R.I.P. Pentti Airikkala

R.I.P. Pentti.

I will never lose the poster that I have of your win in the RAC 1989.

Really sad news. :(

I as one of the many I had the privilege reading his posts here in the forum and enjoy his knowledge and comments about rally and especially driving techiques.

RIP - Lepää rauhassa, Pentti.

Thank you for all the very kind words and memories, we appreciate reading them very much.

Dads first rally, his fathers pride and joy. I dont think grandad ever knew he used it for rallying. When he noticed a rev counter installed on the dashboard, Penttis reply was "..its for better fuel consumption!" Grandad like that :) .

I have to admit I didn't know him during his rallying days. But I very much enjoyed his insights on the forums and he is already greatly missed :( R.I.P

WHAT?¿?¿? I just can't believe it, I was not ready for this, not that anyone is....

Such a sad day.....

If there's a heavenly SS he'll be there right now showing his amazing skills.

R.I.P.

Posted on behalf of Gus McAnallen of rallyretro.com
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/561...iairikkala.jpg

A tribute of pics from Gus @ rallyretro.com

http://s234.photobucket.com/albums/e...ro/Pentti_RIP/

R.I.P. Pentti.

A sad loss for the rally community...

Pentti scaring Harry Carpenter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9kPy...layer_embedded

Sad news indeed, condolences to his family & friends. I immediately came here after spotting the short obituary on Autosport, thinking back how nice it was to have Pentti's serene and qualified comments from a former competitor's point of view amidst all the madness that often ensues when overly-committed fans start quarrelling among themselves, often without knowing the first thing about the subject matter at hand.

Very sad day for the rallye comunity , and for this forum, because we lost also a member of it. :( :(

I will never forgot pentti's posts, and the victory of the RAC.

A legend is gone!