Ryan Dungey lucky that he is not riding a wheel chair instead of a dirt bike

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Edited Date/Time 6/13/2016 11:17am
Damn, riding two motos with a broken neck. I sure am glad that this ended well. It makes me shutter to think of how this could have ended differently.

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Sideways 6/13/2016 11:38am
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One moto.
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Thanks for your opinion doctor.....
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He went down in the 2nd Moto. Not that it really matters Honestly if I had the coins he has. I would seriously consider retirement . Other than the money aspect what's he have to gain that he has not already done ?

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No, he ran the second moto also. I just looked at it again.
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DonM 6/13/2016 11:48am
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TommyZ wrote:
No, he ran the second moto also. I just looked at it again.
Ummmmmm.....he crashed in the 2nd moto....
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Crashed in the second race Bro
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TommyZ 6/13/2016 12:00pm
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According to the results he finished the 2'nd moto in 4'th place. Opps, you are right the crash was in the second moto.

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According to the results he finished the 2'nd moto in 4'th place. Opps, you are right the crash was in the second moto.

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Yeah he came back from outside the top 20 after his crash to finish 4th....and discovered the next day he had a stiff neck....you can actually watch the whole race at promotocross.com and see for yourself....
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TommyZ wrote:
According to the results he finished the 2'nd moto in 4'th place. Opps, you are right the crash was in the second moto.

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yeah that's where he climbed back to after he wrecked and he damn near caught 3rd. But he finished the 1st moto in 2nd all healthy
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He would have also had a broken collarbone if he had a neckbrace on.
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OR Racer46 wrote:
He went down in the 2nd Moto. Not that it really matters Honestly if I had the coins he has. I would seriously consider retirement...
He went down in the 2nd Moto. Not that it really matters Honestly if I had the coins he has. I would seriously consider retirement . Other than the money aspect what's he have to gain that he has not already done ?
I sometimes wonder why some riders come back from injury time and time again to get reinjured again. Trey Canard may be the poster child of this. I always ultimately come to the conclusion that everyone has their own desires and makes their own decisions so I don't pass judgement on those who decide to keep coming back.

Some of these guys though, haven't spent their earnings wisely, and don't know ANYTHING of value outside of racing. And therefore, their decisions are either suck it up and keep racing, risking injury, or get a job probably making $40k a year if they're lucky. And while they make the decisions to keep racing, it isn't entirely their choice to make MX their career. Basically your parents make the decision for you. Starting at the point they allow you to drop out of school or "homeschool" their kid so they can race. And that's when their societal value outside of racing starts disappearing.
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Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to ride. Some have hung it up after bad crashes. hepler, Morris (after that bad crash with trey). Hepler was smart if you ask me. He lived the life of a factory rider for a while, had fun and moved on. He was smart if you ask me. No amount of money or fame (the little they have and only in the mx world) is worth messing your head up and having lifelong problems from it. No matter what, it's their decision if they want to do it anymore. We don't have the right to say what they should do. Nobody tells any of you if you should move from prepping the salads and get on the grill (even though that's when the big bucks start rolling in)
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Dungey is only starting to get rolling. A guy like him doesn't stop because he might get hurt, he stops because he's done. RD isn't done, not by a long shot.
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Uncle_Eddie wrote:
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to...
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to ride. Some have hung it up after bad crashes. hepler, Morris (after that bad crash with trey). Hepler was smart if you ask me. He lived the life of a factory rider for a while, had fun and moved on. He was smart if you ask me. No amount of money or fame (the little they have and only in the mx world) is worth messing your head up and having lifelong problems from it. No matter what, it's their decision if they want to do it anymore. We don't have the right to say what they should do. Nobody tells any of you if you should move from prepping the salads and get on the grill (even though that's when the big bucks start rolling in)
We didnt "ask you" once, especially not twice...

