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	Possum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/possum.html (151 words)

	In Memory of Peter "Possum" Bourne
		Possum and his family were hit by a Green Jeep Grand Cherokee while in the family's Subaru Outback.
		Peter 'Possum' Bourne was born on 13th April 1956 at Pukekohe Maternity Hospital.
		Possums Rally Debut was at the Wodhill Forest Rally in 1979 in a Ford MK1 Cortina with a Rover V8.
	possumtribute.tripod.com (597 words)

	Irish Subaru Drivers Club - Circuit Of Ireland
		Possum Bourne Rally Legend R.I.P. The sad and untimely death of New Zealand’s’ “Possum”Bourne this weekend after a head on collision which left him in a Coma for a week brings the curtain down on an amazing career which spans from his first rally in the late 70’s right up to the present day.
		Possum was checking the route for the Queenstown hill climb, an annual event over a fourteen km mountain stage, when the accident occurred.
		He was born Peter Bourne in a place called Pukekohe, South Auckland NZ on the 13 of April 1956.the name “Possum” came at the age of 15 when he swerved to avoid a possum, hit a bank, rolled and wrote off his first car.
	www.555club.com /possum_bourne.htm (393 words)

	Possum Bourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is less than 2 months since we lost Possum Bourne and not long enough time has gone by for us to properly reflect on what an unique individual he was.
		Possum Bourne held a favoured place in the fabric of Caloundra City and its residents and the unveiling of a plaque in his memory at Kings Beach Park last Friday evening indicates the high regard in which he was held.
		It is the wish of Kristine, Possum's sister, that tonights winner's details be forwarded to the family so that they can personally congratulate the winner and watch their ongoing prohgress in the sport.
	www.possumbourne.co.nz /dynamic/pressrelease,1175.sm (701 words)

	nzgirl - Happy trails Possum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Possum Bourne, our most successful rally driver, died this morning as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident on Good Friday.
		Possum was the most successful rally driver in the Southern Hemisphere, racing for Japanese car manufacturer Subaru in rally events all over the world.
		Possum Bourne is survived by his wife Peggy and three children.
	www.nzgirl.co.nz /articles/2266 (214 words)

	Rally Star - For all the latest motorsport news as well as motorsport events - Possum Bourne in serious condition after ...
		New Zealand rally legend Possum Bourne suffered from critical injuries after a head-on smash today in Queenstown, was reported by newspaper The New Zealand Herald.
		Bourne, who turned 47 on Sunday and also just celebrated his wedding anniversary, was to have driven his 500 horsepower Subaru Impreza World Rally car on the 14km course at the base of the Waiorau moutain range tomorrow.
		Nicknamed Possum after he wrote off his first car swerving to avoid a possum, Bourne has two sons, Taylor and Spencer and a daughter, Jazlin, who live in the family home at Pukekohe.
	www.rallystar.co.za /article/articleview/1524/1/68 (289 words)

	GTP Forums - Possum Bourne critically injured in road crash
		Bourne was driving over a mountain course near Queenstown when he was involved in a head-on collision with another car, Television New Zealand said.
		Possum’s family wish to acknowledge the support they are receiving as they and the whole team at Possum Bourne Motor Sports pull together.
		Bourne's family said the injuries were more severe than originally thought, and it was not in his best interests to continue full life support.
	www.gtplanet.net /forum/printthread.php?t=21823 (1975 words)

	"Possum" Bourne Death Notice, Rally Racing News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne, New Zealand's only professional rally driver, was critically injured in a car crash on April 18 and had been in a drug-induced coma since undergoing surgery for severe head, chest and leg injuries.
		Bourne, 47, who became the public face of New Zealand rallying, was born in 1956 in Pukekohe and was originally named Peter, but acquired his nickname as a result of a teenage driving indiscretion.
		A seven-time Australian rally champion, Bourne was New Zealand Champion in 1991 and Asia Pacific Champion in 1993, 1994 and 2000.
	www.rallyracingnews.com /pbourne-obit.html (597 words)

	i-Club -- Forums - A Prayer for Possum Bourne...
		Bourne's family issued a statement saying: "The extent and severity of the injury was not fully apparent until this weekend just gone, when ventilation support was decreased but he deteriorated and had to go back onto full support.
		Possum Bourne's accident occurred while the experienced rally champion was preparing to take part in a hill climb event near Cardrona in Central Otago.
		Possum Bourne, New Zealand's most successful rally driver died peacefully surrounded by his wife Peggy and their family in Dunedin Hospital at 0:58 30 April.
	www.i-club.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-17029.html (902 words)

	Rally Action News: Possum Bourne in car crash - update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne's car collided head-on with a fellow competitor's vehicle during a pre-race course inspection for a weekend hill climb competition.
		Bourne, 47, was being kept asleep in a coma as part of his treatment, Chesterman said in a statement.
		Bourne is New Zealand's only professional rally driver and in 20 years of racing has won the Asia-Pacific title three times.
	www.rally-action.com /news/2003/4/3079.shtml (297 words)

