Thanks!

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Damn.  Rough day at the office.  I endo'd my bike at Blackhawk this weekend, pitching myself headfirst over the bars and having the bike land on top of me.  Let me tell you, that's a hard way to get off. :P  I'll survive, but right now I'm one giant bruise.
I owe a round of thanks for this weekend, starting with Pam, Jan, and the other worker on Seven, and Ozzie in the crash truck.  Then there would be Paul Buxton and Ron Springfloat putting the bike back together, and Webmistriss Dawn Buxton and Kim Olson packing up my rig so I could go home to lick my wounds.  Also, thanks to the many who came over and offered kind and not-so-kind words while I lay writhing in agony.  Your pity and sick humor was most appreciated.
Finally, a big thank you to Suomy helmets for saving my life and handsome face, Alexa from Spyder Leatherworks for giving me a logo so aggressive that I tried killing myself to live up to it, and to Eddie Bingham for viciously sawing me off and forcing me to crash! ;D  (Hey, that couldn't possibly have been my fault!)
Anyhow, it's good to be able to go to the track alone and know that the community will look out for you if you get hurt!  Thanks everybody!
K3

[MightyDuc Racing]

Sounds like a wild ride, Chris.  Glad you are okay! :)

[sdiver68]

Ouch, Chris, glad you are relatively OK!

Do tell, how do you endo during a race?  I almost did when my brake lever punched a hole in another bike's fairing.....

[MightyDuc Racing]

You guys see the Gabe Palmer video on my website.  Endo'd at Moroso when his brake lever hit another bike.

http://mightyducracing.com/vidsandsounds.html

[TreyBone]

I've almost done it just by being to aggressive on the brakes.  You know the deal. The guy you are racing is 100ft in front and you try to make up the whole distance on the brakes. I did that at the last race at VIR going up to turn 7. Back wheel came up for a while but a couldn't get it back down in time to make the turn, so straight off I went.  You know come to think of it, I did that twice that weekend.  :-/

[Steviebee]

Im glad your OK K3.  Heal up budy.  I was sore about a week atfer i had my little tumble.

I feel the same way about going to the track alone.

I got my bike welded and all back together!! yeaa, but i think i need a new computer.  EBAY  again.

[Xian_13]

Glad to hear you are okay K3

I am also very glad to hear how some many people helped you out afterwards...
I for one will be at G-man MAM and BHF all month with out a pit hand.. and that gave me a scare onto its self today... needless to say I opted not to race Superbikes as I was not on Rains and I was to worried about crashing cuz of it. :-[

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

It was the first lap of the race.  I was in third, and a bit more agressive than the guy I was after.  I tried to stick a wheel in where it wouldn't fit, hit a rumble strip, got airborne, and landed way deep into the braking zone.  The stoppie started immediately, but I endo'd when he turned in.  It was that or T-bone him.  Eddie's my friend, and somehow I couldn't bring myself to cripple him for life...

[Xian_13]

Was that GTO or MW GP?
I remember the announcer saying that you went down.

[oldguy]

Gee, Chris... hope you're OK. Heal soon and take care. Da*n white plates must be a jinx or sumpthin. ;D

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

White is tougher.  It was in F40.  You know, the safe class for the geezers...

[Baltobuell]

Yeah, the ol'guy slow class nobody tries too hard in.....RIGHT! Glad you're OK or at least going to be. It takes a little longer to heal now so start streaching!