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Old Apr 20th, 2011, 11:52 am   #1 (permalink)
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Unhappy Eight years on: Daijiro Kato remembered

It was eight years ago today (April 20) that Daijiro Kato succumbed to injuries sustained in the 2003 season-opening Japanese MotoGP race, at Suzuka...

Eight years on: Daijiro Kato remembered | Page 1 | MotoGP News | Apr 2011 | Crash.Net
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To this day his passing was the saddest day related to motorcycle racing ever. For some reason his memory still pops into my head now and then, something prompts it and I wonder how good he would have been if not for that fateful day. RIP to Kato, one of the greatest.
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