	Subaru New Zealand - Icons - Possum Bourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Possum Bourne was living a boyhood dream at the time of his death.
		Possum's career developed with Subaru, at a time when the cars were not the most powerful or sophisticated.
		Possum enjoyed challenges and after a decade of top performances in a succession of highly modified Group A and World Rally Cars, he relished winning the Australian championship in a standard production Impreza STI last year.
	www.subaru.co.nz /Roam/Icons/Possum_Bourne.php (909 words)

	ModernMuscleCars.net - Australian Rally Champion in critical condition
		Possum was not racing at hte time, he was on recce which must be completed in strict obeyance of the road rules.
		Last night Possum Bourne's family and team issued a statement to the effect that the head injuries suffered by the Kiwi rally ace in a freak road accident on Friday, April 18 were more severe than initially thought.
		Possum re-focussed on a local programme for the next couple of years, winning the 1991 Kiwi title before heading across the Tasman to start his Australian championship career by finishing runner-up in the 1992 series.
	modernmusclecars.net /forums/showthread.php?t=4194 (2100 words)

	Rally Australia News View (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne’s 20 year career history includes the title of three times Asia-Pacific Champion and he is the reigning Australian Rally champion, having won the title a record seven times.
		Possum was one of only four people to compete in every round of Telstra Rally Australia since its inception 16 years ago.
		Possum Bourne and Mark Stacey joined forces in 2000 and proved to be a great combination of driver and co-driver, taking the national championship in both categories in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
	www.rallyaustralia.com.au /ra2k2b/news/view.asp?id=112 (565 words)

	Web Wombat / Motoring / News & Reports / Possum Bourne / Rally Driver
		Rallying legend Possum Bourne has come a long way since the day he totalled the car his mother had just given him to get to his classes as a mechanic's apprentice.
		Bourne's rallying career began in New Zealand in the late 1970s when he took a Mark I Cortina to third place in his first race.
		Possum Bourne Motorsport now has three cars and Bourne seems to have made the leap from just being a driver to being a driver and the owner of a racing team.
	www.webwombat.com /motoring/news_reports/possum.htm (674 words)

	Possum Bourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne remains in a serious but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Dunedin Hospital after a head on accident with a fellow competitor during reconnaissance of the Queenstown 'Race to the Sky' event on the south island of New Zealand.
		Bourne's co-driver Mark Stacey has spent the last week with Possum's family in New Zealand offering support and expressed the gratitude of the family in receiving the sheer volume of letters, messages and emails from fans worldwide.
		Possum has always wanted the team to perform at the highest levels and we are here this weekend to continue to do our best.
	www.possumbourne.co.nz /dynamic/pressrelease,867.sm (452 words)

	Rallysport Magazine On-line - Vale Possum Bourne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne, 47, was critically injured in a freak accident while recceing for Easter Sunday's "Race to the Sky" hillclimb.
		Bourne was returning from the top of the hillclimb after a reconnaissance run in a Subaru Forester and collided head-on with a Jeep Cherokee, driven by NZ South Island competitor, Mike Barltrop.
		Bourne was married and has three children - sons Taylor and Spencer and a daughter Jazlin.
	www.rallysportnews.com.au /cms/A_30044/article.html (546 words)

	ABC Sport - Motor Sport - Obituary: Possum Bourne
		International rally driver Possum Bourne, who died on Wednesday after a car smash 12 days before, was an engaging and charismatic figure who became a trans-Tasman icon for his sport.
		Bourne, 47, was widely hailed, with top rally official Morrie Chandler saying nobody had a bad word to say about him.
		On April 18 Bourne was preparing for his favourite event, the Race to the Sky hill climb in New Zealand's Southern Alps, when he was involved in a collision with another competitor.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s843229.htm (639 words)

	Motorsports \| Subaru Global
		Possum tragically died as a result of injuries he received in a road accident on the Snow Farm Road in the Cardrona Valley the day before the event at Easter last year.
		Possum's wife Peggy and her three children, along with close members of the Bourne family, will be involved at the event.
		Possum's sister Kristine Game says the family is looking forward to being part of it and will be offering a one-off memorial t-shirt and cap commemorating Possum.
	www.subaru-msm.com /global/news/040128.html (620 words)

	ABC Sport - Motor Sport - Tributes flow for Possum Bourne
		Bourne had been in a drug-induced coma in Dunedin Hospital since the accident, but his family decided on Monday keeping him on life support was no longer in his best interests after the full impact of his injury became apparent.
		Bourne, married with three young children, was driving on a public road in a mountain range ahead of a race when his car collided head on with another competitor near the South Island resort town of Wanaka, 600 kilmetres south of Wellington.
		Peter Bourne was given his nickname after he reputedly rolled his mother's car at the age of 15 when attempting to avoid a possum.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s843508.htm (463 words)

	kits of possum bourne cars? - Car Modeling - Automotive Forums .com Car Chat- A Message Board for Every Make and Model (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Possum debuted in rally in 1979 driving a self built Mk1 Cortina, he came third in his first rally.
		As he came around a bend there was a possum sitting up in the middle of the road looking at him in the lights.
		I had been in Australia nearly 10 years and hadn't seen Possum in probably 15 but I went to see the start of the Qld rally in Caloundra a couple years back knowing he would be there.
	www.automotiveforums.com /t100939.html (888 words)

	motoring.iafrica.com \| world rally 'Possum' Bourne was an icon
		International rally driver 'Possum' Bourne, who died on Wednesday after a car smash 12 days ago, was an engaging and charismatic figure who became a trans-Tasman icon for his sport.
		On April 18 Bourne was preparing for his favourite event, the Race to the Sky hill climb in the Southern Alps, when he was involved in a collision with another competitor.
		Peter Raymond George Bourne was born in 1956 in Pukekohe near Auckland.
	motoring.iafrica.com /rally/232800.htm (702 words)

