Yow Ling
10th December 2012, 17:43
On Saturday at Levels raceway Craig Hyde , a Bucket Racer, engine builder and general nice guy lost his life doing what we all love
Keep him and his family in your thoughts over Christmas
Craig recently returned to Bucket racing and immediately was a cat amongst the pigeons, he showed us old guys there was still hope, he finished 4th in the battle of the buckets behind the legendary Hoogie boys, and was capable of building engines we could only dream of.
If you have something interesting or memorable to add to this thread please do.
Im sorry to have to be writing of a fatal accident at our CAMS Christmas meeting.
Craig Hyde from Ashburton, seemingly, lost the back end in the first sweeper at Levels and went down in front of a rider who had no chance to avoid him. It was within seconds of flag drop in their first race of the day. Despite the red flag being called straight away and the very speedy Ambulance response, they could not revive him.
It's a sad time for a lot of riders and friends of his from around the Canterbury area and further afield.
Tragic as it is, this is what we do. It was a racing incident and no other rider had any bearing on the incident.
No matter how hard we try to be one of the most safety conscious clubs and are pushing even harder to make safer racing, we have to be aware that when the green flag drops our fate is uncertain. No amount of off track preparation and enforcement of safety related rules can change this.
Our collective hearts go out to his family and friends.
Neil Morrison
CAMS
Pres.
274425
Keep him and his family in your thoughts over Christmas
Craig recently returned to Bucket racing and immediately was a cat amongst the pigeons, he showed us old guys there was still hope, he finished 4th in the battle of the buckets behind the legendary Hoogie boys, and was capable of building engines we could only dream of.
If you have something interesting or memorable to add to this thread please do.
Im sorry to have to be writing of a fatal accident at our CAMS Christmas meeting.
Craig Hyde from Ashburton, seemingly, lost the back end in the first sweeper at Levels and went down in front of a rider who had no chance to avoid him. It was within seconds of flag drop in their first race of the day. Despite the red flag being called straight away and the very speedy Ambulance response, they could not revive him.
It's a sad time for a lot of riders and friends of his from around the Canterbury area and further afield.
Tragic as it is, this is what we do. It was a racing incident and no other rider had any bearing on the incident.
No matter how hard we try to be one of the most safety conscious clubs and are pushing even harder to make safer racing, we have to be aware that when the green flag drops our fate is uncertain. No amount of off track preparation and enforcement of safety related rules can change this.
Our collective hearts go out to his family and friends.
Neil Morrison
CAMS
Pres.
274425