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RE: (n00b question) road racing = ...safe? Or, how ... - 10/24/2007 2:00:55 PM

SpecR

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AMA also has racer insurance that is relatively affordable (less than $400 a year for the max coverage), which should be good for WERA events since they have dual certification (I think?).

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RE: (n00b question) road racing = ...safe? Or, how ... - 10/25/2007 8:43:17 PM

Acara1796

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Woody,

Funny you should mention being passed on both sides and getting bumped. My friend was down at the AHRMA races at Barbers this past weekend and the same exact thing happened to her. Her second race weekend. I beleive it was 250 GP guys that were blowin by the Production Class folks.

Is it insane to run three different classes in one race. The total of bikes on track was around 80. I know Barbers is long and wide but geez.

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RE: (n00b question) road racing = ...safe? Or, how ... - 12/6/2007 3:58:08 PM

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ORIGINAL: woodyracing

Crashing on the track is a crapshoot. I've had probably 8 on track crashes and I only broke bones in two of them and even then was nothing just really serious. One example would be my experience at the GNF. I got to the end of the back straight at Road Atlanta and quickly realized I had no front brakes, so I locked my rear wheel (at around 145mph) and tried to slow down. It was one of the most terrifying incidents of my life but I was not hurt at all in this particular crash despite the huge potential for catastrophic problems. The very next day I was hit from behind going into the chicane at Turn 2/3 (going only around 40mph or so) and came away with a broken collarbone, fractured finger, brain bruising (with lots of memory loss), etc It just goes to show you that its not the speed that gets you its where and how hard you land lol

and heres the crapshoot that Woddy mentioned
I crashed in the same spot at the 06 GNF in my last race of the day. I would have been the guy behind you, i had a bad start, got overzelous after the first lap and wanted to make up some time. I had been taking the line over the rumple strip and straight in and then right and left (rather than left right left). Well the guy infront of me took the traditional line and at a much slower speed. rather than try and stick it in the 1/2 bike width gap or slam into the back of him, I got on the brakes forgetting where I was and wound up on my head... I came away from it practically unscathed aside from some soar knees and such.

crashing is very unpredictable. just like on the street, there are riders that have crashed and riders that will crash. You see it more often on the track since you're pushing the limits of your machine and equipment.
Personally I think trackdays/racing is safter than the street. Youre in a controlled environment, with a medical staff already there.
Woody, what was the end result of the no front brake excusion? I heard of the same thing happening to a rider on an SV and he said that he was still able to make the 10a & B and then pitted in...

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