	CAR . CO . NZ International Rally: New Zealands Premiere Website for motoring and motorsport enthusiasts. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne will also be remembered with the signature stage on the opening day of this year’s rally which will bear his name.
		Possum is the final special stage on the first full day of the rally in the Kaipara region, a 48.21km stage which is expected to play a critical part in the final outcome of the event.
		And it is a sell-out for the Possum Bourne charity dinner and auction to be held on Monday 12 April at Sky City, with proceeds to the Possum Bourne Family Education Trust.
	www.car.co.nz /rlyintl.asp?articleid=2395 (419 words)

	..:: Possum Bourne - The Legend ::.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Most of all, Possum Bourne was a Son, a Husband, a Father (of three gorgeous children), a Brother, The Driver, the Boss, a Colleague and still always a "mate".
		To many Possum was a hero, an icon, a mentor, a friend, a supplier, a customer and a celebrity, yet in each case a most respected one indeed.
		Possum's track record with, to say the least, 7 Australian Championship Victories, 3 Asia Pacific Championship Victories, Two Times Winner of the grueling Hong Kong Beijing Rally is simply unbeatable.
	www.alertmotorsport.com /possum_bourne.htm (268 words)

	30/4/03: Vale - Possum Bourne. Death of rallying legend.
		Possum never regained consciousness after being involved in a traffic accident on the Snow Farm Rd, in the Cardrona Valley near Lake Wanaka in Central Otago, on Good Friday.
		Possum's wife Peggy, his mother, two sisters, brother, other close family members and friends had maintained a 24 hour bedside vigil and Possum's medical condition was monitored constantly, including several CT Scans.
		Possum also came out of the ordeal unscathed but he had totalled his first car and earned himself a new nickname.
	www.fastlane.com.au /News_Subaru/Vale_Bourne.htm (430 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - National (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bourne remains in a critical condition in the intensive care unit of Dunedin hospital, after the low-speed two-car crash.
		Bourne was driving his road car and travelling downhill.
		Bourne, who is 47, is in intensive care with multiple injuries to his head, chest and legs.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,184088-1-7,00.html (322 words)

	Tony Green - Bourne 2 Rally - Possum Bourne 1956 - 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Possum Bourne was New Zealand 's first professional rally driver.
		He worked tirelessly to succeed in the sport he loved, gaining international renown and respect along the way; not only because of his exceptional driving talent but also for the sincere and generous way in which he treated everybody he met.
		Tony Green cites Possum as his main inspiration and chose to make the name of his own rally team a tribute to Possum.
	tony-green.co.uk /possum_bourne.html (217 words)

	A TRIBUTE TO POSSUM BOURNE 1957-2003
		The sad news was that Possum had a recce accident in New Zealand at the “Race To The Sky” annual hillclimb event held on Snow Farm Road in the Cardrona Valley near Queenstown.
		In hospital, Possum’s condition was classified as critical and he was placed in a drug-induced coma.
		Possum was initially against the change but to his credit he went with the new rules and contested the series driving a new MY 01/02 WRX.
	www.subaclub.com /Possum.htm (1499 words)

	TVAus.com.au :: Possum Bourne's Death
		Bourne did not take part in the course reconnaissance because he was doing media interviews and looking after matters in the pit area, Mr Garland said.
		Bourne was coming down the hill at the time and the two vehicles collided.
		Bourne died later as a result of serious head injuries he received in the crash.
	www.tvaus.com.au /viewtopic.php?t=5277 (580 words)

	Possum Bourne injured. - Rally - Automotive Forums .com Car Chat- A Message Board for Every Make and Model
		Critically ill rally driver Possum Bourne was clinging to life last night after doctors switched off all the machines at his bedside.
		Late yesterday the Bourne family issued a statement saying he had been removed from all life support, but was getting the "best possible care from the hospital staff".
		Bourne, from Pukekohe, crashed near Cardrona on Good Friday while driving on a public road checking the route for the Race to the Sky hillclimb.
	www.automotiveforums.com /t99129.html (2304 words)

	CGR: Possum Bourne off life support
		The family and friends of Possum Bourne are hanging on to any glimmer of hope despite receiving a major setback.
		Bourne had been suffering massive head injuries after a head-on crash while he was checking out the Race to the Sky course in Wanaka on Good Friday.
		the possum incident was what gave him the nick name ‘possum’, he swerved to miss a possum during a rally and crashed.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/showthread.php?t=50183 (559 words)

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