The tree at Loretta’s, WTF??

The real Sasquatch 7/30/2025 12:21pm
7/30/2025 12:21pm

On a backyard practice track I might expect to have trees that close. If I was riding a GNCC or trail riding I would expect trees to be possible to hit and watch out for them.  But not at any track that has motocross style racing.   Maybe on the inside of a slower corner. But not so close to a jump like that. 

 

 I'm not saying to bring MX Sports down over the crash. and I don't think anybody is saying that. But I agree that the track should be moved over so that its not possible to hit the tree while being 8 feet from the edge of the track. Or at least far enough away that a scrub or swap would never result in getting close enough to hit the tree. 

 

 Just move the track over, leave the tree and shade. Hell even move the banners over and narrow up that jump so people are not so close to the tree right away. And change it for next year. 

 

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JB 19 7/30/2025 12:29pm
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aeffertz wrote:

I don’t know what that dude was thinking. 

Chris_Buehler wrote:

You dont know what the dude was thinking? Theres a tree right next to a high speed jump on a mx track 

JBlain619 wrote:
1. It's not a high speed jump.2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  3. Go look at the video...

1. It's not a high speed jump.

2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  

3. Go look at the video again, his back end starts to slide out and it shoots him back inside towards the tree.  You can see that exact thing if you watch the moto on Racertv.  It happens on the first lap and he's in 2nd going into that section. 

Not saying that it is his fault, just sometimes shit happens.

 

It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a truck load of saw dust right after the landing and guys have been wadding up on the braking bumps landing from the triple like crazy.  I think that's what he did.  

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Meister 7/30/2025 12:35pm
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Good thing canning aint rich taylor. Hed be part owner of MX sports. 

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The real Sasquatch wrote:
On a backyard practice track I might expect to have trees that close. If I was riding a GNCC or trail riding I would expect trees...

On a backyard practice track I might expect to have trees that close. If I was riding a GNCC or trail riding I would expect trees to be possible to hit and watch out for them.  But not at any track that has motocross style racing.   Maybe on the inside of a slower corner. But not so close to a jump like that. 

 

 I'm not saying to bring MX Sports down over the crash. and I don't think anybody is saying that. But I agree that the track should be moved over so that its not possible to hit the tree while being 8 feet from the edge of the track. Or at least far enough away that a scrub or swap would never result in getting close enough to hit the tree. 

 

 Just move the track over, leave the tree and shade. Hell even move the banners over and narrow up that jump so people are not so close to the tree right away. And change it for next year. 

 

Nope it’s all or nothing, can’t have some common sense and try to make this sport safer. The best we can do is ban videos of people partying after the motos.

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Rosso391 7/30/2025 12:55pm
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Maybe don't try to cut the corner when there is a tree there?...

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Shredder 7/30/2025 1:03pm
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On his IG he said "Hit that line all day yesterday but the way the track formed had a bigger lip today. I hit the tree, not a branch and was not out of control at all. Unfortunately things happen fast on a dirt bike"

Taking responsibility for himself. Refreshing. 

 

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Rosso391 7/30/2025 1:07pm
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Shredder wrote:
On his IG he said "Hit that line all day yesterday but the way the track formed had a bigger lip today. I hit the tree...

On his IG he said "Hit that line all day yesterday but the way the track formed had a bigger lip today. I hit the tree, not a branch and was not out of control at all. Unfortunately things happen fast on a dirt bike"

Taking responsibility for himself. Refreshing. 

 

At least the rider takes responsibility. The rest of you guys complaining about the tree on his behalf need to chill out.

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Chris_Buehler wrote:

You dont know what the dude was thinking? Theres a tree right next to a high speed jump on a mx track 

JBlain619 wrote:
1. It's not a high speed jump.2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  3. Go look at the video...

1. It's not a high speed jump.

2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  

3. Go look at the video again, his back end starts to slide out and it shoots him back inside towards the tree.  You can see that exact thing if you watch the moto on Racertv.  It happens on the first lap and he's in 2nd going into that section. 

Not saying that it is his fault, just sometimes shit happens.

 

JB 19 wrote:
It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a...

It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a truck load of saw dust right after the landing and guys have been wadding up on the braking bumps landing from the triple like crazy.  I think that's what he did.  

He ain't crashing 😅

Have you seen the other angle? He wasn't even going down, Would have landed just fine.

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JB 19 7/30/2025 1:26pm
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JBlain619 wrote:
1. It's not a high speed jump.2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  3. Go look at the video...

1. It's not a high speed jump.

2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  

3. Go look at the video again, his back end starts to slide out and it shoots him back inside towards the tree.  You can see that exact thing if you watch the moto on Racertv.  It happens on the first lap and he's in 2nd going into that section. 

