Superbikes at Philip Island.

[crashe]

Troy Corser was hit in the head by another bike at Philip Island in the second race.
He was hit by Alex Barros's bike who is from Brazil.

(cheers Sparrow for the surname)

Troy is ok... with a few minor wounds.


It was just seen on the TV1 midday news... today 6th March 2006
He is one lucky guy after seeing that accident.


Sorry to the moderators if this is in the wrong forum...
Could you move it to the correct one if this is in the wrong place.
Thanks.

[sparrow_34]

Yeah, it was not too good watching it during the race. He was hit, after high siding, by Alex Barros.

Aside from the accidient there was some great racing yesterday at Phillip Is. and it's going to be a great year of racing for the Superbikes, they have a strong field and bikes look a bit more even than last year when the Suzuki was light years ahead.

[Fishy]

Didn't look like he got hit in the head to me, looked like he got hit on the hump of his leathers. :scratch:

[DMNTD]

Didn't look like he got hit in the head to me, looked like he got hit on the hump of his leathers. :scratch:

...agreed mate especially when you could see his "hump" all torn up like it was. A nasty one none the less tho.
Race2 of the thou's was WICKED!! Just add bourbon and we were right there...but I won in my little world! :tugger:

[bugjuice]

any links to clips or pics?

[crashe]

Sorry guys.... I guess I saw it wrong...
I saw his head bouncing around as the bike hit him up near the head area.
My apologies.

[crashe]

any links to clips or pics?

Try TV1 News website...

[nudemetalz]

The first race was exciting between Corser and Barros. Corser was really lighting the Gixxer up out of the corners in the last laps !!

[Buster]

Geez Corser was bloody lucky. When barros hit him he almost highsided himself. I only saw it quickly but it did look like he was hit in the head. Then he does a huge dive to get himself off the track! :shit:

[nudemetalz]

Mr Corser himself at Phillip Island.
(image from http://www.superbike-news.com)

[sparrow_34]

Here is a link to a SMH article.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/motorsport/corser-hits-the-deck-as-troys-share-wins/2006/03/05/1141493548268.html

[Pwalo]

Here is a link to a SMH article.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/motorsport/corser-hits-the-deck-as-troys-share-wins/2006/03/05/1141493548268.html

That's a pretty straightforward article. Especially enjoyed the remarks about Troy B's tyre choice, and the scrap between Barros, Haga, and Pitt in the second race.

[Fishy]

...agreed mate especially when you could see his "hump" all torn up like it was. A nasty one none the less tho.
Race2 of the thou's was WICKED!! Just add bourbon and we were right there...but I won in my little world! :tugger:

I only got to see the 1st half of the second race but yeah it was awesome from what I saw...especially at my mates place with his 250 inch high reso projector in the garage with surround sound :2thumbsup

[Grahameeboy]

see humps come in handy ya know..........

[Mental Trousers]

His head glanced off the side fairing. Push his head out of the way just enough that it didn't get collected by the foot peg - which went on to trash his aero hump.

Lucky, very lucky. Was close to that infamous accident many years ago where Mick Doohan (think it was him) collected some guys head. No way to avoid it.

[mangell6]

Yeah, watched the moment s l o w l y and Alex missed his head and struck the hump. Scary stuff though.

[DemonWolf]

Yeah it looked rather dodgy how he got hit.. but it looked like his hump took most of the force.. even though in saying that.. he'll have one hell of a sore neck\body!

[Colapop]

I missed the second race but the first was a real cracker. When Bayliss got out to around 6 seconds clear, I thought it was all over. But I suppose that's the beauty of racing - it's not over til the checkered flag waves. Some great defensive race riding to keep Barros out. I'll have to check listings for the replay of the second one...

[gav]

His head glanced off the side fairing. Push his head out of the way just enough that it didn't get collected by the foot peg - which went on to trash his aero hump.

Lucky, very lucky. Was close to that infamous accident many years ago where Mick Doohan (think it was him) collected some guys head. No way to avoid it.
Doohan? Nah. Wayne Gardner...in fact his very first GP, he hit Franco Uncini who was the reigning 500GP world champion at the time. Uncini's helmet actually came off in the impact. He survived and was back racing soon enough.

[Deviant Esq]

Sure was some good racing, enjoyed watching that. Though Corser getting collected as Barros went through just chilled my bones, really glad to hear he's okay. It looked pretty bad especially when he got caught hard enough to spin him around again. And the poor guy had to scramble and somersault his way off the racing line and away from his stricken Gixxer, which ended up just skidding off to the other side of the track.

Definitely good racing though, shame the next round's so far off!

[gav]

MotoGP starts March 26th, might fill in time until the next WSBK race......