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  Carlsport..... F1 special
Kenny has his first test at the Kirkiston race track when he was only 18 and, not happy at school, he left as soon as possible and tried to make it as a racing driver.
He beat Acheson to the title at the last event.Acheson graduated to Formula 2 racing in 1981 driving a Docking Spitzley Toleman but at Pau he was involved in a very serious accident with Michele Alboreto and suffered two badly broken legs.
Acheson turned his attention back to Japan, where the local sportscar championship was abandoned for the upcoming GT formula.
groups.msn.com /carlsportf1special/1983.msnw   (911 words)

  
 8W - Who? - Kenny Acheson
Still, Acheson was born into racing as Kenny's father Harry was a successful competitor in both car and motorcycle racing.
For 1983 Kenny was one of the many drivers trying the cumbersome RAM 01.
Kenny qualified for both the Austrian and Italian GP and when the funds dried up his short GP career was over.
8w.forix.com /acheson.html   (1476 words)

  
 Thirteen Days Script at IMSDb.
Kenny dumps his briefcase on the desk, shucks off his coat, removes a folder from his briefcase, turns and heads back out...
Kenny looks around the room at the men, the murmurs of general agreement, senses the consensus building and is agitated.
Kenny eases over to the desk, leans on it, arms folded, interposing himself between the President and the soldiers.
www.imsdb.com /scripts/Thirteen-Days.html   (16917 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Kenny Acheson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
His father agreed to pay for the racing if Kenny gave up smoking and, driving a Crossle, he won the Irish national title of 1977 and moved to the British mainland to race for Royale.
Acheson emerged as the championship leader by the midseason but then Dennis acquired a new Ralt RT3 for Johansson and there was no holding him.
Kenny moved to Formula 2 with Docking Spitzley Racing in 1981 but at Pau his Toleman was taken out in ruthless fashion by Michele Alboreto and Kenny was lucky to survive the ensuing accident, which resulted in his car ending up in a tree.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-achken.html   (559 words)

  
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KENNY'S OFFICE - DAY\par \par Kenny carries the phone with him as he paces hard from his\par desk to his window.\par \par KENNY\par The principals are assembling in an\par hour.
Kenny stands shoulder-to\par shoulder with Reston and Sorensen near the door.\par \par RESTON\par Are they going to discuss the military\par exercises going on in Florida?\par \par Kenny doesn't even blink, but Sorensen does a poorer job at\par hiding his reaction.\par \par KENNY\par Come on, Scotty.
Kenny slides into the limo first as\par the President waves to the crowd.\par \par Salinger waits on the sidewalk, and after the limo pulls\par away, the Press pushes in on him.
www.stormforcepictures.com /moviescripts/scripts/scripts_qrstu/13days_script.rtf   (13517 words)

  
 Memorable Quotes from Thirteen Days (2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kenny O'Donnell: You know, the Joint Chiefs are gonna be upset if you mess with their chain of command.
Kenny O'Donnell: The point is, you trade our missiles in Turkey for theirs in Cuba, they're gonna force us into trade after trade, until finally, a couple of months from now they demand something we won't trade, like Berlin, and we do end up in a war.
Dean Acheson: Gentlemen, for the last fifteen years, I've fought at this table alongside your predecessors in the struggle against the Soviet.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0146309/quotes   (1902 words)

  
 Thirteen Days   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Most of the creative license is taken with Kenny O'Donnell whose role in the crisis was beefed up in order to have him present at the key points in the conflict.
Despite Kenny’s long hours at "the office," he shows obvious concern for his family in the midst of the crisis and a sense of desperation about their possible fate if things go wrong.
When Kenny asks a U2 pilot whether he is a religious man, the man says yes.
www.pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0000234.cfm   (934 words)

  
 Thirteen Days Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood Cuban Missile Crisis ...
Kenny, he was fighting Soviets while we were still playing ball together at school.
Well, tonight, listening to Taylor and Acheson, I kept seeing Lemnitzer and Dulles telling me all I had to do was sign on the dotted line, and the invasion would succeed, and Castro— And Castro would be gone.
Kenny, they are good men, but it takes a certain character, moral toughness, to stand up to the Soviets.
www.script-o-rama.com /movie_scripts/t/thirteen-days-script-transcript-costner.html   (10080 words)

