Sad news from the track

[Degsy]

Bryan Paquette (Dunlop tire crew and racer) was fatally injured in turn 3 during practice Friday morning. Brian died of internal injuries/bleeding at the hospital.

derek

[odduc]

Please consider Brian's family in your thoughts and prayers. Anyone who knew him, knows that he was a great down-to-earth kind of guy who was always willing to offer advice on tires and racing, he was real fast around NHIS.

I spoke to a friend of mine who was close to Brian, this morning. We will start a collection to go to his family. Anyone who may be intersted in contributing, please respond here or PM me.

Godspeed, Brian.

[Rice-rocket1]

My thoughts and prayers are with his family....

R.I.P.

[KevinB]

Thats awful, thoughts and prayer to his loved ones. Is this the same guy who does the tire service at Tony trackdays,rides a duc.

Kevin

[Degsy]

Yes, that was Bryan.

derek

[KevinB]

He was a great guy as lrrs said, he always willing to help out and offer advice. Man, that sucks, I can't believe it.

Kevin

[Nikon]

oh man. that is terrible news.

is there anymore info? what happened?

[Degsy]

Don't want to say until it is all confirmed.

[Nikon]

Originally posted by Degsy
Don't want to say until it is all confirmed.

k

[RSVMILLE661]

Terrible news.. prayers with his family. That sucks.

[VinceF2]

This is not the type of thread I wanted to find on here today...

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends... such a tragedy RIP fellow rider...

[Green Hornet]

if there is a collection going let us know. sorry to hear about this.

[PinHead]

He will be in my thoughts for sure.

[odduc]

I think that Roger of RJs in Nashua will be organizing a benefit of some sort. If nothing else, you may make a donation at Roger's shop and rest assured that ALL he collects will go to Brians' family.

[Daytona440]

My thoughs and prayers go out to Bryan, his family, friends and loved ones...R.I.P to a fallen brother...

[Jank]

Best wishes to his family.

[Thrill]

Not the way I wanted to start the week...hearing bad news.

My prays and heart goes out to his family. May the Lord watch over this fellow rider.

[Stoneman]

DAMN! I was hoping to read some good shit here this morning. I had the pleasure of shootin' the shit with him at Tony's last track day. Helluva guy, and this is a horrible shame. Truely, truely sad...

[gixxer6]

Rest in peace Bryan. All NESR Racing's prayer's go out to your family. God Bless.

[beet]

[hohum]

Yeah, this is horrible news. I only knew Bryan in passing, but he was a helluva nice guy, always willing to answer my incessant questions.

I found out about this tragedy on Sunday while I was watching AMA racing. Whoever it is that runs the Kawasaki team dedicated their race to him after they won. I was shocked when they announced this and had to rewind a few times to make sure I was actually hearing what I heard...

It is indeed a sad day.

[bigred875]

this is terrible... RIP Bryan

[Paul_E_D]

Bryan Paquette was a truly good guy. He worked for Dunlop and painted racebikes for a living. I was his last customer. I trashed my bodywork at the national and he fixed/painted it for me. I shook his hand and thanked him for doing a great job on my bike just before he went out in practice. As usual, he was all smiles. His son was there and he looked proud of his dad's work.

Bryan raced in the 70s and was getting back into it this year. He was putting fresh pads on the bike and got distracted. He was a busy guy at the track. I don't think he even put the pins in, let alone the safety clips. All four pads fell out and he went into T3 on his 996 with nothing to slow him. There is a gap between the walls for just such an occurrence. The tire barriers are there to prevent you from careening into traffic in T10. Well, at that speed, Bryan was launched clear over the barriers and his bike followed closely behind. It hit him, and that was it. I'm stunned and deeply saddened.

Paul

[ducatiwheelie]

My prayers go out to the family and Bryan....RIP

[craig]

RIP and Godspeed Bryan