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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 5:27pm
...a rider do this on the first lap of a big money race?



Ryan Eppers went down in the 2nd 450 moto at the Pro Challenge. His leg was pinned under the bike and hot radiator fluid was dumping all over him. Michael Pritchett, stopped, pulled the bike off of Ryan's leg, remounted and hauled ass for the rest of the moto.




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Camp332 10/13/2008 10:01pm
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That is cool. Something I would do for sure.
rockcrawlerdude 10/13/2008 10:09pm
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good job Michael Pritchett thats awesome!kinda like when mikey went down and that one rider stopped to help...
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kawboy388 10/13/2008 10:44pm
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Yep, Michael and his dad are both good guys.
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Slow ~ Pro 10/13/2008 10:44pm
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That's how Motocross use to be...Friends, helping friends.

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WhipMeister 10/13/2008 11:03pm
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Slow ~ Pro wrote:
That's how Motocross use to be...Friends, helping friends.
Still is, apparently, in some places!
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JPT 10/14/2008 12:40am
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There's winning and there's being a winner.
Good stuff.
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mxer146 10/14/2008 12:53am
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Anyone have results to that race?
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WhipMeister 10/14/2008 9:49am
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mxer146 wrote:
Anyone have results to that race?
They're posted somewhere up here. Dean Wilson took 250s overall and Tyler Wharton took 450s overall after trouble claimed Lemoine, Blake Wharton and Jimmy Albertson.
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FreshTopEnd 10/14/2008 9:55am
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Magoo at Hangtown in 1979. Crashed with some guy off the gate at the 250 National and stopped to help the other guy before he took off.

He came around almost a lap down running just in front of Hannah. They blue flagged him and he responded by ripping a long one-handed wheelie down the straight flashing the peace sign. And then bailed big time sometime shortly after.

Classic Magoo.
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flynbrian 10/14/2008 10:02am
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If I was this Kid's Dad I would be proud.
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SCYRacing 10/14/2008 10:05am
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JPT wrote:
There's winning and there's being a winner.
Good stuff.
X2
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kb450 10/14/2008 10:42am
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At first glance I thought the rider was helping the downed rider with his "E-Stop" button. You know how those hot four strokes love to fire right up.

Class act!
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ncdirtrider 10/14/2008 10:50am
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Didn't Alessi help Tedesco up once instead of taking off again? And he had a championship on the line in that moto!
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WhipMeister 10/14/2008 11:36am
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Keep in mind, Pritchett wasn't involved in the crash. He STOPPED and helped the guy. And they said sportsmanship was dead.
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danman 10/14/2008 12:26pm
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Being that I'm old and slow, I almost always slow down and ask if they are OK. If they say yes, then I'm on my way. I did have to stop once to help a guy.

I race mostly for fun, so I'd rather stop and make sure someone doesn't get hurt any further.
Mrs. AmateurMX 10/14/2008 12:49pm
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Nice Jess, thanks for the pic and the post! Smile Very cool indeed.

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prillernut 10/14/2008 2:04pm
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JPT wrote:
There's winning and there's being a winner.
Good stuff.
SCYRacing wrote:
X2
x3 - props to Michael!
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Rupert X 10/14/2008 3:31pm
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Tres cool.

Renews your faith in mankind-ness.



* Says a lot about that kids character.

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TeamGrnRacer99 10/14/2008 6:58pm
10/14/2008 6:58pm
I bailed hard a few years ago on the first lap after getting the holeshot and was stuck under my bike. 3 riders behind me all stopped and got the scoot off me and got me up. once i realized the blood was comming from the bridge of my nose i got back on my scoot and took off. came around to the same spot and the first guy who stopped was still kicking his bike. he never finished, i felt pretty bad but felt good that 3 riders actually stopped to help.
Blackopsrider7 10/14/2008 8:53pm
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When I broke my leg, the guy in front of me saw me down as he rounded the corner coming the other way. He cut the track and came back to see if I was okay!!
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MP47 11/4/2008 5:40pm
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Thanks guy's for all the kind words.
What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies to do the same.
Pro challenge was actually my last race for a while.
Got a full time job and gonna try to go to college in January.
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BobbyM 11/4/2008 5:45pm
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MP47 wrote:
Thanks guy's for all the kind words. What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies...
Thanks guy's for all the kind words.
What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies to do the same.
Pro challenge was actually my last race for a while.
Got a full time job and gonna try to go to college in January.
you are a very rare person, a dirtbiker with some brains. Smile

good luck at school and keep at it til yer done.
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Tiki 11/4/2008 5:46pm
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When Alessi got clobbered someone helped him.
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fcr 11/4/2008 5:46pm
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Good for you, Good luck with school. With your attitude you should go far.
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Renner came back.
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Rupert X 11/4/2008 5:54pm
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MP47 wrote:
Thanks guy's for all the kind words. What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies...
Thanks guy's for all the kind words.
What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies to do the same.
Pro challenge was actually my last race for a while.
Got a full time job and gonna try to go to college in January.
You did what you are supposed to.

Doesn't make you a hero, but ensures your reputation as a damn good human.

Wish we had more like you, son.

Good luck in school and keep doing good things.
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Rupert X 11/4/2008 5:56pm
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fcr wrote:
Renner came back.
Ricky Renner did indeed come back to check on Alessi at Red Bud.

Gotta love that kid.

Blackopsrider7 11/4/2008 10:06pm
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BobbyM wrote:
you are a very rare person, a dirtbiker with some brains. Smile

good luck at school and keep at it til yer done.
Come on dude, some us never made it to pro,. We did go to college, yes maybe that is why. Smile Yup are right though, rare, by the way, what ever happened to Brad Hagseth? I think he was going to be going to medical school.
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drmarkr 11/4/2008 10:46pm
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MP47 wrote:
Thanks guy's for all the kind words. What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies...
Thanks guy's for all the kind words.
What can I say i crashed on the first lap too, and I would want one of my buddies to do the same.
Pro challenge was actually my last race for a while.
Got a full time job and gonna try to go to college in January.
Good luck to you.....make school another race/competition and you'll kick azz. None of those other guys in your classes have any idea what it takes to get to the starting line of a pro moto event. Your racing experience can translate into a drive and determination that'll make school a piece of cake.

Worked pretty well for me anyways.....

MR
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J.F.S 11/5/2008 5:06am
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JPT wrote:
There's winning and there's being a winner.
Good stuff.
SCYRacing wrote:
X2
prillernut wrote:
x3 - props to Michael! [IMG]http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6022/plusonezr0.png[/IMG]
x3 - props to Michael!
x4!

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