  
 Kenny Acheson pictures; Group C 1990 Nissan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
: Kenny Acheson in the Nissan Group C sportscar at Spa-Francorchamps in 1990.
Kenny Acheson drove two seasons in Formula 1.
Acheson now lives in the UK again, where he runs a company.
www.skyscraperpicture.com /f1pictures/acheson.htm   (203 words)

  
 Thirteen Days (2000) - Screenplays for You - free movie scripts and screenplays
The President looks at Kenny, shakes his head, a big smile on his face.
The President and Kenny meet as Bundy picks up a phone in the b.g.
Kenny and the President turn to see what they already have heard in those two words: concern.
sfy.ru /sfy.html?script=thirteen_days   (18097 words)

  
 Phillips, Snider, Snyder, Schneider, Acheson Genealogy
I hope to be back up to par in a few weeks, with more pictures and information.
Hi all, I hope to be updating this Group daily.
Whether you are a manager, member, or visitor here, we hope you enjoy this MSN group.
groups.msn.com /PhillipsSniderSnyderSchneiderAchesonGenealogy   (335 words)

  
 Ram   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Tragedy struck the team prior to the Dutch GP when Winkelhock was killed driving a Porsche 956 in the 1000KM race at Mosport.
Kenny Acheson was brought in for a couple of races, but the team never recovered and shut shop at the end of the season.
Drivers : Philippe Alliot, Manfred Winklehock, Kenny Acheson
www.f1model.co.uk /ram.htm   (153 words)

  
 Japanease Formula 3000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In December 1990 Eddie left Fuji convinced that his future lay in Japan.
Foreigners, had been racing there regularly since around 1983-4, when pioneers Geoff Lees, Stefan Johansson, Eje Elgh and Kenny Acheson first took on the local stars.
Honda took over F1, and as the economic inflated, so sponsors poured into both Grand Prix racing and the domestic F3000 seris.
www.nireland.com /geoff.conn/japaneas.html   (380 words)

  
 Triple Eight - Ian Harrison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He subsequently joined the works Toleman F2 team in 1981 as number two mechanic to Stefan Johansson, who finished sixth in the championship.
Back with the F2 works Maurer team in 1982-3, Ian took the role of chief mechanic to Stefan Bellof, Alan Ferte and Kenny Acheson.
Having finished second in the F2 Championship in 1984 with Roberto Moreno in the official Honda team, a move to F1 was the obvious way ahead for Ian.
www.tripleeight.com.au /ian_harrison.cfm   (234 words)

  
 Mark Webber - About - 1997 Team Details
In 1978, ADR expanded its racing operation to include a Formula Two team which competed in the European Championship.
A number of notable drivers featured in the team's line-up, including former Grand Prix drivers, Huub Rothengatter, Kenny Acheson and Stefan Johansson.
The team was a consistent race winner and its best result was third place overall in the championship.
www.markwebber.com /about/season_details_1997.cfm   (1143 words)

  
 Murray Taylor - BRDC Archive Biography
After 10 years in motorsport journalism, Murray established his own Formula 3 team based at Silverstone Circuit.
His drivers included Kenny Acheson, Raul Boesel, Davy Jones and Damon Hill and Murray was invited to join the BRDC after winning the British Formula 3 Championship with Tommy Byrne in 1982.
Eddie Irvine and kiwi Paul Radisich were also among the many young drivers who raced for Murray Taylor Racing in Britain during the 1980�s.
www.brdc.co.uk /brdcarchive.cfm/flag/2/member_id/149   (431 words)

  
 8W - Who? - Jacques Villeneuve Sr
In 1981, Arrows signed him for the two end-of-season North American races, as a replacement for Italian Siegfried Stohr, but on both occasions he never looked like qualifying.
In 1983, he got a single RAM chance as a go-between in the second entry, but the car was hopeless, borne out by the fact that the more talented Jean-Louis Schlesser and Kenny Acheson also failed to qualify the car all year.
This JV did however win an Indycar race once (Elkhart Lake 1985) but this owed more to luck than to skill.
8w.forix.com /jvilleneuvesr.html   (515 words)

  
 Roberto Guerrero - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
To show how fickle motorsport is, after a few poor seasons Guerrero had suddenly become a forgotten man. Having become a naturalised US citizen, in 1991 he only had 5 starts here and there.
He drove the Patrick Lola T91/00 Alfa Romeo at Indy but crashed, and thereafter had three races in Kenny Bernstein's Lola T91/00 Buick, and also one for the Fendi team in a Lola T91/00 Cosworth.
But with 15th at Detroit in the Bernstein car being his best result, for the first time in his CART career he failed to score a point.
f1rejects.com /drivers/guerrero/biography.html   (4659 words)

