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Nasty.
But how many people noticed the flagger right where musquin went off the track didn't even move. He didn't even know someone was out of control heading right for him. This ain't even funny anymore. These guys are gonna get themselves hurt or someone else.
My 2 cents. Flame on.
But how many people noticed the flagger right where musquin went off the track didn't even move. He didn't even know someone was out of control heading right for him. This ain't even funny anymore. These guys are gonna get themselves hurt or someone else.
My 2 cents. Flame on.
Another angle of Marvins crash from a trackside fan. A language warning for those with sensitive ears.
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And, as per usual, the UTV being right next to the track.
Dude was hauling the mail and looking awesome doing it as well.
It's a joke. And it's amazing that nothing major has happened yet.
On the positive side, we found Reed's tablecloth
The poles were part of their old watering system. They should go too.
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How many promoter's would even reply?
He isn't supposed to be watching people come towards him.
He was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing, watching his area.
This weekly flagger bashing from the nbc gold couch experts is really getting old,,,
These are not the old pine stakes that would get a point on them from hammering.
I would venture that repeaters, as much as some of us dislike them, are pretty much a requirement to get the linear feet of signage required to get sponsors to participate.
What would you guys suggest as a realistic alternative, sign panels? Inflattables? Huge fixed billboards? Alternatives are either going to be more dangerous, block viewing, or require more setback.
In the history of the nationals, are there any documented incidents where a rider was injured?
I don't mean a rider at an amateur sx that fell on a sharp pine stake or something you heard about from your buddy's cousin that once cleaned the pool for a former pro rider's lawn guy.
I would bet there are many more riders that have gotten injured by footpegs and sprockets, yet I have seen no calls for peg covers and enclosed sprockets/wheels or shafts drive requirements.
As far as the posts at southwick. Look at them. It appears they are a piece of pvc pipe slipped over a smaller sprinkler line to get it up high enough for the sprinkler to function and support the smaller line and keep it from wobbling. Unless they are buried more than is reasonable to function in that capacity they are pretty much break-aways, and they sure beat the living hell out of metal or wooden posts I have seen used at other tracks over the years.
The wick is open on a regular basis for amateur practice and racing. I bet there are plenty of vital members that have ridden there and perhaps even seen or experienced what happens when they get hit.
I would also bet that the operators of the facility know exactly how they work from fixing them when someone does hit them.
There are so many risks in this sport, and there should certainly be discussion to minimize them but more facts and a dose of reality are helpful as well.
Maybe trying to run Tomac pace is just to much for him on that track.
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