Little one down.

I’ve been at the track where the dad followed the kid around making sure he was safe. It made it 10x worse for everyone on the track. Kid never left the ground just rolling every jump. This at a track that has very strict rules about no adults on the kiddie track ever! Even if the adult is on a mini. 

It's crazy the state with the most regulations and massive government oversight somehow has the most backwards ass moto facilities.  

Hearing this has broken my heart. I pray for the family and friends and most of all, I pray that this little dude is riding in heavenly paradise. 

This incident was totally avoidable. Suing the track won't help much. Tracks need to be governed by someone like the AMA (just an example) who set rules for track owners to abide by. 

If the track owner is doing a shitty job (Glen Helen) and someone gets hurt then sue the AMA or governing body.

Just my 2c

Absolutely terrible. In 2008 I witnessed this first hand. I thought putting big/little bikes on same track was a thing of the past...apparently not. Godspeed  

Same in tiny, tiny Finland (at the more popular busy tracks). 

I lay the blame on the parents. I don't have kids yet, but when i hopefully become a father in a couple of years and if they want to ride i will never ever put them on a track with big bikes. Never.

This is the bottom line.  The track owners should pay attention, however when they do not, ultimately, it's on the parents. 

 If I show up and they are running big bikes with the kids, no way my child gets the bike out of the truck.  I'd let the track owner/management know immediately that this is unacceptable and that I will take the practice session somewhere else.  

And as an adult rider, I'd not get on the track with kids on the track. 

It's a bad idea people!

I know how intimidating it is to be on the practice track with riders that are faster, or more familiar with the track, or just out there acting stupid,  and I'm a grown ass man, been doing this since early 70's.  

I can't imagine this 7-year-old out there among the big bikes, poor guy - this story makes me sick.  

If my kid was on a bike and I saw big bikes out there...that little fella would get pulled from the track like ASAP. It should never happen and the track should have CC regs in place to divide the bikes up 100%. But...WTF...what parent would allow their kid out there knowing full well the risk to the little guy. Makes zero fkng sense.

anyone know why one of my two posts was deleted?

If tracks weren't being shut down left and right maybe situations like this wouldn't occur as often, or hopefully at all.  There are very few track owners reaping profits from track revenue, and subsequentially this is what happens.  Plenty of blame to go around, but the only results coming from this tragedy is probably even more tracks being shut down.       

I didn’t ride for 5 years after almost landing on a little kid. Shit messed me up good. I barely ride on the track because of that incident. 

Most of the Texas tracks separate practices - 50s, 65/85, big bike C/D, and big bike A/B. Not all but most.

Wow...really bummed for this child and his family. Track owners world wide should have all these classes separate. There is ZERO reason they can't split classes in 2026. Too many deaths happening like this. All preventable.

There is no way in hell I would have ever let my son on the track with big bikes at that age. The speed and ability aren’t even close. If the practices weren’t split we would’ve packed up and went elsewhere or home. I’m sorry for the parents loss, the guy that hit him, and everyone else involved but this one was truly avoidable by all of them. And with their negligence and stupidity we will all now collectively suffer for it. We can’t keep having this and expect tracks to still be there. Wise up! 

Not in SoCal…upstate NY track….we too have the “trainer’s” with the mini”s following them around the track doing section work…..during an open practice day. That usually takes place later in the day at my local track, Thats when I decide my day is just about over. In my opinion only a poorly managed track would allow minis and big bikes at the same time…how hard is it to separate them for individual sessions? 

Thats strange. I got banned like 2 months ago for a few weeks for a post, but that one is still there. Good thing is, the user I replied to got a perma ban for his one lol (which is also still there)

You sir (or ma'am probably) are a fucking idiot.