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I hear that Trey Canard is ok (from his tweets last night) after that nasty fall at Indy on Saturday. I'll tell ya, when he was flopping around not able to get up, my stomach sank...because it looked like it might have been another serious injury for him and that he was in a lot of pain. From the footage of the Asterisk medical guy leading him off the track, he looked super wobbly...and it turned out it was a concussion. But, damn...it could have been so much worse, for BOTH riders. I watched the clip of the two riders side by side over the jump on Saturday night, and couldn't tell if Barcia ran Canard to the edge of the jump face or was it just Canard going for it and losing control?
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a regularity of run-ins between Canard & his teammate Barcia? A few weeks ago, Canard had to pull off the track after an altercation with BamBam that left him with a handful of spokes broken in his front wheel. In his pre-race interview with Erin, Trey called Barcia "overly aggressive" (no shock) and appeared to be pretty pissed at him for the incident. I can also remember a few other times where the two have gotten too close for comfort, and Canard has come out on the worse side of things.
Is there a lot of friction between the two riders?
Is it just me, or does there seem to be a regularity of run-ins between Canard & his teammate Barcia? A few weeks ago, Canard had to pull off the track after an altercation with BamBam that left him with a handful of spokes broken in his front wheel. In his pre-race interview with Erin, Trey called Barcia "overly aggressive" (no shock) and appeared to be pretty pissed at him for the incident. I can also remember a few other times where the two have gotten too close for comfort, and Canard has come out on the worse side of things.
Is there a lot of friction between the two riders?
Barcia didn't flinch and I doubt is actively focusing on taking out his teammate. That is just bad PR.
Glad Canard is okay.
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The incident between Millsaps and Dungey was equally scary. They came together on the landing and could have been ugly for both of them. Glad that one turned out ok.
From the SCOTT goggles PR:
Trey Canard was on a roll in Indy. Trey was the second fastest qualifier in practice and went on to finish second in his heat race. It looked like Canard was poised to do well in the main, but while moving through the pack, Canard went down hard and suffered a concussion, effectively killing his race. We were glad to see Canard walk away from the crash and hope to see him back soon!
Is my teammate alive? Is he hurt?
Barcia? Nah, he doesn't even bother to glance in Canards direction. That kind of tells you which type of person he is. No humanity in that case.
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Was Barcia close? yeah, but he was making a pass. often they are close when passing.
crowding? i don't know, i can only watch the same video everyone else has accesst to, but i don't think Canard would have crashed if he had not scrubbed. my opinion on the matter.
Honestly it just looks like their lines crossed too close in the air. Barica had the edge, Canard didn't wanna give it up. Barcia does a lot of hairy shit but that just seemed like a bad racing situation.
i've watched it over and over. i honestly don't think they even touch in the air. close, but not touching. Trey wrecks from scrubbing and shorting the landing still sideways.
maybe i'm wrong, wouldn't be the first time.
Watch the video again. Canard takes off from the very left side of the finish line jump. Barcia took the inside on the corner before - so why is he jumping so close to Canard? Why would he go from the very right side of the track all the way to the left side if it wasn't to try to pinch Trey off for the pass?
From my POV,
Barcia was trying to pinch Trey on the jump to make the pass
Trey didn't realize he was that close since he doesn't have eyes on the back of his head
Justin, who knew exactly how close he was, still whipped it towards Trey and caused the crash
I'm sure Justin didn't mean to cause Trey to wreck but fact is the crash was his fault. Just the way I see it and like you I could be wrong as well.
I think Canard was taken by suprise at how close Barcia was, but that was NOT Barcia's fault. This time.
No one to blame in this incident but Trey himself.
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