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Uncle_Eddie 6/13/2016 2:16pm
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Uncle_Eddie wrote:
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to...
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to ride. Some have hung it up after bad crashes. hepler, Morris (after that bad crash with trey). Hepler was smart if you ask me. He lived the life of a factory rider for a while, had fun and moved on. He was smart if you ask me. No amount of money or fame (the little they have and only in the mx world) is worth messing your head up and having lifelong problems from it. No matter what, it's their decision if they want to do it anymore. We don't have the right to say what they should do. Nobody tells any of you if you should move from prepping the salads and get on the grill (even though that's when the big bucks start rolling in)
CAB214 wrote:
We didnt "ask you" once, especially not twice...
Nope, didn't need to. Oh and the salad thing....coming to America. Keep coming bud
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Should've been wearing an Atlas. Wouldn't be in this situation and could have had a pocket full of neck brace cash to boot.
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Uncle_Eddie wrote:
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to...
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to ride. Some have hung it up after bad crashes. hepler, Morris (after that bad crash with trey). Hepler was smart if you ask me. He lived the life of a factory rider for a while, had fun and moved on. He was smart if you ask me. No amount of money or fame (the little they have and only in the mx world) is worth messing your head up and having lifelong problems from it. No matter what, it's their decision if they want to do it anymore. We don't have the right to say what they should do. Nobody tells any of you if you should move from prepping the salads and get on the grill (even though that's when the big bucks start rolling in)
Broc Hepler was in a much worse place than anybody out there racing now or contemplating retirement. He was forced to take time off unless he wanted to end up a vegetable. Still a smart move, though.
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Uncle_Eddie 6/13/2016 2:32pm
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Yep, I'll never understand why they don't come here for answers first
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Uncle_Eddie 6/13/2016 2:38pm
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Oh definitely, your right about that. I'm surprised trey is still at it. Love the guy but he has had some pretty rough times
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The title of this thread is the most ignorant thing I've read all day.
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Uncle_Eddie wrote:
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to...
Trey has talked about it a few times in interviews. Said he has thought about retiring but then 2 weeks into recovery and he wants to ride. Some have hung it up after bad crashes. hepler, Morris (after that bad crash with trey). Hepler was smart if you ask me. He lived the life of a factory rider for a while, had fun and moved on. He was smart if you ask me. No amount of money or fame (the little they have and only in the mx world) is worth messing your head up and having lifelong problems from it. No matter what, it's their decision if they want to do it anymore. We don't have the right to say what they should do. Nobody tells any of you if you should move from prepping the salads and get on the grill (even though that's when the big bucks start rolling in)
mx836 wrote:
Broc Hepler was in a much worse place than anybody out there racing now or contemplating retirement. He was forced to take time off unless he...
Broc Hepler was in a much worse place than anybody out there racing now or contemplating retirement. He was forced to take time off unless he wanted to end up a vegetable. Still a smart move, though.
He was also smart with his money, and made a lot because they were handing out big contracts before 08-09.
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OR Racer46 wrote:
He went down in the 2nd Moto. Not that it really matters Honestly if I had the coins he has. I would seriously consider retirement...
He went down in the 2nd Moto. Not that it really matters Honestly if I had the coins he has. I would seriously consider retirement . Other than the money aspect what's he have to gain that he has not already done ?
Retirement! Are you kidding?!? You can't be serious. What does he have to gain? How about the same reason we all race. To compete and have FUN.

Can you imagine how fun it is to race with the best in the world and be competitive?

I'd race for as long as I was competitive and possibly could even if I wasn't getting paid, hell I'd even pay them!! - wait....I actually do that on a weekly basis and I'm 54.

At his level if he were to quit, he'd only be able to race a couple times a year at LLs the Vet Worlds when he turns 30, and maybe a couple others but none would be any fun cause he would lap the field.

If your a true racer, which I think Dungey is (I'm not actually positive) you race for the love of it - Not money.
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Mr. Info wrote:
He would have also had a broken collarbone if he had a neckbrace on.
I can't believe you posted this! let's see, broken neck or broken collar bone? Hmmmm... let me think about this one for a minute or two. The whole neck brace issue will never die!
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Mr. Info wrote:
He would have also had a broken collarbone if he had a neckbrace on.
Potts wrote:
I can't believe you posted this! let's see, broken neck or broken collar bone? Hmmmm... let me think about this one for a minute or two...
I can't believe you posted this! let's see, broken neck or broken collar bone? Hmmmm... let me think about this one for a minute or two. The whole neck brace issue will never die!
Ding ding ding... we have a winner for someone willing to take the bait.... lol

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