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Did they ever update on the race coverage what appeared to be a head on collision? Looked like they had a long pause but never mentioned it.
https://youtu.be/Dnw40nrI8sE
The Shop
Really hope Ames is alright.. if there’s any GoPro footage from that it’s gotta be ugly
You’ve got a twenty gate wide start straight; how’s about using a few tuff blocks to make the track dog bone in to that corner and separate the highest speed part of the track from the primary block pass zone before the fucking finish...
As you say the fastest part of the track, in line with the corner that a rider is most likely going to be pushed off track in to the path of on coming riders just does not make sense.
Same goes for the deal with Ames, if He wasn't trying to jet to the next point things might have turned out different.
Indeed, he couldn't slow down because there was NO dirt there.
They slowly came back.
And I think the bare concrete played a part in that.
The concrete would worry me more for getting flicked and landing on it hard rather than crashing my skating bike.
Pit Row
*Edit* I had to edit my post because I originally got the two riders confused and said it was Braden’s fault when I meant Ames.
Also, when did this head on happen? I never saw it. Rewatched heat 1, LCQ and didn’t see it.
The bikes folded up , he flew about 30 feet into the corner I just came out of , and I got crushed between both bikes.
The list of injuries were , lost the end of my left middle finger ( down to the first knuckle ) , shatter my left hand , shattered both collar bones , chipped my left hip , broke and separated my sternum , broke a bunch of ribs and punctured both lungs. The left lung was the worse and was bleeding pretty good and I started coughing up some blood. I bruised my heart and liver pretty good too.
First 5 days was in ICU strapped to a big breathing machine. Was not a good time in my life for sure. I quit riding for 6 years after that , but came back in 2011 and don't regret it. But man , that time in the hospital and about 2 months after really sucked.
A buddy of mine had one as well, just not as fast and no one got hurt. I can say I’ve been lucky and never been in one.
This vid is on facebook, hope you guys can see it.
https://www.facebook.com/adam.dichter/videos/1686766004297/
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