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FIRST PERSON/OPINION
Via e-mail:
How many riders will it take to get hurt before they fix the curb at VIR? I was one of the fortunate to find the curb in Turn 10 last year. Busted my knee wide open,no big deal, some stitches and I'll be fixed up in no time. Wrong, on the table I went Two months of laying up and rehab. Insurance bill was $15,000 and my out of pocket was $4500. Next day same turn same injury to another rider (CCS/USGPRU weekend). I was shaking my head when I heard about DiSalvo's same incident the AMA weekend three weeks later. Now another knee bites the dust. Unreal.
Steve Wenner
Pompano Beach, Florida
FIRST PERSON/OPINION
Via e-mail:
VIR Knee-buster: I hit my left knee on the left hand gators going down the roller coaster and cut my leathers and my knee open during FX qualifying in 2004. It has been two years and the scar is still visible. Pretty much the same place as DiSalvo I believe. The problem is if you get close enough (as you should be) to the apex, your knee will be over the gator (inside) portion of the curbing. It is going to permanently injure someone one day, I think.
Dafan Zhang
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Where's the money to fix this??? How responsive has the track been? Are there greedy assholes running that place or what? 15,000 dollars of profit per weekend has to go somewhere!!!
I'm OUTRAGED!!! I'll NEVER race there again.
In all seriousness, this fix doesn't even require money, just concern (which is apparently lacking) and an angle grinder...