  
 1983 RAM-March 01 Formula 1 Spec Sheet
3 cars were built, driven by Eliseo Salazar, Kenny Acheson, Jonathan Palmer, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Jacques Villeneuve.
Best placings included a 15th in the first GP of the season, driven by Salazar, and a 12th in the last GP, driven by Acheson.
RAM persevered in 1984 and 1985 with 02 and 03 models now powered by Hart 415T turbo engines.
www.race-cars.com /carsold/march/ram-f1/ram-f1ss.htm   (459 words)

  
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37 Kenny Acheson / GB Tom's 85C Toyota Team Ikuzawa 84 3:07:02,494 C 3.
37 Kenny Acheson / GB Tom's 85C Toyota Team Ikuzawa 198 5:45:41,600 LD-1 2.
37 Kenny Acheson / GB Tom's 86C Toyota Team Ikuzawa 166 6:20:28,051 C 37.
www.classicscars.com /wspr/results/jspc/jspc1986.html   (3165 words)

  
 Slim Borgudd - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
While in recent times the likes of Damon Hill, Eddie Jordan and Kenny Bräck have been the more notable examples of racing types who have dabbled in music, perhaps the best-known driver-musician in the last few decades has been ABBA drummer Slim Borgudd from Sweden.
The 1985 Macau entry list was surely one of the most impressive of all time.
Then current and ex-F1 stars Jan Lammers, Mike Thackwell, Martin Brundle, Roberto Guerrero, Jo Gartner, Christian Danner, René Arnoux, Kenny Acheson and of course our man Slim were all taking part.
www.f1rejects.com /drivers/borgudd/biography.html   (5292 words)

  
 FCS
During that period, more than 750 cars were designed and built, scoring many victories and winning numerous championships world-wide.
hilst heading Royale, Cornock ran a race team in Formula Ford 1600, winning the constructors' title and triple crown with Kenny Acheson.
Royale Racing also guided many other drivers to championship titles including Rick Morris and Mike Taylor.
www.racingcarsforsale.co.uk /aboutus.htm   (557 words)

  
 World Championship 1989
1:53,474 Jean-Louis Schlesser / F - D DNS - Kenny Acheson / GB 2.
62 Kenny Acheson / GB - DNP Sauber Mercedes C9 Team Sauber Mercedes 82 2:49:04,634 2.
1:22,571 Kenny Acheson / GB 21 Ray Bellm / GB Spice SE89C Ford
www.classicscars.com /wspr/results/wscc/ms1989.html   (3030 words)

  
 Mass Aztec Soccer - Aztec '92 Girls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Back Row: (left to right) Kenny Finn Head Coach (in lobster hat), Sara Previte, Maura Doyle, Kaitlin Sampson, Amy Griffith,
Kerianne Acheson, Breezy Griffin, Whitney Montesanto, Jenna Lazaris, Co-Coach Caitlin Leary.
Back Row: Coach Kenny Finn, Tori Copelas, Maura Doyle, Witney Montesanto, Angela Ellison, Kerianne Acheson, Sara Previte, Kelly Birchmore, Taylor York, Team Manager Sally Birchmore, Ast.
www.aztecsoccer.com /teams_1993g.html   (313 words)

  
 Notes & Quotes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It was sticking a bit going out of fourth gear and now it's stuck in fourth (at about 11:10).
It's a problem we've had before (including in the night last year at the Rolex 24)." (Kenny Acheson, who was driving the Storm last year when it was involved in an end­over­end accident on the backstretch, is with the team as Consultant" this year, was holding a spotlight for the mechanics working on the car.)
PETER KUHN (Team manager MSI Racing Chevy RandS Mk.
www.daytona24hr.com /24hrs97/rn5.html   (226 words)

  
 Racing Sports Cars - Le Mans 24 Hours 1991 (Photo Archive)
Driven by: Teo Fabi (I)/Andy Wallace (GB)/Derek Warwick (GB)/Kenny Acheson (GB)
did not practice: Teo Fabi (I), Kenny Acheson (GB); listed, never drove: Derek Warwick (GB)
Driven by: Teo Fabi (I)/Bob Wollek (F)/Kenny Acheson (GB)
www.racingsportscars.com /photo/Le_Mans-1991-06-23-photo.html   (1133 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - Kenny Acheson Helmet items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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