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With what happened a few years back,I'm surprised they don't give a rider something to land on.
How much could extra tuff blocks laid out in a way to save a man cost?Less than a lawsuit I bet.
And,since they did away with the bowls for a few and now bring them back gradually would that not be negligent?
Track builder knows the risk and that area is just like before,concrete.
It would be so easy, and luck will run out again,for someone.
How much could extra tuff blocks laid out in a way to save a man cost?Less than a lawsuit I bet.
And,since they did away with the bowls for a few and now bring them back gradually would that not be negligent?
Track builder knows the risk and that area is just like before,concrete.
It would be so easy, and luck will run out again,for someone.
i want my turn
This observation came into sharp relief on the final lap of my first moto when I lost control of my bike at the end of the whoop section.
As I whiskey throttled my RM250 out of the whoops and into the turn, flailing behind my bike like a flag on a pole, I made the decision to eject rather than get tossed to a painful landing on said concrete.
The landing into the face of the turn sucked, but much better than ragdolling into concrete.
Since then I have wondered how this could be improved in Supercross.
I hope you can handle my blend,reclinertard
10 by 10 tuffblocks arranged where you'd get a piece of one
A catch net would be a dnf if tangled in it.
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I would like to see bowl turns virtually eliminated as I think flat turns and off cambers make for much better racing.
Then bring back gradually,same as it ever was
Muddy creek had a jump in early 2000,s that was a blind landing 110ft table top with a 6 ft tall peak halfway on the tabletop
This peak made the landing very blind,it also was had to get over for guys that had no business trying it.
They parked the emt there because it was constant carnage.
We tried to get it changed for some time but did not.
I always pitted there just to help flag or drag bike,bodies out of way.
One morning a 16 yr old at his 1st race ,1st time away from parents with his bike(came with friends parents)
He clips the 6ft peak and endos into landing for the full table,since he knew no better he went back to his bike.
As i jump up waving a kid hits the takeoff,the flagger had moved to much toward the fallen kid to be seen,
I watch in horror as the kid gets hit front wheel to sternum,it ripped his aorta,he died right there while i watched his eyes,
Eyes with terror in them,I
The next race all the local promoters came out,stood on that jump,6ft peak removed now,and told of how they build these jumps for us to be able to race the big races and are going to continue to do so.
It made me mad and sick.
They put a stone there and name it SCOTTY'S HILL, in a few years the stone was covered by dirt,forgotten with a bigger jump.
I almost killed a young man by landing on him,I was almost killed later that year by getting landed on,
Almost dieing changes nothing,dieing changes everything,
Something could be done,but a riders life is just not that important to the big scene,it just that simple.
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