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Topik: The 'wear the black livery as a tribute' thread |
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Way too young to leave the world. He was competing with a teammate of me for promotion to Pro. I'll wear the black livery as well to show him my respect.
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Andy was quite simply a net gain to society and losing him makes this world slightly worse off.
That's not the kind of credit I easily afford someone but anyone who had the privilege of getting to know this kind hearted man would know that it is easily earned many times over in Andy's case.
Somehow it always feels like it's the best guys that go way too soon.
We will miss you mate and my heartfelt condolences go out to those on GPRO who will mourn your loss with me, our mutual friends at STR and especially your real life friends and your family.
If there really is a heaven and a hell, I have no doubt you're racing with the good guys right now. RIP my friend.
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Black livery for me too.
May Andy rest in peace, and may his family and close friends find confort through this tough moment.
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really sad to see someone go, my condolences to his teammates + family and friends in RL.
I'll use a special livery this race for him.
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RIP Andy, a great man and teammate, always helpful and friendly! You will be sorely missed! :( I'll be running black livery tonight and for some while..
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RIP Andy.
Running a black livery too, today.
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RIP Andy and my deepest condolences to his family.
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Wearing black for Andy tonight :( he will be missed sorely in STR
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Damn, so sorry to hear about Andy :(
I will wear a black livery for this race in honor of him. Rest in peace.
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Thats very sad i have been noticing him as a stable and good voice of reason on the forum here and I can imagine he was a great team mate to have.
Life is so short. STR guys should consider the mourning process in every day life. You can become close to people in this great game and even though its all virtual, you end up getting to know people very well over time. Take a moment to reflect on the good times.
RIP.
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RIP Andy
Deepest condolences to his family and friends...
Black livery for me too....
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I'm deeply sorry to hear this news about Andy. I shared a group with him only a couple of months ago. By all accounts he was a kind and considerate guy, and the world feels the loss of all such people, particularly when their time is cut short.
He and his family will be in my thoughts.
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I'm not a fan of the black livery tribute, for personal reasons, and haven't driven it for any of the greats that passed away during my time here in GPRO. But for Andy I will ...
I had the genuine pleasure racing him but only for a few seasons. We got in touch, exchanged thoughts, views and a bit of banter. All good, and one of those rare human beings of which you instantly get an above and beyond good vibe.
As many have already expressed in their own words, a little piece of heaven on earth has been taken away. You will be missed, Andy, by ever so many in here as well out there ... My sincere condolences to all connected to you, Bud!
Godspeed!
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Being teammates with Andy was a pleasure. One of the most welcoming and friendly guys I've met. Could always rely on him to help you out, always a genuine guy with a great spirit. Really sad news to hear and comes as a massive shock.
RIP Andy.
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Never easy when tragedy strikes... while I didn't know Andy, reading through these comments he touched a lot of peoples lives in a very positive way.
RIP Andy. Much love to his family in this difficult time.
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I've spent with him many seasons in the same A-72 group. RIP Andy :-(
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So sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.
RIP Andy
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As a former teammate I will have to pay tribute
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RIP Andy. We had some fun battles a couple of seasons ago.
condolences to all his family and friends
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Oh my GOD! No:(
RIP Andy! :((((
Black livery .........for you :(
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Lost for words atm. Andy will be surely missed by his loved ones and by everyone in STR team.
Taking the black for Andy tonight.
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He will be massively missed at STR but way more so in RL. Such a friendly nice person.
Black, the colour of my car tonight.
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That's really sad news... Losing a teammate is a big loss, and it's even bigger if he was a great person. My sincere condolences to all his family, friends and all the people who knew him from GPRO.
Black livery here too.
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Such a dedicated member of the GPRO community. My thoughts are with his family.
I will race in black today
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For all of those who never had the pleasure to chat to Andy in this game, I wanted to share some more about him. But it actually feels really fitting to let Andy do the talking tonight in his own words.
Last year we posted some interviews in our team forum called "Know your Teammate", to find out more about the people we spend so much time talking with, week-in, week-out. Nobody could ever fully give you an idea of the kind of person Andy was better than himself. So here he is, in his own words, @Andy Dowson (A75) :
Quote ( Andy Dowson @ July 6th 2019,12:51 )
Well it’s going to be a hard act to follow after Vin’s very comprehensive and entertaining interview, so I’m not even going to try 😊
I’m 55 years old, 2nd ranked elder statesman of the group by the looks of it, been married for 36 years which feels a lot longer and have 2 grown up kids who’ve moved out and a recent addition of a granddaughter who is now 9 months and musn’t forget the most important part of the family my little baby Sacha, a 6/7 year old Husky, not 100% sure of her age as we got her as a rescue dog 4 years ago, see below.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1577938705564454&se...
I’m originally from Scarborough, initially living in a small village 5 miles away, then got married and moved into the metropolis, not, that Scarborough is, so that obviously makes me a Yorkie and a Leeds United supporter. We moved to the Dark Side, known as Chorley, Lancashire in 1997 due to the Lancastrians needing my much needed skills and also to assist in the training of the heathen locals to enable then to read, write and use electricity, it’s been a difficult task.
