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Yesterday at the Budds Creek Amateur Regional there were 3 riders airlifted from the track. I was wondering if anyone knew the status of any of them. There was one in particular that happened right in from of us in the 2 stroke class, it was pretty bad. It was off the first step up and I think the riders name is Justin Steidler from ME. If anyone has any info, I would appreciate an update.
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I think the only thing they did for Friday practice was take the ruts out of the corners. still braking and acceleration bumps everywhere and the jump faces were totally sketchy but I think they were dealing with rain issues. track prep Sat mourning was good IMO but the lack of taking a few 10 min breaks and watering a few sections really hurt. the complete over watering of Sat nite/Sun mourning was terrible.
I hope everyone has a complete recovery.
Friends, Please say a prayer for my buddy Justin Steidler... He was at his MotoX Qualifier at Budds Creek in Maryland and he crashed really bad
He's in a hospital in Maryland... Pretty banged up. It appears that he has broken his femur and has a NASTY concussion... He's supposed to have surgery tomorrow on his leg.
No idea as to the accuracy, just something I saw
It has always been a fast track.
Even though there were some stars of tomorrow there, I thought the big step up after the first turn was a little extreme for an amateur race. The crash on that same jump where the riders bike was catapulted 10-15ft in the air was scary for sure.
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This post is starting to go off topic; It was started out of concern for 3 riders that went down over the weekend. Let's hope that all riders, including those that were injured make it home soon and safely. I'd like to respond to your comments on prep; I'm aware of the meetings because I've spent the past 20 years in the OR supplying the implants to restore the broken bones. When the 2 groups meet the question is not concerning track maintenance, but how big/difficult the jumps/obstacles are. Ex. They are not concerned with or questioning the ruts on the face of a jump, but they are concerned with how big/difficult a jump is and the toll it will take when a rider goes down. If you've ever asked yourself why some tracks consist primarily of small tabletops it is because state and insurance regulations demand such. Unfortunately, I watched a rider die at Easton and it had nothing to do with maintenance; the rider jumped one tabletop and sadly plowed into the face of the second table. I've broken my hand at tomahawk and my leg at BDMX when I was T-boned in a turn, again nothing to do with maintenance, but the danger of our sport. My point is that the departments are not discussing maintenance, but they are discussing the degree of difficulty. One of 2 things may occur in the future, if the state jumps in; Budds is a Pro track and the jumps will be tamed for us amateurs or amateurs will be locked out of riding at Budds altogether.
I took a neighbor riding, for the first time, Sunday and I promised him 2 things. You will fall and you will stall the bike; both occured repeatedly. He went down in the sand 5 times and stalled so much that I put him on my new KTM. We play in a very dangerous sport!
Again, thoughts and prayers to the injured riders!
So I guess it can be more of a precautionary thing, because I think the closest hospital is like ~30 minutes or more away, which includes all that traffic in the Waldorf area.
@bq365 can you help get #PrayersForJoshBoyd trending he was in a bad crash at Budds Creeks Regional and needs as many prayers as possible
EDIT
found this on his facebook page. says farther on down that at some point he had no feeling below his shoulder blades. Prayers to him and family.
Update ~ Josh Boyd
Tuesday, 7-2-13
2:00 pm
On a positive note... Josh had another night of healing. It was a difficult night for him but he is in excellent hands and docs are doing all that they can for him. They will continue doing many things for him throughout the day. Just know that he continues to be in a very critical state and your prayers are needed desperately. I will be making updates as I get info. from Grace/hospital.
Docs comment = Josh is running a marathon NOT sprinting ~ so hourly updates are difficult/impossible.
Continued positive thoughts and your prayers are all that is needed at this time.
From that page -
"Alright thanks once again for all the likes and especially the T shirt orders. A few people have been asking now how this all happened. Josh, his dad, and myself went down to Budds Creek for the Lorretta Lynn Regional that he had qualified for. This is the last step in seeing if you get to race at Lorretta's which josh wanted to do so badly and was at the top of his game this year. It was the last moto before the end of the day when it happened. He went of a jump and the bike bucked him. I looked over and saw josh basically doing a handstand on the bike and it was heading for the ground, I took off and ran over to him, and that's when he said he couldn't feel his legs. That's when they life flighted him here to the University of Maryland hospital. Later on when me and Josh's dad starting looking at his gear, we found were he had landed right on his head, and where his Leatt neck brace had failed to do the jobs it's supposed to do which is protect the neck. Now he is on the road to recovery and is doing good and going day by day"
Its really unfortunate that the track was so mismanaged for this event. One of our local riders ended up with a punctured lung. He will make a full recovery but with the nature of a full gate and the pressure that the regionals have to perform, the track should have been prepped much better.
We raced the Gatorback regional two weekends ago and while there was room for improvement, they did do a nice job in prepping the track as well as grooming through the day. I don't believe we had any significant injuries that entire weekend.
this explains a lot, we had never been there before but I knew I had seen a few of the workers faces before and when I had a couple of questions about where things were I never got a solid answer, just a over in that direction type of answer. while the step up after the start was a bit sketchy the rollers/double right after it left a lot to be desired. I saw only two guys doing it with any consistency and it total just beat the crap out of everyone else. a lot of jump faces really needed more attention also. they have to understand at some point these guys are all pushing the limits at these events and not making things safer is going to end bad. I really like to see a few things to separate people and roughness is one of them but sketchy jumps are not.
again really hope and pray everyone heals completely and quickly.
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