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Old 17 Apr 2005, 22:11 (Ref:1280716)   #10
Aarrgh8
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Aarrgh8 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
I gew up watching Ian Geoghegan race. I didn't miss a meeting at Warwick Farm, Oran Park or Catalina from October 1962 until May 1973. Ian and Leo Geoghegan were at most of them.

I lived in Eastwood from 1984 to 1995, and while walking my dog, I found I had a neighbour nearby (in Yaraan Avenue Epping) who I had admired for years. Ian Geoghegan. I got talking to him on a few occasions, and once he relaxed, that stammer almost disappeared.

IIRC, the 'Pete' part came from Bill Tuckey. Back in the early sixties, the Geoghegan cars were black, and so were the driver's racesuits. There was a cartoon character at the time (Warner Bros, I think) who was a baddie, and was a big dog called 'Black Pete'. Bill reckoned Ian looked like Black Pete when he was in his racesuit and called him 'Black Pete'. The name stuck, even after the cars and racesuits had been white for years.
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