James Thompson /Tony Pond

[stockhatcher]

bit of a crap thread this, but has anyone else noticed the similarity between, 80's rally man Tony Pond, and 21st century racer James Thompson... has Pondie's spirit been recreated in Thommo?

Tony Pond


James Thompson

[MrKipling43]

Nice one.

[minimatt1967]

stockhatcher said:

bit of a crap thread this, but has anyone else noticed the similarity between, 80's rally man Tony Pond, and 21st century racer James Thompson... has Pondie's spirit been recreated in Thommo?

Tony Pond


James Thompson

Its a good point JT does have phenomenal car control, when ever other racers have spun Jimmy is gassing it up to hang on to some remarkable slide!! It is a scary resembalence.

[albundy89]

you are joking surely pond was a maestro thompson is good but nowhere as good

[FM]

Pond was a hero...Thomson is a handy racing driver

[aeropilot]

FM said:

Pond was a hero...

Not quite the description dear old Des O'Dell used to use when you mentioned Pondy in his earshot........

[stockhatcher]

albundy89 said:

you are joking surely pond was a maestro thompson is good but nowhere as good

pondie was indeed a hero, but if you base it on his results, what did he actaully win? he was always in unfancied equipment, whereas thommo has at least won 2 btcc titles, and was pretty competitive in a private alfa this year. additionally pondie was a rally man who raced, and thommo is a racer who rallied.

they look the same and drive the same. imho

[minimatt1967]

stockhatcher said:

albundy89 said:

you are joking surely pond was a maestro thompson is good but nowhere as good

pondie was indeed a hero, but if you base it on his results, what did he actaully win? he was always in unfancied equipment, whereas thommo has at least won 2 btcc titles, and was pretty competitive in a private alfa this year. additionally pondie was a rally man who raced, and thommo is a racer who rallied.

they look the same and drive the same. imho

I agree and third in the wtcc this year, I think he is one of the few modern drivers who is worth thier salt!
check this out

[chrisgtx]

I always was a fan of pond after watching him average 100MPH round the TT course in a pretty standard rover vitesse!!! Awesome
It's a fantastic DVD,i know you can hire it from easycinema.com

[RT106]

chrisgtx said:

I always was a fan of pond after watching him average 100MPH round the TT course in a pretty standard rover vitesse!!! Awesome
It's a fantastic DVD,i know you can hire it from easycinema.com

You can also get it from Duke...

http://www.dukevideo.com/Bikes/DVD/TT%20Isle%20of%20Man/TT%20General/TT%20Challenge%20DVD%20NTSC.aspx 

A wonderful example of a very talented man doing what he did best.