An expensive race weekend

[shadow Racer]

I ended up with a bruised/sprained ankle/foot and knee and a broken hand...the 5th metacarpel. Have a temp cast till wednesday then go to my ortho guy for the real cast.

I botched the start and stalled it...when I got it going again I was hit by the guy behind me prob trying to figure out why i was still in front of him. I think that he hit my master cylinder and caused air to get in the break lines...well...I didnt know that and figured everything was fine and I was upright ...so I grabbed the throttle hard trying to make up ground...real fast....so at the end of the straight in 3rd gear I went to break and the lever came all the way back to the bar...a few times. Talk about an oh shit moment.

So, I looked ahead and saw the hill and no wear to go and figured my best bet was the jump and let her do a ghost ride...the corner workers said she actually jumped at the top of the hill and did a tail stand in the chain link. One photographer...Joe from seeyourreflections.com said he counted at least 7 rolls that i did. I thought it was only a couple...so that would explain why I was just a little dizzy.

Damage is mostly plastics...I will have to have the forks looked at and some of the other front end hard parts.

pics to follow...

[legalspeed]

Stupid Yamahas!

I've cut the cast and gone back out to win the next day. Staying home hurt my pride more than the physical pain hurt my wrist.

Stupid Yamahas!!!

[legalspeed]

What was the final verdict, did the impact put air into your lines? Seems odd, like an impact should have caused the mechanism to fail, instead of introducing air...

[shadow Racer]

No real verdict...its just best guess. That was the race day. My bike would have never made it through tech even if I could have gotten on it.

[Doc]

What the heck happened to the guy on the white bike? Is that the guy that hit you from behind?

This was at the start? Damn that is a fast first corner too. I remember hitting 130 before I started braking and I know you were hitting higher than that. SHIT man! Glad you came away with just broken pinky.

Know there is even more reason to paint the bike.

[legalspeed]

My bike would have never made it through tech even if I could have gotten on it.

You would not believe what I have gotten through tech, everything somewhat functional, pre-grid pulling out pieces of sod and rocks, no windscreen, no front fender, gobs of racer's tape and zip ties.

I would not think that an impact introduced air, more like a lever perch was broken off.

Oh, good for you bailing, it's a sign of mature skill. Some insist on riding it out, or panic, that's when things get really bad.


good show, you did what you had to.

[OreoGaborio]

Sorry to hear bout your hand, ankle, knee etc. Sweet pic of the bike in the fence though

Think the hit pushed the pistons back into the caliper requiring more squeezes to push em back out? Not as uncommon as you might think.

[shadow Racer]

What the heck happened to the guy on the white bike? Is that the guy that hit you from behind?

This was at the start? Damn that is a fast first corner too. I remember hitting 130 before I started braking and I know you were hitting higher than that. SHIT man! Glad you came away with just broken pinky.

Know there is even more reason to paint the bike.

Yeah...that was at the start and the guy laying down.

We were on the west track this time...lot nearly as long of a straight...but topped out in 3rd is fast enough for me to fall...thats fo sure.

[shadow Racer]

You would not believe what I have gotten through tech, everything somewhat functional, pre-grid pulling out pieces of sod and rocks, no windscreen, no front fender, gobs of racer's tape and zip ties.

I would not think that an impact introduced air, more like a lever perch was broken off.

Oh, good for you bailing, it's a sign of mature skill. Some insist on riding it out, or panic, that's when things get really bad.


good show, you did what you had to.

I was not gona be able to make it out again. Riding it out would have meant me in the fence or over it...not a good thing.

[shadow Racer]

Sorry to hear bout your hand, ankle, knee etc. Sweet pic of the bike in the fence though

Think the hit pushed the pistons back into the caliper requiring more squeezes to push em back out? Not as uncommon as you might think.

Thats what I have been hearing. If only I had known

[SVRACER01]

west track.... ahhhh....... i LOVE that track. especially the blind right hander at pit out

[SVRACER01]

Stupid Yamahas!

I've cut the cast and gone back out to win the next day. Staying home hurt my pride more than the physical pain hurt my wrist.

Stupid Yamahas!!!

where do you see a yamaha in any of those pics?

[OreoGaborio]

... white bike in the middle... it was that asshole's fault

[Doc]

You really think that asshole got up and was with the lead pack?

[OreoGaborio]

the asshole on the ground is on a 600rr from the looks of it.

[a13x]

... white bike in the middle... it was that asshole's fault

Wow that's a fabulous pic! I love the 'dust trail'. Glad to hear you are okay all things considered. We had two riders die in the last few years, one from stalling on the grid and the other due to a brake failure. You had both...

On a unrelated note. The first thing I thought when I saw the first pic was "that helmet is illegal at LRRS"


I still can't believe it got stuck in the fence..

[Punjistick]

sorry to hear you crashed but that's a great pic. I wouldn't want to get caught in that barbed wire.

[OreoGaborio]

On a unrelated note. The first thing I thought when I saw the first pic was "that helmet is illegal at LRRS"

HA!!! Oh man, yer right... that's a CS

[shadow Racer]

west track.... ahhhh....... i LOVE that track. especially the blind right hander at pit out

Hate that turn

... white bike in the middle... it was that asshole's fault

Actually...it was mine. If I hadnt stalled then there would be no way for him to hit me.

[shadow Racer]

Wow that's a fabulous pic! I love the 'dust trail'. Glad to hear you are okay all things considered. We had two riders die in the last few years, one from stalling on the grid and the other due to a brake failure. You had both...

On a unrelated note. The first thing I thought when I saw the first pic was "that helmet is illegal at LRRS"


I still can't believe it got stuck in the fence..

The helmet mever even got hurt on it...maybe some dust but that was it.

[OreoGaborio]

Actually...it was mine. If I hadnt stalled then there would be no way for him to hit me.

I know, and you shoulda raised your hand instead of trying to re-start! just saying any reason to hate a yamaha is a good one I'm sure that white R6 had absolutely nothing to do w/ it, but it was still his fault, that bastard

[SVRACER01]

Hate that turn

how could you hate that turn? you come out of the oval and throw it on it ts ear to the right then hammer on... grab a gear... then throw it right again and "know" that there is a track around that corner.....somewhere......you can carry so much speed through there and into the next left that you can actually pass on the outside before the left onto the front straight

[shadow Racer]

[QUOTE=OreoGitorio;338940]I know, and you shoulda raised your hand[QUOTE]
Id then tried to get the heck out of there.

how could you hate that turn? you come out of the oval and throw it on it ts ear to the right then hammer on... grab a gear... then throw it right again and "know" that there is a track around that corner.....somewhere......you can carry so much speed through there and into the next left that you can actually pass on the outside before the left onto the front straight

Cause its blind and I tend to target fixate on the stupid cones to my left but im getting better...had my times drop to the 1:06s in the 1st race before that happened.

[Doc]

Botched starts and what you are supposed to do to not get hit...

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[OreoGaborio]

yup... looks funny, but doing that saved Heath from getting a *certain someone's* EX500 up his ass one day