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Edited Date/Time
1/23/2012 2:34am
My prayers go out to the family. Losing a child must be the toughest thing any parent goes through.
But is there not a deeper question? 1 am race? Is this correct??? What races are conducted at 1am?? I would never put my kid on a bike that late. No way. No race is that important, especially not at 8 years old. Has he even stayed up that late before in his life?? I know my kids probably had never stayed up past midnight until 8 or so and that was for New Years Eve, in our house and them in their PJs and even then they were asleep before the ball dropped and we had to wake them up.
What was the track thinking running any races past 10pm? The effort it takes to concentrate under race conditions is not something an 8 year old can do at 1am, and neither could nearly all of us that ride or race. Listen to the drivers and teams about the 24 hours at Le Mans and hear what they say about the early morning driving. It is the toughest.
The comments on the site were mostly stupid, except those few that were critical of the hour of the race. I myself am critical of any race at 1am for children. I dont believe under any conditions should a child be racing anything at 1am. There is no way he was not affected by the lateness of the hour.
RIP Logan .
But is there not a deeper question? 1 am race? Is this correct??? What races are conducted at 1am?? I would never put my kid on a bike that late. No way. No race is that important, especially not at 8 years old. Has he even stayed up that late before in his life?? I know my kids probably had never stayed up past midnight until 8 or so and that was for New Years Eve, in our house and them in their PJs and even then they were asleep before the ball dropped and we had to wake them up.
What was the track thinking running any races past 10pm? The effort it takes to concentrate under race conditions is not something an 8 year old can do at 1am, and neither could nearly all of us that ride or race. Listen to the drivers and teams about the 24 hours at Le Mans and hear what they say about the early morning driving. It is the toughest.
The comments on the site were mostly stupid, except those few that were critical of the hour of the race. I myself am critical of any race at 1am for children. I dont believe under any conditions should a child be racing anything at 1am. There is no way he was not affected by the lateness of the hour.
RIP Logan .
Let alone gotten drowsy?
Hell I sometimes ride mine around the driveway to wake myself up working on stuff.
I know it's not good for them to be riding that late, but if you start a night race too early with the sun out it can be pretty dangerous with the sun setting and blinding you over jumps. A few bad crashes or waiting for the heli to come can easily get the schedule backed up pretty late too.
When I was eight my parents owned a drive-in theater and was up until 1-2am all the time in the summer. I loved it but then I'd sleep until noon the next day.
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Nobody here knows the full facts. The kid could've taken several naps prior to the race for all we know. The parents could've considered dozens of things the readers of the story haven't even envisioned.
The only fact we do know is that riding MX is dangerous. Period. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Most 8 year olds capable of racing an 85 cc bike are also racing in the advanced 65cc class at the same time.
Be careful moving your son or daughter to the larger machine prematurely.
Not saying this is the case, but merely advice witnessed over the years with injuries.
Cam speaks the truth...but what do I know?
The races are supposed to start at 7, but rarely do. I would like to see the mini classes moved in the race order to move the young ones up to earlier in the evening, even if they went back to back to get them done. The course is much more of a super cross style track with very safe obstacles, no do-or die doubles or triples. Flat landing off of this particular table top happens, not all the time, but it does happen.
"maybe it's because im not a parent, but I dont see the problem. When I raced night-races, if it got super late, id sleep before my moto." - zookrider62
Unless you're referring to yourself when you were 8 years old, I don't think it's really useful to equate your own choices when you race night races to an 8YO's "I think I'll take a nap" decision-making.
This is going to be unpopular around here, but at 8, I think kids are still almost completely dependent on their parents to make mature choices for them. On the face of it, I can only feel that permitting your 8YO race in the 80 class (at 1 in the morning, no less) represents very poor judgment, no matter the justification or outcome. Regardless of whether the kid was killed or it had ended up just another night at the track, I'd still have a problem with it. Sorry, but IMO, a 50-60lb, 8YO kid is simply not physically or mentally mature enough to race SX with 90ft tabletops on a 20hp bike, no matter how much he loves it nor how fast his laps are.
However, the main thing is, I feel terrible for these people. And I am sure they are second-guessing everything right now.
This is a huge huge tragedy, but this young boy may have done the same thing during a day event. Sometimes things just happen. I feel for the family and for the people who were on the scene and had to witness the accident.
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