>World Rally chief Shekhar Mehta has died at the age of 60 in
>London.
Yes, a real shock. When I rallied in Europe, I got to know Shekhar quite well. Later, he would often phone me on trips to the USA/Canada, to catch up on rally news.
At the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland, we had a three car team consisting of Shekhar/Martin Holmes, Scott Harvey/Tom King and Bob Hourihan and myself. We were going to enter under the Ralligators name, but after looking at the factory Wartburg team from East Germany, we entered as Team Wartburg B. The organizers of the rally almost had a heart attack.
The story sort of shows what a fun guy Shekhar was. Also, a real gentleman.
Doug Woods