BHF Crashfest

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

some of us have no chioce but to race alone.

Exactly. BUt I'm about 15 min from home at teh track. Everytime I tried to get a friend to come down with me to be a pit crew, he made some excuse not to.

[tzracer]

I agree with Jeff, it is not a good idea to come to the track alone. My wife won't let me. Either she goes, or I have to go with someone else. That is one reason why I got a larger trailer. I can put another rider's bike and gear in my trailer.

That being said, other races will always be around to help out.

[Dawn]

I agree with Jeff, it is not a good idea to come to the track alone. My wife won't let me. Either she goes, or I have to go with someone else. That is one reason why I got a larger trailer. I can put another rider's bike and gear in my trailer.

That being said, other races will always be around to help out.

It sounds like your wife and I have a lot in common.  Paul is not allowed at the track alone.

Dawn   ;)

[tzracer]

AAAAHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh

One track mom is enough  ;D

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

some of us have no chioce but to race alone.

You're never alone at BHF, Steve...  I wasn't even there, but I would have driven down to get you if need be.

[Jeff]

I literally can't race without my wife.  Mentally I'm not there.  I always have to know there's someone to pick up the pieces, and she's it...

2 years ago I raced with a buddy at R.A. without my wife.  He went down in a starting line crash and was taken to the hospital.  That was the slowest race of my life.  I just didn't want to be out there.  It wasn't fun.

[chris_chops]

      I have always considered the apex of that turn a non-passing zone, which I think most people would agree with. The last time I crashed was 6 years ago, and for an expert to have done this to me just pisses me off. Now I have a messed up bike and my wrist is all screwed up too. At least the guy could have come and found me after the race to see if I was alright, but apparently that person is beyond that.  >:( >:( >:(

Sorry to hear about your crash.  Gordon did the same thing to me in T2 last sept.  My shoulder and wallet are still recovering.  The only good side of the story is Rosno tells a great rendition of the crash as he was right behind it.  Gordon was very apologetic and realised he srcewed up right away.  I told him if I had seen a wheel in three I would have let him through.  I needed a tow from his crazyself up to the 3 guys in front.  That guy that hit you is a wussy and can't own up to it.  Find out who it is and have a talk with him......check out his side.  Hope that wrist gets better soon.  Injuries suck.

[am_#65_john_deere]

went down coming out of three myself.

i highsided infront of stumpy.
by the way, thanks stumpy for not hitting me.

no broken bones,( so the doctor says) , just ligament and tendon damage to my left foot and right hand.

i'll be back for the next blackhawk ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[PJ]

Now I have a messed up bike and my wrist is all screwed up too.

Mike,

Sorry to hear about your crash. That sucks. I hope you're able to get your bike back together and feel strong enough to race at BHF Memorial Weekend...

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

     Thanks to all for the kind words, I appreciate it.  :)

     My injuries are very minor compared to others who broke bones or tore muscles. My wrist has started turning all kinds of neat colors and is swollen on the underside, but I don't think it's broken cause I can move it in all directions, though restricted, but it hurts like mad when I do it. It seems like I can't push hardly at all (as if I had my hand flat against a door), and when I was trying to run a CNC Mill today at work I had trouble even trying to press the button to release the cutter. I don't want to have it checked unless absolutely neccesary (no need to give insurance companies more ammo). I am thankful that the bike didn't land on top of me as I was tumbling and the bike was flipping thru the air, luckily it flew over me and hit a few feet away from me before launching into orbit again. (It was all happening like it was in slow motion, I remember repeating to myself "don't hit me, don't hit me, don't hit me" as the bike was in the air over me)

     Just to make it clear, I wasn't mad that I crashed (though not happy), I was just very dissapointed in the experienced racer that made that very risky manuever. Accidents happen and they are to be expected, but this was just a very bad decision by someone who should have had the experience to know better. I remember back in '95 when I took the Learning Curves licensing class and we did a track walk 1st thing in the morning. At that turn Dave Doe was saying how that area was not a passing area (at the apex) and was really a 1 bike line at that point, I have lived by that general rule since then after seeing for myself that it was very true. He said that there were only a couple people he knew of that could make a pass on another fast rider at that point successfully, but most people couldn't. Hopefully this person will be more cautious in the future and wait 2 more seconds to make a pass in that area.  :-/

[stumpy]

 Glad everyone is alright for the most part. That was pretty nasty Anthony! Good thing that Guiness gives you thick skin. Oh and you owe me a pair of undies! ;D



Stumpy

[Bernie]

Mike-

Please get your wrist checked ASAP.  I had what appeared to be a fairly mild wrist injury 2 years ago.  It ended up being pretty major.  I was initially misdiagnosed and then poorly treated.  I have since had 4 surgeries and now have only about 15 degrees flexion/extention, where almost 180 degrees is normal.

I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but your wrist is an amazing joint that can be fragile and really impact your life if it is damaged and not properly treated.