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I know its not a common crash that happens. And why I was saying that a lot of the things that people were suggesting may have more of an impact on other more common types of off track incidents. I do hope that there are people that are working on ways to make racing safer for any types of crash, no matter how rare they are.
I wonder what part of the impact caused his injury. The bending of his body, or the hitting the concrete. If it was the bending, a softer surface might have grabbed him more and made it worse. I am glad that he should be able to make a full recovery. From the outside looking in, it looks like Feld has been trying to make the tracks safer without hurting the racing. Its a give and take sometimes. I hope they keep working on making tracks as safe as possible.
I'm okay with that, but I think that should be the responsibility of the riders to voice their opinions for those changes to be made if something on the track is that dangerous. They already do this to some extent, but I don't think they can get rid of every dangerous obstacle on every track.
Wasn't Austin the only one to crash there? I might have missed someone else so I'm not sure. It also sounds like this crash happened as a result of Austin not backing it down after he lost a contact lens and couldn't see.
Austin, Vialle, multiple privateers, Anderson, Barcia all went down in that section. I agree the riders should voice up, kinda hard when they don’t listen though.
This may be an odd thing to say and I don’t think anyone has mentioned it yet, but i am actually glad he didn’t have a neck brace on.
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Ha... I brought this up in the Daytona "on drugs" thread. Look at all the high speed lanes next to the concrete track and pit lanes.
I think it's funny, you and I are largely on the same page when I read your comments....but the reactions are so different.
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More than Austin crashed there. Tom also had a nasty one there. Isn’t it where swoll went down also?
I don’t know who is responsible for making changes. I’m also not playing Monday quarter back but man some of this shit is common sense. If you see a knuckle kicking riders forward in that big a rhythm going that fast it’s got to be addressed.
Even the whoops. Again, it’s common sense. Don’t put 12 huge whoops after a triple so guys have to hit them wide open in 4th Put them right out of a corner and build them big. Slow the guys down, longer lap times, less laps. It’s just infuriating as a fan to see all the half ass thinking by the ones in charge.
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Everyone go outside.... go into your front yard and run as fast as you can and dive into the air head first. Now go do it on concrete. See which one you'd rather do a second time.
Mats or just soft dirt/sand would be better than concrete. I've crashed on all surfaces and the looser it is the softer the landing. Even on loosely packed rocks is better than hard packed clay. They could do one of those inflatable deals they make landing ramps out of and just have it be 1ft thick to slow the rider down before the hard base. Wouldn't take up too much room in a trailer compared to foam pads.
On another note, I think flat on your back is probably the best way to crash on concrete. Worst case is on your ass or head compressing your vertebrae.
Kind of like the ole “is your hand bigger than your face” kind of thing
Problem solved 😌
I'd like to see more turns and fewer stadium-length straights with 10+ jumps in them. Why has Supercross become Rhythmsectioncross?
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I can't believe Munoz was able to save this at the 11:00 minute mark, it's worth another look. And then seconds later he goes into the oncoming lane which could have resulted in a head on collision. Had Munoz collided with another rider and gotten injured, all the Nancy's here would be talking about installing nets/fencing between the lanes to improve safety:
Didnt Jett crash out of the lead too?
Swoll made contact with Anstie before the section on the flats leading into it. Jett cross rutted. Vialle crashed farther down. No footage that I have seen shows anyone crashing on the same obstacle that Austin did, but I haven't seen Barcia's or Anderson's crash footage there according to Zycki11
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I believe there are a few things going on the causes the injuries.
1. 24 plus laps for a 450 main is too much, tracks are beat.
2. They need more time to prep tracks during the night show. (Matthes has bought this up numerous times)
3. When we raced a sand track you could crash a few times a day and still get up. Concrete is a bad idea no matter how you look at it. Austin could of had a horrible outcome if he landed differently.
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