died from an undiagnosed heart condition. Again memorable but for all the wrong reasons. |
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