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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: motomaniac on September 22, 2012, 04:18:49 pm
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Andrew Johnson , know as Ajay ,roadrace champion who was inducted into Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame with Peter Brock has passed away. R.I.P
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Oh no, sad news. Any idea what from?
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he was not that old. i remember the DMCC had him for a talk at a club night many years ago, great stories.
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Bugger....another one bails out. Jeez it's been a shit year. RIP AJ
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Sad news
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Jeez that's sad. Without doubt one of the hardest buggers I've seen on a roadrace track. Made his name on the Bol d'Or TZ350 in the late 70s and confirmed it with some wicked rides on the awesome big-bore Syndicate Z1 Kawasaki superbike. Unknown to many he'd had a hand mangled by an hydraulic hose failure on an earthmoving machine he was servicing and how the little bugger hung on to a racebike defies belief. Achieved legendary status for his fearless racing in the wet to win the 1980 Castrol Six Hour, partnering Wayne Gardner on the Peter Molloy-prepped Triple M CB1100R Honda, ensuring an open door at Honda for future rides on GP machines of the era. His son Shannon carried on the race tradition, and Ajay was threatening a comeback to the Island Classic on a GSX1100 only a couple of years ago, so to hear this today was a big shock. One of the best. :'(
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fugging bummer,godspeed AJ
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Tragic news.
Watched him many times in the early ‘80s. Even got lapped by him heaps of times.
A true legend. You would have to look very hard to find a harder racer but fairer guy on a race circuit.
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Sad news indeed saw him many times at Bathurst.
God Speed
Andrew Johnson
RIP.
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Loved watching him in the Swann Series at Surfers Raceway battling Mal Campbell and others, a real hard charger.
RIP
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Sad news. :-[
I only saw him race half a dozen times and the bloke always had guts!
Bloody unlucky too. Didn't a horse give as much grief as any motorbike at some stage?
RIP AJ
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sad news indeed. great rider loved watching him on the Honda Australia V3 500. Had that hand injury that never slowed him down.
Sad loss of an Aussie road racing hero.
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A true road race Champion lost. RIP speeding with the gods now .
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AJ was the genuine competitor, always gave his best, was near the top for a long time.
Sad loss.
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Hi all it was Big Day yesterday for AJ's send off, a hard day for the Family Jan,Shannon and Shannon,Kids Ryan and Emily, Bree and Matty, Glen and Gav, but amazing that AJ still pulls a Big Crowd Chapel was Full over couple of Hundred people who loved #7 who now is in No Pain, and No doubt already setting lap Records in the Clouds. Going to Miss Your Hard Ass, Cous
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One of the hardest chargers for sure, Admired his style of racing, RIP AJ.
(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii576/KAB171/AJ_zpsa639a35a.jpg)
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Just been checking FullNoise site , can't seeapost about AJ , pretty poor IMO.
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Excellent shot of the man in action KB171