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8/22/2016 11:16am
8/22/2016 11:16am
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What's yours and feel free to include the ones that almost happened but fortunately didn't.
My scariest crash was probably Carlsbad 1990 when I fractured my pelvis. The injury went undetected for five years so that's not the scary part. The scary part was doing a sideways front nose wheelie going aro 45 MPH and having time to think "this is NOT good!" I over jumped coming off the Devil's Drop and my back wheel landed in a hole, bounced up sideways and there was zero chance of saving it. Landed on my left hip/butt cheek and I needed help to stand up from the flagger. Big divot in my elbow to where you could see the bone!
The one that almost happened was a near death experience. I was riding my SL125 Honda on the street in 1971 and decided to not shut off around this sweeping right hander. I had to be going 60 MPH and almost clipped a station wagon coming in the opposite direction. Not good and glad I survived being 15.
My scariest crash was probably Carlsbad 1990 when I fractured my pelvis. The injury went undetected for five years so that's not the scary part. The scary part was doing a sideways front nose wheelie going aro 45 MPH and having time to think "this is NOT good!" I over jumped coming off the Devil's Drop and my back wheel landed in a hole, bounced up sideways and there was zero chance of saving it. Landed on my left hip/butt cheek and I needed help to stand up from the flagger. Big divot in my elbow to where you could see the bone!
The one that almost happened was a near death experience. I was riding my SL125 Honda on the street in 1971 and decided to not shut off around this sweeping right hander. I had to be going 60 MPH and almost clipped a station wagon coming in the opposite direction. Not good and glad I survived being 15.
They wanted to life-flight me out but it was going to cost a fortune. Broke most of my ribs and overall felt like I had been beaten with baseball bats by about 10 guys. Went to local hospital which was mostly useless because we were sorta out in the boondocks at the time and they did not have the resources or equipment to even attempt to diagnosis me.
Get back home a few days later and heard a "knocking" sound in my heart. Went to doctor and he took a listen. When a doctor calls another doctor over and says "you gotta hear this" you know that's not a good thing.
I bruised the sack around my heart and the knocking sound was the heart beating against the swollen heart sack.
Doctor said they don't get to hear this sound often/ever because usually someone is dead from that kind of trauma.
Definitely one of my worst crashes. I've had others that but definitely ranks in the top 3 and may even be number one.
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Whats-your-worst-MX-crash…
Somehow I land and do a perfect tuck and roll then start tumbling head over heals down toward the first corner. I hit the Honda just where the start straight goes down hill and didn't stop until the first corner. During the crash a felt bikes and riders hitting me in the head, back and everywhere else. When it stopped there where bikes and riders everywhere. I stood up and didn't have a scratch on me. I kept checking because I was sure I just hadn't felt the bone sticking out of my leg yet or something. Weirdest shit ever during the whole crash nothing even hurt it was like I fell off the couch. The other weird thing was my goggles and Scott face mask came off my helmet and couldn't find them anywhere, they disappeared. Scariest and weirdest few seconds ever.
Swapped right after talladega during open practice on a Saturday...I was 9, mayyyybbeee 10.
Anyways swapped right after the talladega single, as I was getting up a 450 was coming straight at me 4th pinned . At the last split second a dad pulled me off the track by my chest protector.
I can say with a full heart, if that dad wasn't there, I wouldn't be here. By far the closest I have ever come to lights out, on or off the track.
The Shop
Great stories so far. Keep 'em coming.
In the 80,s crashes were for example " full throttle 3rd gear" the differnce nowdays is 3rd gear would be what, double the speed on a heavier bike as well.
Frightening.
I somehow didn't break anything, just got up and sort of hobbled away, I wanted to finish the race but the quad wouldn't start, so it was back to the pits for me. My parents said I looked just like Chad Reed when he had his getoff t Millville. Its really scary when you have a full 2 seconds to think about just how much this is gonna suck before you hit the ground.
My second worst crash was on a street bike. I hit stones going around a corner. I dont remember anything after that but I came to laying in a field with medics over me. I got a concussion and broke my neck, the C7 if I remember correctly.
My worst mx accident was in 2006 I had a brand new YZ250 and it was my first race on it. I was in 250 C. It was the 2nd lap and I was running in 3rd right on 2nd place and the leaders tail. There was this rhythm section that was 5 doubles long that I didnt usually have an issue with. Well I came up short on the first double which made me bounce weird and i cased the next one even worse with threw me straight into the air and i landed on top of my handles sticking up. I ended up lacerating my liver and spent 5 days in the hospital.
Pit Row
Other one was three years ago. First ride of the season, not sure why but throttle stuck wide open. In 3rd gear going thru a mild whoop section, end of the section was a bermed/banked corner, bank about 5' tall. Go to set up for the corner and my bike is WFO and I hit that berm like a SX jump pinned....luckily I missed the big tree on the other side of it, but did take out a bunch of 2-3" diameter sapplings that somewhat broke my fall. Walked back to my truck, some people at the track pushed my bike back. After 1/2 hour or so things weren't feeling any better so asked people next to me if they could load up my bike (I was there by myself). Then crawled into my truck and had to ask them to shut the door as I couldn't close it thru the pain I was in...Drive home about 45 minutes, make it without passing out. Crawl out of the truck and get in the house and try to lay down in bed. Call my wife and tell her she might want to come home...my neighbor is a nurse, she stopped over around the same time as my wife and they come in the bedroom to look at me, I say I'm hurting and having a hard time breathing but should be ok, probably just a broken rib and dr can't do anything about that anyway. They don't agree with me but say it's my choice. After a couple hours it was really hurting so I ask my wife to take me to the ER. After waiting for ever they see me, take some x-rays and find out I have a bunch of broken ribs and collapsed lung - they are making me spend the night. Good thing I have an office job, out of work for a week but after that I was able to roll out of bed on my own and make it to work. Thought I was done (over 40 and have something like that happen), sold that bike (couldn't trust it after that as really couldn't find anything wrong to do that) but a couple months after that my wife could tell I was miserable so she told me to get another bike...Got one with fuel injection to eliminate worries of stuck throttles!
My scariest near crash was during a XC race when I was 3rd tapped in the woods and ended up going straight toward a tree. I nailed the tree with my right bark buster. I was prepared to fly off my bike through the woods but the tree was dead and I basically exploded it like a bomb and stayed up. I really could not believe it.
already walking and back at the gym!
When my head hit i instantly knew i was paralyzed. This before I stopped crashing.
As i laid on my back my faced turned left i could see my arm as it flopped and trashed without input. Couldn't turn my head to look at the other arm.
And my legs still felt like they were above my head twisted like the scorpion way I hit yet I knew they weren't. That lasted for hours.
As I lay there waiting for help my breathing got weird ,I knew the damage wa s high so I figured that was it,I was going to die laying there on my track.
Long story shorten,I miraculously shuffled out the hospital 8 or 9 days later,my insurance sucked so they wanted me gone once I got up to shower while no one was around.
I was glad to go. But ,I got worse at home and still thought i mite not make it till i started exercising.
Took bout 3 months to get strength back.
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