Doc went down.

["Dangerous" Dan K]

Doc, shit deal man. Heal fast. Sorry to hear about this.

[s a x m a n]

You seemed in good spirits considering. Glad it wasn't worse for you.

Heal up!

[MissTwisties]

Aww shit. Sorry to hear about it Doc. Heal up fast and get back out there.

[RyanNicholson]

Ahh man, I didn't realize you had even gone down when I waved and stuff as you were leaving. Definitely takes the wind out of the sails but heal up quick bud.

I really really want to get involved in racing in the next few years, and stupid crap like that is what makes me think differently, guys/girls just don't use their heads sometimes...

Don't let a few isolated incidents here and there sway you completely. When it comes to racing the difference between a "bonehead move" and a clean pass is decided at 100+ mph in 1/1000th of a second... sometimes things just don't go as planned, even for a seasoned expert like Scott. It sucks, but that's just the nature of the beast. In general though it really isn't bad...

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

I really really want to get involved in racing in the next few years, and stupid crap like that is what makes me think differently, guys/girls just don't use their heads sometimes...

Your right, Its not for everyone. you assume these risks by getting on the track in a non-trackday enviroment. you can also go down hitting a spot of water (or dirt blown on the track by a back hoe).

It sucks what happened to DOC I am glad it was not worse. Throwing around blame is Useless.

Its a race practice You are practcing racing.

[CEO]

Heal up buddy... I was bummed for you because you finally made it back up to the track and then had that happen in practice... buzzkill. I know you'll be back though

When it comes to racing the difference between a "bonehead move" and a clean pass is decided at 100+ mph in 1/1000th of a second... sometimes things just don't go as planned, even for a seasoned expert like Scott. It sucks, but that's just the nature of the beast. In general though it really isn't bad...

+1,000,000 well said.

[GixerJockey]

Damn Doc. That sucks. Heal up soon and I'll see you at the race track.

[Doc]

Don't let a few isolated incidents here and there sway you completely. When it comes to racing the difference between a "bonehead move" and a clean pass is decided at 100+ mph in 1/1000th of a second... sometimes things just don't go as planned, even for a seasoned expert like Scott. It sucks, but that's just the nature of the beast. In general though it really isn't bad...

Your right, Its not for everyone. you assume these risks by getting on the track in a non-trackday enviroment. you can also go down hitting a spot of water (or dirt blown on the track by a back hoe).

Throwing around blame is Useless.

Its a race practice You are practcing racing.

[slammp]

Were you sitting under the bleachers toward the end of the day with a green Kawi?

The Kawi was a buddy of mine's but yeah that was us trying not to get soaked. Did'nt matter much because we got dumped on on the ride back to Boston.

[kbroderick]

Sorry to hear about that, Doc. Good luck healing up quick (I've heard plenty of clavicle stories go both short and long, and I'm not sure if there's anything you can do to keep it on the short side).

[SVRACER01]

at least your ok...you still owe me $10

[Doc]

at least your ok...you still owe me $10

I didn't see the bus...

["Dangerous" Dan K]

I didn't see the bus...

It was pretty close to my garage. You didn't make it there either

I suppose in light of how things went you get a pass though

[butcher bergs]

One minute you're suiting up to go out and the next minute you're walking back from the Medical Building in a sling.

I wanted to hug you when I saw you all slinged up....maybe next time but for now, here's an interweb hug:



Heal up soon, bro.

[mzdagrl]

that sucks! i'm sorry to hear that you'll be out the rest of the season. Are you still planning on coming down to hang out? if not, we need to get together this summer.

[-jro-]

yo doc, I had the unique perspective of watching the whole thing from the tower, I was up there during the corner worker school. We saw the whole thing, we *knew* it was coming when those two flew in there. Its been a couple of days and my memory is a bit foggy, but I recall thinking "well those guys are going entirely way too fast" followed by "he's def gonna hit him, yep...he hit him." Had no idea it was you down there and I was so bummed to see you bandaged up And I'm of the opinion it was totally avoidable and particularly unnecessary in a practice session. Hope you heal up fast Doc.

[Doc]

yo doc, I had the unique perspective of watching the whole thing from the tower, I was up there during the corner worker school. We saw the whole thing, we *knew* it was coming when those two flew in there. Its been a couple of days and my memory is a bit foggy, but I recall thinking "well those guys are going entirely way too fast" followed by "he's def gonna hit him, yep...he hit him." Had no idea it was you down there and I was so bummed to see you bandaged up And I'm of the opinion it was totally avoidable and particularly unnecessary in a practice session. Hope you heal up fast Doc.

Thanks Jen. Good to hear another perspective. I am coming to see that it was a few things that caused it but looks like whoever hit me in the rear tire should take at least 1/2 the credit.

I made the corner right?

[Nazo]

Heal up Doc.
I feel your pain with not racing from an injury.
I as well was "Mountain Biking" when I crashed, as my hospital file says.

[Nix]

Heal up quick Doc!

[Pittenger5]

Damn, those mountain bikes are dangerous!

[seth399]

Damn, those mountain bikes are dangerous!

hey I've had worse injuries on those things...granted they weren't normal 'mountain bikes'

[Rambunctous]

One time when I broke my clavical I had a waterbed and I could not get out of it. It was terrible. I would bring a six pack to bed. After a while because the spine is out of alignment my back hurt just as bad. Are you coming up to the track this weekend?

[wingerdor]

They tried to get me into that Mountain biking when I lived in VT, but I said "NO WAY, It's just too damn dangerous!" Lucky me!
Heal up well. I was looking foward to seeing you up that the track this summer...

[Doc]

UPDATE

Saw the Ortho Specialist today and had another Xray.

The Good news is no surgery! She said that if I was an elite athlete then she would do surgery but since I am not even a mediocre athlete it wasn't advisable

She said I won't be 100% until at least September. Looks like I need to work on the wife to let me attend the Fall Roundup

[butcher bergs]

So does that mean you're looking for someone to race your bike for you?



I might know a guy...