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1/22/2012 8:07pm
In the "Chad Reed on the Chive" thread, Reded made a statement about wanting to stop and check on Chad if he were RV.
Just wondering, have any of you guys ( who actually race ) ever stopped mid - race to help / check on someone?
I did once. In a vet race a guy tripled past me ( I doubled ) and he wadded up HARD on the landing. I had had no place to go but right over him. Both tires took him square across the chest. I seriously thought he was in bad shape, so I stopped, laid my bike down and ran back to help him get off the track.
Didn't end up in last in that race ( surprisingly ) but didn't have a real good finish. But still, I couldn't leave a guy who was much older than me ( I knew him from other races ) laying on the track after nailing him with a 250F!
Just wondering, have any of you guys ( who actually race ) ever stopped mid - race to help / check on someone?
I did once. In a vet race a guy tripled past me ( I doubled ) and he wadded up HARD on the landing. I had had no place to go but right over him. Both tires took him square across the chest. I seriously thought he was in bad shape, so I stopped, laid my bike down and ran back to help him get off the track.
Didn't end up in last in that race ( surprisingly ) but didn't have a real good finish. But still, I couldn't leave a guy who was much older than me ( I knew him from other races ) laying on the track after nailing him with a 250F!
I have however had someone stop for me. It was a practice day at a place called Switchback in PA. I was going down a 5th gear straightaway on my second lap of the day. I went outside to pass a slower rider and hit a gigantic square edged puddle in what I thought was a freshly disked straightaway. I don't remember the rest but I was unconscious with my head trapped underneath my bike and my exhaust pipe burning my arm and gas from the overflow burning my back. The guy I was passing wondered why I suddenly vanished, came back, and got the bike off of me which is about when I came to. He stayed with me until my friend came around and saw me. Then he was gone. I never got to thank him as I was rushed by my mom and friend to the hospital.
Here is the photo of my wrist about a week afterwards.
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I am never going to be a pro and I'm out to have fun, so making sure everyone is OK is part of the fun for me.
No rider should ever stop.
Last time was for a young lady who was pinned under her bike and in the process of getting cooked by the exhaust.
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