Not saying that it is his fault, just sometimes shit happens.

 

JB 19 wrote:
It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a...

It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a truck load of saw dust right after the landing and guys have been wadding up on the braking bumps landing from the triple like crazy.  I think that's what he did.  

aees wrote:

He ain't crashing 😅

Have you seen the other angle? He wasn't even going down, Would have landed just fine.

I can see his rear go sideways at the very begining of the video.   So if he wasn't crashing anyway how did he get to an object that is off the track?  

Whether a tree should be that close to a track is for another discussion. 

I was looking forward to watching Canning because he was flying at the Ironman regional.   

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JBlain619 7/30/2025 1:27pm
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Chris_Buehler wrote:

You dont know what the dude was thinking? Theres a tree right next to a high speed jump on a mx track 

JBlain619 wrote:
1. It's not a high speed jump.2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  3. Go look at the video...

1. It's not a high speed jump.

2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  

3. Go look at the video again, his back end starts to slide out and it shoots him back inside towards the tree.  You can see that exact thing if you watch the moto on Racertv.  It happens on the first lap and he's in 2nd going into that section. 

Not saying that it is his fault, just sometimes shit happens.

 

JB 19 wrote:
It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a...

It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a truck load of saw dust right after the landing and guys have been wadding up on the braking bumps landing from the triple like crazy.  I think that's what he did.  

Great ride in moto 1 bud!!  Rooting for you! Keep it going!

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jndmx 7/30/2025 1:54pm
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Sucks to see this for Chris, hard working dude.

 

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JB 19 7/30/2025 2:11pm
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JBlain619 wrote:
1. It's not a high speed jump.2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  3. Go look at the video...

1. It's not a high speed jump.

2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  

3. Go look at the video again, his back end starts to slide out and it shoots him back inside towards the tree.  You can see that exact thing if you watch the moto on Racertv.  It happens on the first lap and he's in 2nd going into that section. 

Not saying that it is his fault, just sometimes shit happens.

 

JB 19 wrote:
It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a...

It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a truck load of saw dust right after the landing and guys have been wadding up on the braking bumps landing from the triple like crazy.  I think that's what he did.  

JBlain619 wrote:

Great ride in moto 1 bud!!  Rooting for you! Keep it going!

Thanks man. 

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Gimmea2Smoke 7/30/2025 2:33pm
7/30/2025 2:33pm

was watching an old YT vid of RC/JS7 and was struck by how close the fans were to the track. Probably 10' outside the track itself. Awesome for viewing, but egads, how has a bike not catapulted into the audience and killed someone? So back to current day, where's the limit? how far do we go in terms of "safety" while still preserving the ability to enjoyably view the races? Do we have to install Nascar-style wire fences that can stop bikes all the way around the track? Only allow certain areas for public to stand around? Hard discussion I'm sure with few good solutions.....

Reminds me a bit of baseball in some ways. A line drive foul ball could straight up kill you if you're not paying attention. Should MLB enclose the entire stadium in nets, or do we at some point have to say "You're assuming a certain risk in attending this event. You get hurt, your problem"? 

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Nairb#70 7/30/2025 4:04pm
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Hope Chris is OK, such a bummer to see that happen to such a nice guy. Hope he heals up well.

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FilthyGrungy 7/30/2025 4:51pm
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FilthyGrungy wrote:

I think banning stacyc bikes from the pits will remedy this

Racerx930 wrote:
I run a fairly large motocross series.  The worst thing that has happened all year is a Stacyc collision with a rider coming off the track...

I run a fairly large motocross series.  The worst thing that has happened all year is a Stacyc collision with a rider coming off the track.  The child was out cold for several minutes and a very scary situation.   Time and place, and running around the pits of a busy race track isn't the time or place.

So when that happens and the little kid is on a pedal bike, it will be different?

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JMR1976 7/30/2025 5:13pm
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Imagine having a race through the woods!

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FilthyGrungy wrote:

I think banning stacyc bikes from the pits will remedy this

Racerx930 wrote:
I run a fairly large motocross series.  The worst thing that has happened all year is a Stacyc collision with a rider coming off the track...

I run a fairly large motocross series.  The worst thing that has happened all year is a Stacyc collision with a rider coming off the track.  The child was out cold for several minutes and a very scary situation.   Time and place, and running around the pits of a busy race track isn't the time or place.

FilthyGrungy wrote:

So when that happens and the little kid is on a pedal bike, it will be different?

Umm… then we will uhhh… I got it… we’ll ban pedal bikes… and when we hit people walking… we will ban walking….

