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Bike failure caused to come up short on rhythm and go over handlebars and bike land on him. He doesn’t need surgery on shoulder and has contusion on kidney.
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https://racerxonline.com/2019/04/16/dean-wilson-out-for-remainder-of-su…
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https://racerxonline.com/2019/04/16/dean-wilson-out-for-remainder-of-su…
So riders pretty much know they go into a SX season with a close on 50/50 chance of being injured.
I can't think of another motorsport where the odds are that high of injury.
You have to wonder why we like this sport so much at times lol.
The Shop
Some of that money can go to r and d for better protection for riders or funneled to protection companies r and d budget. Doctors can analyze each crash and say if they were wearing this specific device they wouldn’t have been injured then work to build it.
It has to be done. The sport can still be great and not change much but little things may be able to be done to reduce injury.
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It's a crazy stat and 50% if you include Savatgy (injured in the heat) and Seely (injured in practice).
2 to go!
As for Deano, I'm glad he wasn't hurt worse. It sucks to see him even acknowledge the "haters" in his IG post. I don't think we've seen much of what he is talking about (people saying they aren't surprised to see him hurt again) here on Vital, but IG commenters are a whole different breed. Either way, it seems like most of these guys do a good job ignoring that shit, as should Dean. He is one of the most well-liked guys out there.
Pit Row
Racers have the best protection available to them, however the majority choose not to use them.
The racing will always be dangerous and injuries are part of the sport, can we reduce them? Sure, but its not likely to happen. Its pretty simple, speed equals broken shit. Slow the bikes down, or slow the tracks down. You will still get injuries even in tip overs, but hopefully nothing major like Roczens or Mookies.
I remember back in the day a 190 lbs 125 2 stroke would not chase me down and impale me to the track like a modern 450 does. I used to end up with my 125 on top of me many times and never really had it do any serious damage. It also didnt go that fast, it just made a lot of noise and sounded fast....
I am not a person who thinks 2 strokes need to come back, I hate mixing oil and the smoke. But these 450 on an SX track are just gnarly and the results are carnage.
I'd like to see less injuries, but I don't see how reducing displacement, or stretching or shortening obstacles will accomplish anything without losing the fan base. Just my $.02.
Do you ever hear cheering when they do a triple? Or do you hear cheering when someone passes someone?
2009 - 6 riders
2010 - 7
2011 - 9 (including Villapoto who missed the main due to crashes in both his heat and LCQ, but was uninjured)
2012 - 3
2013 - 7
2014 - 5
2015 - 5
2016 - 8
2017 - 7
2018 - 6
For the past 10 years 450 SX has averaged 6.3 riders to complete the full season.
The black line is the trend of the number of riders. It is going up very very slightly.
Interestingly, the worst 4-year stretch was 1995-1998, when an average of 4.8 guys made all the mains - and 3 of those years were when there were only 15 events.
Does the number of riders who made every main event count only count riders who missed mains due to injury, or does it also count riders who missed mains due to not qualifying, or not even traveling to the round thus they didn't make main?
But you have to figure there are at least 10? factory riders every year who would only miss a main event due to injury or sickness?
And a few of those years include non-factory guys who made all the mains. For instance, in 2015, Kyle Partridge was one of the 5 guys to make all 17 main events. I don't think he was a factory rider, was he?
Actually, this is WAY over the top. Doctors analyzing crashes? designing specific devices? are you serious...? Do you want to just wrap everyone in bubble wrap?? Or maybe we could line the track with pillows and fluff and all the guys can wear skirts? We could enact speed limits maybe?
The tracks on the other hand... Im all for changing track designs. The current supercross standard of: jump, jump, jump, jump, corner, jump, jump, jump, jump, corner, whoops, corner, jump, jump, jump, corner, sand, corner, jump, jump, jump is a bit ridiculous.... Especially with how 1. big and 2. techincal the jumps are.
There's no reason why supercross tracks cant be toned down, and designed more like a motocross track.... IMO it would DEFINITELY make the racing better...
Take the SMX cup for example... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb0DlCqqDwE) I dont see ANY reason why tracks cant be designed more like this??
*edit* On second thought, I could see how the track/racing could get a bit boring if designed that way.... But idk, something needs to change as far as track design.... just tone it down a TAD bit... OR if it was designed like the SMX cup, it would have to go up into the seating like pontiac used to do, just to make the track longer and get some elevation.... Mannnn bring back the coliseum !
You could hear his bike rev and then just quit/ silence over that last bump. It was clearly the bike, but If he wants a ride, he will probably need to keep quiet about it. He got a raw deal on this one.
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