As I’ve mentioned above I was brought up in a small village, in the countryside, outside of Scarborough so my younger years were filled with plenty of outdoor activities and in late teens this involved fishing, shooting (nothing exciting though) etc, which was good fun.
I initially was going to become a maths teacher but the lure of money and job put paid to that and I started work in a steel fabrication company, having completed my training etc I plumped for estimating, much cleaner than working on the shop floor and not as boring as designing or detailing and that’s what I’ve done ever since until I finished on the 1st September last year. As of this week I am officially retired as I start getting paid for doing bugger all 😊
I’ve never been into running as some of you on here are, mainly down to the fact I’ve had asthma all my life and I’m a bit on the weighty side. I used to play squash and badminton in the winter and absolutely loved Tennis in the summer, being 6’ 2” always seemed to help with my serving game, but I’ve never played any of these to any great level, just for fun and trying, but not always succeeding, to keep fit, the discovery of beer put that in it’s place though.
I was heavily involved in the scout movement in Scarborough for approximately 10/12 years and during that time did quite a bit of climbing, abseiling and walking. Probably the most notable achievements in that period was completing the Lyke Wake Walk, 40 mile walk over moorland tracks across the northern part of Yorkshire and the Pennine Way, 150 mile walk down the Yorkshire Pennines.
The only other sport I’ve played from an early age is darts and I’m still involved now, if anything with the extra time I’ve got now I’m playing the best I have for years 😊. I’ve also just taken pool back-up again, mainly to assist the landlord of my local, well that’s what I told the wife.
My first taste of motor sport was of Rallying when me and my dad used to go and watch the RAC Rally when it was staged in the forests around Scarborough/York, I still say to this day that rally drivers are the most skilled racing drivers of any, tear arsing around forests and gravel roads at a 100 mile an hour takes some doing. This was re-inforced a few years ago when Kimi Raikkonen tried rallying and virtually crashed in every race. My favourite rally cars were the old Mark II (I think) escorts, Audi Quattro and Lancia Stratos with my favourite drivers being Roger Clark, Hannu Mikkola, Colin McRae (crazy, crazy driver) and Seb Loeb, who I think is the all time great, even though he is French.
I do enjoy watching most forms of car motor sport, although I’ve never been a big fan of Motorbikes.
I had worked in the steel industry all of my working life until last year, when I decided I’d enough and took early retirement.
I started off in a small family owned company, that actually went bust 2 years after I joined, not a good start to my career, however I soon found another job in the same industry and stayed there for a number of years, this part of my working life was where I probably learnt the most as I was dabbling in all sorts, so it gave me a grounding in all areas of the business.
Unfortunately this firm went bust also, but again I found another job before I actually got laid off and said there for about 16 years before moving to William Hare in Lancashire. Cutting a long story short I’d been there 21 years prior to leaving and have been involved is some of the more impressive jobs to be built in London over the past few years, for the last 10 years I was associate director in charge of estimating all London work which meant spending have my life in the smoke. How people can actually live and work down there is beyond as everything is done at 100 mile an hour and is so impersonable.
I thought I may struggle with this retirement thing but the wife has created loads of jobs for me and I’m busier than ever, although at a much more relaxed pace which is mainly governed by the weather i.e. if it’s raining I work inside, if not then it’s outside in the garden.
When I first started working at Hare’s I was involved in a number of export projects which meant I’ve travelled to Hong Kong, Singapore, America, India, Malaysia, Dubai and numerous cities across Europe.
The best destination I ever visited, and it was for a week, was a Potash Ash mine in Aqaba, Jordan, which was located next to the dead sea unfortunately we visited in July, so it was a touch on the warm side, 43 degrees, in the shade. The steel was so hot you couldn’t touch it with your bare hands, but you could fry an egg on it. What really made the trip though was we had a couple of free days and went to visit the ancient city of Petra, which was absolutely amazing.
Me and the wife have been to quite a few different places, but nothing out of the ordinary, however Vegas and going down the Grand Canyon and a Nile Cruise were probably the best.
The number one bit of advice that my dad gave me and it always springs to mind when I watch rallying on the TV was, when watching Rallying never, ever stand on the outside of a corner and if you have no alternative make sure you stand next to the biggest tree you can find. I watch some of the rallies nowadays, particularly Argentina and am constantly amazed more spectators aren’t injured when cars leave the roads.
Not really met any famous motor racing people but I have met quite a few old football players and I’ve met quite a lot of the top PDC darters and most of them are nothing like their TV Persona, even Gerwyn Price was OK to talk to.
Well can’t think of much else to add and my I don’t have a bucket list as such.
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RIP Andy, had the pleasure of racing against him for a few seasons in Ama.
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Sorry to hear this, he was a very nice man. One of the few I remember from back when I was on the forums.
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Thanks Stephen for sharing this, black livery for me too.
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