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Redsbengalswildcats 7/30/2025 5:46pm
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Rosso391 wrote:

At least the rider takes responsibility. The rest of you guys complaining about the tree on his behalf need to chill out.

It’s an unnecessary hazard. 

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beamer 7/30/2025 5:48pm
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It’s another obstacle of the track, it’s there for everyone . 

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8tensolutions 7/30/2025 5:56pm
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How is this different than a barrier or a wall in SX.  Don't run into it is the best option right?  

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Dirty Points 7/30/2025 6:31pm
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JBlain619 wrote:
1. It's not a high speed jump.2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  3. Go look at the video...

1. It's not a high speed jump.

2. It's been there for 40+ years and no one has hit it before.  

3. Go look at the video again, his back end starts to slide out and it shoots him back inside towards the tree.  You can see that exact thing if you watch the moto on Racertv.  It happens on the first lap and he's in 2nd going into that section. 

Not saying that it is his fault, just sometimes shit happens.

 

JB 19 wrote:
It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a...

It's really sucks that it happened, but he was probably crashing bad and going of the track if the tree wasn't  there anyway.  They poured a truck load of saw dust right after the landing and guys have been wadding up on the braking bumps landing from the triple like crazy.  I think that's what he did.  

aees wrote:

He ain't crashing 😅

Have you seen the other angle? He wasn't even going down, Would have landed just fine.

Other angle.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMwHkf_NhK-/?igsh=MTJ6OXZuazF1dm1taQ==

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Chris_Buehler 7/30/2025 6:31pm
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I see Slowie doubling down and putting out a sensational video about the crash. That will get you back in the good graces. Hes sticking to his guns. I'll give him that. 

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Zucchini Nibs 7/30/2025 6:44pm
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Dirty Points wrote:

Other angle.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMwHkf_NhK-/?igsh=MTJ6OXZuazF1dm1taQ==

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see how he would’ve gone “way off the track” like others are saying, that looks like if you made a relatively tiny mistake you could face massive consequences

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motomike137 7/30/2025 6:52pm
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In this day and age they are playing with fire 🔥 not eliminating possible situations like that. It doesn't take rocket scienteest to figure out 

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Chris_Buehler wrote:
I see Slowie doubling down and putting out a sensational video about the crash. That will get you back in the good graces. Hes sticking to...

I see Slowie doubling down and putting out a sensational video about the crash. That will get you back in the good graces. Hes sticking to his guns. I'll give him that. 

Why shouldn't he? The dude is banned for life, if I was him, I'd go scorched earth, then again if I was him, I wouldn't have got banned in the first place. 

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mxpappy711 7/31/2025 5:21am
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Lawyers will work it out. Price increases incoming.

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Dirty Points wrote:

Other angle.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMwHkf_NhK-/?igsh=MTJ6OXZuazF1dm1taQ==

Zucchini Nibs wrote:
Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see how he would’ve gone “way off the track” like others are saying, that looks like if you made...

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see how he would’ve gone “way off the track” like others are saying, that looks like if you made a relatively tiny mistake you could face massive consequences

Exactly 👍

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Chris_Buehler wrote:
I see Slowie doubling down and putting out a sensational video about the crash. That will get you back in the good graces. Hes sticking to...

I see Slowie doubling down and putting out a sensational video about the crash. That will get you back in the good graces. Hes sticking to his guns. I'll give him that. 

ya what a toolbox. i was open minded about the guy til i seen more from him. i've literally seen 2 things and both of them hes baggin on the company that eventually banned him. big surprise. if he constantly made shit vids to get clicks  of my company i woulda done the same

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MPJC 7/31/2025 8:04am
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The rider sounds like a stand up guy, taking responsibility. This doesn't mean everything is fine with the way the track is. Move the damn jump over a bit so this doesn't happen again. If there was a lawsuit and this video was presented as evidence in court, how do you think that would turn out? Unfortunately, you've got to think like a lawyer to prevent having to deal with any. 

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MPJC wrote:
The rider sounds like a stand up guy, taking responsibility. This doesn't mean everything is fine with the way the track is. Move the damn jump...

The rider sounds like a stand up guy, taking responsibility. This doesn't mean everything is fine with the way the track is. Move the damn jump over a bit so this doesn't happen again. If there was a lawsuit and this video was presented as evidence in court, how do you think that would turn out? Unfortunately, you've got to think like a lawyer to prevent having to deal with any. 

Thats the biggest thing taking responsibility.  You're also right I would change that section up somehow. I see a lot of lawsuit talk about it. If it was another rider it wouldn't surprise me. I don't think many people commenting lawsuit actually know who Chris is or what he has to do with racing. 

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