I've never heard of Murray Walker before this thread appeared - Speedvision's F1 broadcast in the USA has Bob Varsha, Sam Posey, and Some Brit. ;)
Anyway, this Murray guy looks to be up there with Casey Stengal and Yogi Berra. I would like to see each of these three come out of retirement (except for Casey and Yogi, because they're dead I think) to do a broadcast together (Reverend Spooner is covering the pit road action). I'd imagine it would go something like this:
Murray: "Ralf Schumacher, the younger father of Michael Schumacher, passes the yellow Ferrari of Heinz Harold-Frentzen. And...and...and...no, Irvine passes Ralf."
Murray: "Michael Schumacher is threading his way through the field. Schumacher is out of the race!"
Casey: "You know, they don't pay Schumacher to win every race, just two out of three."
Murray: "Michael Schumacher, the......ah....uh.....brother of Ralf Schumacher is in the lead."
Rev. Spooner (from the pits): "Verstappen is in, they're on a two stop strategy and are changing all tour fyres."
> There is a fine site which offers audio of some fine bloopers; like the
> yellow Ferrari...
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> > Some of the classic Murrayisms before he has his final race call.
> > It'll be a damn shame to have him leave the sport. Sorry about the Tom
> > Pabst-length post :D hehehe
> > "And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as
> > this is an all-Escort race."
> > "That's history. I say history because it happened in the past."
> > Monaco 1981: (Water is pouring onto the track in the tunnel) "...and
> > that could be, to put it very mildly indeed, suicidally dangerous."
> > "You might not think that's cricket. And it's not, it's motor racing."
> > "Here at Brands Hatch, Will Gollop has a clear lead over Will Gollop."
> > "I should imagine that the conditions in the***pit are
> > unimaginable!"
> > From the Monaco Grand Prix qualifying session in 2001: "And the
> > session will start in 3....8........9........0!"
> > "A sad ending, albeit a happy one."
> > "Two laps to go, then the action will begin. Unless this is the
> > action, which it is."
> > "The atmosphere is so tense you could cut it with a cricket stump."
> > " ... and Edson Arantes di Nascimento, commonly known to us as Pele
> > hands the award to Damon Hill, commonly known to us as...um...Damon...
> > Hill."
> > "Either the car is stationary or it's on the move."
> > "It's not quite a curve, it's a straight actually."
> > "And there's the man in the green flag!"
> > "Rene Arnoux is coming into the pits...let's stop the star***ch."
> > "Even in five years' time, he (Coulthard) will still be four years
> > younger than Damon Hill."
> > "And the first five places are filled by five different cars."
> > "There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire."
> > "We're watching Ralf Schumacher...Son, of course, of double world
> > champion Michael Schumacher."
> > "...and here comes Damon Hill in the Williams...this car is absolutely
> > unique...except for the one behind it...which is exactly the same."
> > "With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go"
> > "Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough ?"
> > "Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place"
> > During a BTCC race at Silverstone a few years ago, Louise
> > Aitken-Walker and James Weaver were dicing for a midfield place, when
> > Wheaver, in the BMW, unfortunatly miss timed his overtaking manouver
> > on the exit of Woodcote corner taking the both of them out of the
> > race. An extremely upset Aitken-Walker stomped over to Weaver's BMW
> > and told him in no uncertain terms exactly what she though of his
> > passing skills. To which Murray commented, "Hell hath no fury like a
> > Woman being rammed!".
> > "And the track temperature has in fact risen in degrees!"
> > "As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto
> > is 5th"
> > "I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be
> > some sort of grip problem"
> > "He is shedding buckets of adrenalin in that car"
> > "It's raining and the track is wet"
> > Murrary: "What's that? There's a BODY on the track!!!" James: "Um, I
> > think that that is a piece of BODY-WORK, from someone's car."
> > Murray: There's a fiery glow coming from the back of the Ferrari
> > James: No Murray, that's his rear safety light
> > "...Cruel luck for Alesi, second on the grid. That's the first time he
> > had started from the front row in a Grand Prix, having done so in
> > Canada earlier this year..."
> > "This is an interesting circuit because it has inclines, and not just
> > up, but down as well."
> > "Tambay's hopes , which were nil before, are absolutely zero now."
> > `Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best formula 1 driver that grand
> > prix racing has ever produced'
> > "Andrea de Cesaris...the man who has won more Grands Prix than anyone
> > else without actually winning one of them."
> > "Nigel Mansell - the man of the race - the man of the day - the man
> > from the Isle of Mann"
> > "Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh no he isn't! It's a
> > lap record."
> > [hysterical as ever] "And that's Alboreto OFF!" [long pause - somber
> > voice] "Now Michele Alboreto did not in fact qualify for the race, so
> > how we managed to see him go off I don't know. We'll let you know."
> > [Even longer pause, now laughing] "Now I'm not a technician, but it
> > appears a shot of Michele Alboreto going off in qualifying has crept
> > into this live transmission, thank you Mr. Producer, anyway that was
> > qualifying, this is the race..."
> > "And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One
> > racing"
> > Any other's worth adding?
> > Rafe Mc
