Injured Rider

[njracer]

http://www.helpdenniscrowley.com

njracer

[pmoravek]

GREAT NEWS!!!

According to the website he is speaking and cracking jokes and so forth.

Can anyone confirm this???
PLEASE!

[bluedogz]

I wish it had been that simple as of Oct. 3rd.  I didn't even wake up till Oct. 7th.

Props go out to:
-My family for having what appears to be limitless energy to put up with the results of my absurd activities.
-My wife for being a soldier through this whole mess
-  The as-of-yet unidentified spectator who saw the crash and ran and got the cornerworkers.
- Every racer who came to the hospital, sent a card to a guy they barely knew, or threw some money in the hat to keep my wife afloat.   Your generosity allowed her to stay with me in the hospital, as the hotel tab was competitive with anything Led Zeppelin ever ran up.
- Fred Woods and Matt Richardson, two old friends, for putting in a huge effort to keep people informed as to what was going on and to keep my wife and family sane.  I owe these guys enough beers that you'd be well advised to buy a few shares of Anheuser-Busch stock at first opportunity.
- The very imaginative guy at the prosthetics lab (an mx racer himself) who spent the time to put me together a new right arm that will allow me to ride again.   8)
- All the friends who pulled together for me, handling everything from cutting my grass and feeding the dogs to getting the bills paid and getting my crap home from the track.
- My employer, for not giving me any crap about "hurry up and get back to work."
- KBC helmets and Vanson leathers.  Worked as advertised.
- Anyone at all that I've overlooked in the above. Reading the hospital reports it's crystal clear that I'm lucky to be here at all, much less coherent enough to remember every single thing.

Oh yeah- and if anyone has some firsthand knowledge of what actually happened I'd love to hear it.  I've got no memory of that day at all.  Basically as far as I know I drove straight into a brick wall for no reason- went to bed at Holiday Inn and woke up in ICU.  I have ZERO desire to blame anybody.  I just want to know WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?   ???

[Dawn]

Welcome back!   ;)

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Glad to hear you're back in the game!  

[Thumper881]

Hey Dennis, It's good to hear from you. If you don't remember ,you pitted with us that day. I may have some info for you. weir881@earthlink.net

[bluedogz]

Back in the game?  Don't let my wife hear you say that!   :o

I have my doubts that I'll be able to race again, no matter how good an arm this guy builds me.  Just doesn't seem safe to me.  But I can still cornerwork and come around and mooch beer. ;D

[SVbadguy]

Welcome back Dennis.
That day at VIR I didn't even realize you were back on the track already after the testing incident at Shenandoah.  You're one tough dude.  When I passed by you (not knowing it was you at time) just seconds after the crash, you were in really bad shape.

It's great to hear that you're really getting things back to normal.

[dylanfan53]

Thanks for checking in Dennis.  Glad to hear you're up and about.   :)

[clutch]

Welcome back Dennis.  Say, I'm right across the bridge in Cecil Co. if ya want a beer or somthing

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Back in the game?  Don't let my wife hear you say that!   :o

I've seen a rider at midwest events who lost his right arm.  He's taught himself to throttle and clutch with the left arm, and converted the rear brake lever to work the front brakes.  He does this on a two stroke so he has less weight to throw around.
You're right.  There are lots of ways to be in the game.  Any of them beats staying home.  Welcome back!

[Super Dave]

Good news!

If you can, drop Roadracing World a note too.

All to often, we hear about bad news.  Your news is great news.

Great to hear that things have started looking much better than they did before...