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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nordic on October 01, 2009, 06:10:31 pm

Title: Pentti Airikkala
Post by: Nordic on October 01, 2009, 06:10:31 pm

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79094

Just seen this, another legand departs.

Title: Re: Pentti Airikkala
Post by: Kev_mk3 on October 01, 2009, 09:10:14 pm

RIP

From:

(http://www.netsonic.fi/~verkko/renault/kuvia/airikkala.jpg)

to

(http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/237312/Castrol78Airikkala.JPG)

to

(http://galeria.forocoches.com/data/5190/1982_Airikkala_5tomitsubishilancer8zm.jpg)

to

(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hK4B3XA1DSM/Sg-nhkMgPSI/AAAAAAAAB24/SoiDSYVjul8/Image00006.jpg)

to

(http://www.juwra.com/images/kuvitus/700_airikkala.jpg)

Title: Re: Pentti Airikkala
Post by: Big G on October 02, 2009, 09:58:36 am

Oh no, I went to school with his son Nikko. Twas back in the late 70s @ Cookham Dean primary. Spent many a summer's afternoon around his place playing with old rallying stuff.
Top man, RIP

Title: Re: Pentti Airikkala
Post by: Nobby Diesel on October 02, 2009, 10:29:26 am

I met him a few times in Marlow - a nice chap.
Thoroughly saddening.
RIP.

Title: Re: Pentti Airikkala
Post by: MIKE C (Liverpool Boys) on October 02, 2009, 12:39:35 pm

I once spent 2 days with this fantastic guy learning how to left foot brake. it was when he was with Lancia, so we had great fun blasting around in a Delta HF Intergrale. Infact I am looking at the signed print of said car which is on my office wall. Pentti was great to be with and a lot of fun and when you sat next to him on a drive, No roller coaster could do better.    RIP Pentti


Mike