We’ve heard of unusual requests for last rides, but this is one of the most unique stories we’ve heard yet.
In the UK last week, a funeral procession of sorts made its way around one of the popular racetracks in the region. This was done to give an avid racing fan his dream sendoff.
Michael Owen, the rider in the back of the hearse in the procession, died of cancer at the age of 60. He was a huge racing fan and everybody knew it. That’s why his daughter made arrangements with the Motor Sport Vision’s chief executive to allow the hearses to complete a lap of the circuit as a final farewell to her father. “He would have loved it. The fact he insisted on spending every spare moment at Brands Hatch with a stopwatch in his pocket caused many a family argument,” she said in an interview.
In addition to doing a lap, a red Ferrari also followed the hearse on its way to the crematorium.
Do you have any unusual requests you’d like to have completed when you die? Do you want your Cadillac hearse to make a final trip to a favorite place or anything like that? Let us know your thoughts below.
