Worst crash I've ever seen

[haydes55]

http://youtu.be/qlJ6ASq9oKg

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah that'd hurt!

[The Reibz]

Last chance to pull a westside

[Paul in NZ]

Bloody heck.... Horrible...

[Crasherfromwayback]

I must say the worst I've been unfortunate enough to see was poor old Simo's one at Malaysia.

[Bender]

Youch - must have been injuries from that one - I doubt everyone walked away.

Worst I've seen in person was Cal Rayborn @ Pukekohe. I was standing on the inside of the track right opposite where he hit the wooden railing. Knew instantly that it was a serious one and still feel sick when I remember it.

[Tazz]

Youch - must have been injuries from that one - I doubt everyone walked away.

Uploader said he limped away with a busted leg. How lucky is that.

[cynna]

ouch

the worst I have seen in person was on sunday at ruapuna - wasn't a bike tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i2PJG-Fsxs

[haydes55]

Uploader said he limped away with a busted leg. How lucky is that.







He certainly didn't limp away. Took us half an hour to move him to a stretcher and get him out from behind the wall. He's had surgery and had his left leg screwed together with plates and rods.

5 months no walking is the current outcome. I thought it was a fatality as I watched it happening. Other injuries from the crash are bruising and limping for other riders.

3 bikes totalled 1 bike damaged 1 bike survived. Engine fins smashed off 2 of the engines, frames etc. All bent. One bike (blue one) has only the clutch and motor remaining. Everything else is destined for the bin.

[unstuck]

OW, that is nasty. Hope the dude makes a nice speedy recovery.:eek:

[Tazz]

He certainly didn't limp away. Took us half an hour to move him to a stretcher and get him out from behind the wall. He's had surgery and had his left leg screwed together with plates and rods.

5 months no walking is the current outcome. I thought it was a fatality as I watched it happening. Other injuries from the crash are bruising and limping for other riders.

3 bikes totalled 1 bike damaged 1 bike survived. Engine fins smashed off 2 of the engines, frames etc. All bent. One bike (blue one) has only the clutch and motor remaining. Everything else is destined for the bin.

Yeah limping might have been an exaggeration XD
What part of his leg?
Still incredibly lucky all things considered, looked incredibly brutal from the video. I actually thought that wall was concrete on first watch.

[haydes55]

Lower left leg is in more than a few pieces. The wall used to be quite thick wood. It was replaced with the current wall last season with the purpose of having some give in it. It has posts every 1.5m and is made of plywood with bracing wood along the top middle and bottom of the wall. He broke through the plywood and 2 of the 1"x200mm bits of bracing wood.

[badlieutenant]

thats brutal.
I live just up the road from there. Keep meaning to go. How much does it cost ? when do they do it ? last time I saw speedway was in the early 80s. I would have been 8 or 9 when I got to see Ivan Mauger race, he would have been Australasian champ then I think.
Best of luck to that dudes recovery :/

[haydes55]

thats brutal.

I live just up the road from there. Keep meaning to go. How much does it cost ? when do they do it ? last time I saw speedway was in the early 80s. I would have been 8 or 9 when I got to see Ivan Mauger race, he would have been Australasian champ then I think.

Best of luck to that dudes recovery :/




usually about every 3rd Sunday over october - may. Costs $15 for adults, under 15's free. Cheap beers too.

Come have a perve. Good day out

[badlieutenant]

usually about every 3rd Sunday over october - may. Costs $15 for adults, under 15's free. Cheap beers too.

Come have a perve. Good day out

Cheers! 15$ is cheap entertainment. I keep hearing them race every now and then and keep kicking myself for not going down. Still, sitting on the back deck just listening is kewl too :D

[pete-blen]

Nasty....

I was at Bradford in 89 for the world teams final...
Where 3 times world speedway champion Erik Gunderson
took his last ride .. All 4 riders went down...
none of them rode again that night...

[vinducati]

They racing can be fun at Rosebank but I hope to see an airfence there one day.

[haydes55]

They racing can be fun at Rosebank but I hope to see an airfence there one day.




We all hope that. Sad reality is they are fucking expensive. Also an air fence wouldn't have saved any injury on Sunday. He would of jumped over the fence and the sidecar crashes only flipped over and barely touched a wall.

That money might be better spent on a new premise when the lease expires or better track prepping gear (smoother track is safer than an air fence).

No matter what protective measures you take, injuries will still happen. It's whether the club want serious injuries or serious injuries and a $100,000 debt.

[racer40]

I was at Rosebank a couple of years ago when 2 solo riders went over the fence in 1 crash, in the same place as this one.

[haydes55]

I was at Rosebank a couple of years ago when 2 solo riders went over the fence in 1 crash, in the same place as this one.




I remember that crash. Rider in front had a decent lead of a couple seconds. The rider following had more than enough time to correct, drop the bike, slow down or change line. Unfortunately he target fixated and hit him square in the head. Lots of broken bones and he went over the fence.

When the guy who hit him came up to him some months later he tried to be friendly and said "how are you after our crash?"

The reply was a good one "if I ever as much as hear of you doing that to anyone again I'll be the first of a line of people to put you in hospital".

The video of that crash was never uploaded to youtube. I saw the video and he had a good 4 seconds between the first rider going down and him being hit.

Good reminder to look where you want to go!

[husaberg]

Couldn't be fucked watching the video or reading the earlier pages.....
I was there watching this race on this corner, I missed the actual second, the crash happened but seen the fireball. it seemed an eternity for the fire extinguisher to arrive at the time.
But in real time it was bloody fast reactions from the crew considering he had to run from the other corner as the closest marshal was handling the carnage on the actual corner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZJkA-_OCQVQ

[quickbuck]

Couldn't be fucked watching the video or reading the earlier pages.....
I was there watching this race on this corner, I missed the actual second, the crash happened but seen the fireball. it seemed an eternity for the fire extinguisher to arrive at the time.

Wicked footage.....
BUT the end credits...but "come racing"? Footage like that puts me off a little ;)