Tragic news from Millville

Wow. So sorry to hear this. RIP brother.

rip

Sad deal, RIP Terry.

That's sad news. Condolences to the family.

Sorry to hear, Condolences to his Friends and Family

RIP. Sorry to hear that. Condolences to his family.

RIP. Does anybody know what happend?

Damm, that sucks. R.I.P.

I am going down there for the RacerX senior race next week.

So sad to hear. Condolences to the family. RIP.

Makes my collarbone surgury seem small. Rip brother I hope it was the way he wanted to go.

Condolences to all his family and friends. So sorry to hear.

RIP...

I've heard from someone that was there, it was a heart attack... not a crash injury.

Just what I've heard.. can't confirm.

That's never good to hear. Condolences to the family.

So sad to hear about this.
RIP Moto Brother.....

RIP

I heard the same thing from people who were there.

Rest in Peace and God Bless.

its never good to hear stuff like that, whatever the situation, its never good.
Rest in Peace

Thats terrible news. I remember Terry from racing in the midwest. Very sad indeed.
Rest in peace!

GodSpeed Terry.

damn, i have met him and ridden with him. i believe he is one of mxking's and highsider's buddies.

Bad week here in the Midwest.


A quad racer was killed in KY competing last Saturday night.


Condolences to all the families.

Right now I don't have much to add to what my wife wrote to tell our nieces and nephews, who knew Chumbley , from working over the years at our track.

"Sorry I have to give you bad news, but Terry Chumbley died this Monday at Millville. We were up there with him. He and Jim were racing the last moto of the 50+ class and Chumbley crashed after swapping, approaching the tabletop before the big triple (after the whoops.) He hit his head hard on the side, and pretty much quit breathing by the time they got him off the track. They did CPR for about an hour. They had a helicopter from Mayo, but didn't use it. They canceled the rest of the races. It was the first death at Spring Valley. Jim talked to him up on the jump before they brought him down. He was out of it but conscious. He moved his arms and legs, so I don't think he was paralyzed. He might have had a heart attack which caused the crash, or there might have been internal injuries. Autopsy was yesterday or today.

We've pretty much been in shock. I feel so bad for Jim after losing Bob Palmer in September, and Bob Hefner in CA shortly before that. Chumbley was his 'heavy metal motocross buddy,' and the main friend for traveling to races. Chumbley did have a great weekend racing. He'd hurt his ankle, but had been pleased with his riding. He and Jim and Bonnell had plans for going to the Regional Qualifier at Millville next weekend, and then a Vet National the weekend after that. You know this won't change any of Jim's plans for racing. He'll probably even go more. When we were sitting at Montezuma Sunday afternoon deciding to go to Millville at Chumbley's urging, Jim told me, 'You know Terry doesn't hesitate to just go. He appreciates the freedom to do it. We should be more like that.' I agreed. We stayed at the track another night and came home yesterday. We've been remembering Chumbley stories and idiosyncrasies nonstop between phone calls. Word gets around fast in the motocross community; many people are calling.
Enjoy your memories of him.

love,cathy"

life is short so live it full throttle
at least he was doing what he loved till the last of his wonderful life
my prayers are with his family and friends and all in the moto family

If your gonna die, die with your boots on! Godspeed Chumbley!

tough stuff. Sounds like a good guy. RIP motobro.

godspeed to you family

Godspeed Terry. You would see him at Gatorback during the Mini-O's, and he seemed like a really nice guy.

Very Sad news.

condolences to the friends and family..