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  • peterairfix
    • Jul 2012
    • 11108

    #1

    Murray walker has passed away

    I have just heard that the great Murray walker has passed away RIP sir you are a legend.
  • AlanG
    • Dec 2008
    • 6296

    #2
    "And it's GO GO GO!"

    Worth so much more then an OBE and in this day and age where the word "Legend" is banded around so easily. He truly was one

    RIP Murry. Gone but never forgotten.

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    • Tim Marlow
      SMF Supporters
      • Apr 2018
      • 19027
      • Tim
      • Somerset UK

      #3
      Always used to commentate standing up.....truly a one off......

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      • stillp
        SMF Supporters
        • Nov 2016
        • 8223
        • Pete
        • Rugby

        #4
        Yes, very sad news.

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        • Nicko
          SMF Supporters
          • Apr 2019
          • 1553
          • Nick
          • East Anglia

          #5
          An institution!

          Monday mornings in the office there was normally a discussion of the latest 'Murrayism' together with the usual impersonations......

          F1 was never the same..... RIP Murray.


          Nick

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          • Graeme C.
            • Apr 2018
            • 1628
            • Graeme
            • UK

            #6
            A sad day indeed, his enthusiasm for motorsport always shone through. He was a tank commander late in WW2, went into advertising & commentated as a weekend job, until retiring from advertising. Gave us many memorable moments, he will be missed.

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            • Guest

              #7
              I agree, a very sad day indeed. R.I.P.

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              • yak face
                Moderator
                • Jun 2009
                • 14076
                • Tony
                • Sheffield

                #8
                Sad day indeed , he was truly a legend in the world of F1. His enthusiasm was infectious and you could tell he really loved the sport , RIP Murray .

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                • GerryW
                  • Feb 2021
                  • 1757

                  #9
                  Not only F1, can remember his commentaries on 'Rally Cross' on a Saturday afternoon.
                  Sad, sad day.

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                  • Tim Marlow
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 19027
                    • Tim
                    • Somerset UK

                    #10
                    Yep, I remember rally cross....I was watching when he made the infamous “clean windscreen” quote.....

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                    • minitnkr
                      SMF Supporters
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 7652
                      • Paul
                      • Dayton, OH USA

                      #11
                      For those of us who are unfamiliar. What is the the "infamous quote"? PaulE

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                      • Tim Marlow
                        SMF Supporters
                        • Apr 2018
                        • 19027
                        • Tim
                        • Somerset UK

                        #12
                        Can’t remember the name of the driver Paul, but Rally Cross was basically racing on a mud plain......the cars (minis and Mark 1 escorts mostly I think) used to have cut outs in the windscreen to give themselves a fighting chance of seeing anything, especially if they were chasing another car....driver “Harry” overtook someone and Murray said something like....”Now Harry’s in the lead he’ll show us the advantage of having a clean windscreen “ ...... Harry then went round the next corner too fast, obviously couldn’t see it, and rolled his mini .....prompting Murray to say “Oh my word, what have I said”......

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                        • GerryW
                          • Feb 2021
                          • 1757

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Tim Marlow
                          Can’t remember the name of the driver Paul, but Rally Cross was basically racing on a mud plain......the cars (minis and Mark 1 escorts mostly I think) used to have cut outs in the windscreen to give themselves a fighting chance of seeing anything, especially if they were chasing another car....driver “Harry” overtook someone and Murray said something like....”Now Harry’s in the lead he’ll show us the advantage of having a clean windscreen “ ...... Harry then went round the next corner too fast, obviously couldn’t see it, and rolled his mini .....prompting Murray to say “Oh my word, what have I said”......
                          Another one that sticks in my memory, was a mini well out in the lead, clear track and Murray said " All he's got to do is drive to the finish line!" the next thing, the car went straight into a bank on the next corner!

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                          • peterairfix
                            • Jul 2012
                            • 11108

                            #14
                            Excuse me while I interrupt myself but the one I remember is I am going to stop my start watch lots of murrisams that will be missed

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                            • Peter Gillson
                              • Apr 2018
                              • 2594

                              #15
                              Very sad.

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