Dom Jones

[Shaun]

Any one know what happened to him and if he is ok?

[Joni]

Shit! Waht happened Shaun?
Did he come off?
:(
I'll call Glen if need be Shaun...

[Shaun]

Shit! Waht happened Shaun?
Did he come off?
:(
I'll call Glen if need be Shaun...


Heard a rumour Joni that he may have a broken collarbone-- Bummer, as he is back off the USA very very soon

[Joni]

Bummer, as he is back off the USA very very soonYeah I know...

If we dont hear anything I will call S&S later today and find out...

[Shaun]

Just spoke with him, he has broken his collarbone, he clipped a hay bale with his brake leaver and went down. And he is leaving for the USA tomorrow- Joy O Joy

[Joni]

Thank you Shaun...
Thats very sad to hear... Im fond of little Dom! :(
Not sure how much of an impact this will have... how long was he going to be over for? How long is typical healing of a colarbone? Ah well.... bugger...

[Shaun]

Thank you Shaun...
Thats very sad to hear... Im fond of little Dom! :(
Not sure how much of an impact this will have... how long was he going to be over for? How long is typical healing of a colarbone? Ah well.... bugger...



He will be OK- collarbones are -uck all to race with broken

[R6_kid]

Well if the "one in the air is three on the ground" story with alcohol is true for drugs then im sure he'll have a pleasant flight.

[N4CR]

what was he riding i saw 4 riders go down yesterday infront of me end of main straight, poor ******s. all started happening after they put that ****** sand down.

[Cleve]

poor ******s. all started happening after they put that ****** sand down.

Is NZ the only country where they DON'T sweep the sand after they put it on oil spills???

[bistard]

Is NZ the only country where they DON'T sweep the sand after they put it on oil spills???

Surely they did not put sand down,the normal substance is cement dust,so absorbs oil & should be swept as well,especially at turn one like that.
By the way,what caused the oil leak,was it a classic or a sidecar????

[Bykmad]

Surely they did not put sand down,the normal substance is cement dust,so absorbs oil & should be swept as well,especially at turn one like that.
By the way,what caused the oil leak,was it a classic or a sidecar????

Cement was applied and swept, as is the usual practice. Funny how someone who wasnt even at the event could guess what laid down copious quantities of oil on a number of occassions, and it was both classics and Sidecars!!!!!

[Cleve]

Surely they did not put sand down,the normal substance is cement dust,so absorbs oil & should be swept as well,especially at turn one like that.
By the way,what caused the oil leak,was it a classic or a sidecar????

Sorry yep meant cement.
Yet to see people sweep after they put it down though...

[N4CR]

well they didnt sweep it away at all cus the pace car was going over it and chucking up dust everywhere and bikes were spinning up and flicking it out like a offroader.

[TonyB]

Ah geeze! Gutted to hear about this. Heal up quick Dom, you've got races to win!


Is NZ the only country where they DON'T sweep the sand after they put it on oil spills???

In other countries they put CEMENT DUST down, and they sweep it off.

[Kickaha]

Funny how someone who wasnt even at the event could guess what laid down copious quantities of oil on a number of occassions, and it was both classics and Sidecars!!!!!

normally the sidecars get blamed even if it isn't them :lol:

Dom should have stuck to buckets :yes:

[oyster]

Got an e-mail this morning, he's back "home" in Indy. He doesn't recommend long flights with a broken collarbone. Mind you, he probably got well looked after, maybe the Ralph Fiennes treatment? I don't think so...
He tested the Yamaha at Manfeild a week or 2 ago, absolutely loved it. Both he and Sam Smith comfortably under the lap record on old tyres, and after only 2 sessions. So the bike was good, Dom happy too. Well, at Paeroa he was in the "first timers" special practice, led round by Brian Bernard. After 4 slow laps Brian pulled away to "release" them, and Dom just upped it bit. The bike turned in a bit more than he thought, brake lever touched the bale, all over.
This is his first injury that has pevented him going straight out on a bike again in his 8 years of racing. So not too bad, just a bummer of timing.
Last year he did half of the AMA Super rounds, got 26th overall. The plan this year is to do them all, and progress into the regular top 20's each race, overall too. On the old bike, with a new '07 later in the year (ex written off road bike etc)
The opening round is Daytona on 7th March, he hopes to be fit enough for that.