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Post by Mitch on Apr 25, 2006 10:55:57 GMT
Sad news for Australian rally fans today with the passing of John Large after a series of illnesses. Large partnered the legendary Ross Dunkerton to one of his championships in 1975. He was a member of CAMS(confederation motor sport?) and was president from 1983 until 1994. He was one of the main men and woman to get international rallying to Australia. He is also known as the man behind Targa Tasmania. He thought up the whole event and basically planned the whole thing. Targa Tasmania which started today (25th), showed how Large really lifted the state of Tasmania from the slums and turned normal roads into the best tarmac rally in the southern hemisphere. Targa Tasmania officials are uncertain about Targa tomorrow as the organisers are in mourning. It may be a uncompetitive day or they will run it as Large would probably like it to have been run. The Aussie rallying community has losts one of it's greatest.
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Post by mattwrc on Apr 25, 2006 15:48:11 GMT
i think they should run the event as it would be what he wanted
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Post by Lita on Apr 26, 2006 3:52:52 GMT
May he rest in peace-very sad news. But, he gave so much for the sport here in OZ, and that shall never go unappreciated. My condolences to his family and friends.
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Post by FordTeamRS on Apr 26, 2006 9:42:14 GMT
Tragic news, especially seeing as he passed away during Targa Tasmania time, which as we know he established. RIP Here's another article I found: "Max Mosley has lost his second major ally within a couple of weeks with the death of John Large, a man who played a key role in Mosley's control of the FIA through his influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Large was 67. From Tasmania, Large qualified as a pharmaceutical chemist and built up the Lighthouse Chemists chain in Western Australia and afterwards expanded the business into a pharmacy consultancy and a computer company. A trials competitor in the late 1960s, he moved on to compete in rallying and won a national title in 1975, by which time he had become a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). He became CAMS president in 1983 and four years later became the Australian delegate at the FISA, the sporting arm of the FIA, which was run at the time by voluble Frenchman Jean-Marie Balestre. A strong supporter of Balestre, he was elected a FISA vice-president in 1989. Two years later he sold his businesses in order to concentrate on the sport and became a supporter of Max Mosley and, as a result, was named as an FIA Vice-President in 1993. He was also an important figure in the development of the Targa Tasmania, back in his home land. In recent years he took a role on the FIA Senate. Mosley has now lost two of the eight FIA Vice-Presidents within a couple of weeks, Large's death coming after that of Shekhar Mehta." Source: grandprix.com
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