Get well Nicksta

[I14]

He apologises for having a 'vent' on the side of the track immediately after the incident.

Oh boy sorry didn't mean to stir it up! I didn't know it was Johno for sure nor that he was injured too!! What a bugger as he too was really up there this weekend. I thought he was sending a "friendly gesture" to a rider up front! Quite understand the frustration.

[Peter Smith]

Heal up quick girly, its a shame that such a great sport can end up hurting so much. All the best.
Pete

[gijoe1313]

Crikey! Glad to hear that you are alive and (not so) kicking! Good on you for getting out there and doing what you love to do, guess you are already wondering about how long you will take before getting back on the horse again?

Heal up well, catch up on some reading and try not to laugh too much (you'll know it I guess!)

[Foxzee]

WHOO HOO....you are home that is great news chicky.....mmmm crutches if was Frency I'd be running for them hills...you go chick...wow the flood is not cool though...onwards and upwards from now aye...take care hun...and we will see ya back on tweety soon.....hugs to you both...

Dee and Eva (who thinks you rock...blamin you if my daughter breaks out on tweety when she's 13...lol)

[Frenchy]

it nice to see so many people concerned about Nicki all your well wishs mean alot and its great to see Nicki smile as she reads them! Thanks to every one for there calls and texs I think i passed them all on but its been a full on weeknd, I was chased out of house tonight by my the roof falling to the floor!! things are a bit of a mess at the mo but we have internet at the motel so i'm sure Nicki will do a race report soon (cause she can't do much else!!).

Thank you again to every one who helped out and your kind words!

[limbimtimwim]

That's not good.

I wish you a swift recovery.

[Shaun]

it nice to see so many people concerned about Nicki all your well wishs mean alot and its great to see Nicki smile as she reads them! Thanks to every one for there calls and texs I think i passed them all on but its been a full on weeknd, I was chased out of house tonight by my the roof falling to the floor!! things are a bit of a mess at the mo but we have internet at the motel so i'm sure Nicki will do a race report soon (cause she can't do much else!!).

Thank you again to every one who helped out and your kind words!

What night you folks coming out here for TEA then Nicki, and your support for her is brilliant Frenchy, top man!

[Shaun]

Hey Nicksta,

johno does not have internet access at the mo, I have kept him up to date with progress. He has his arm in plaster and is a very sore boy too! No where near as bad off as you though.

He apologises for having a 'vent' on the side of the track immediately after the incident. The second of the day for him so he was rather anti at the entire world! He assures me it was not directed at you as he was so frustrated after having posted some extremely good results from the day before and to only get 2 laps for the entire day did not put him in a good mood.

I think most racers have faced a similar frustration at some time.

No apologies for him though, it really should not have happened!

As far as we could tell there was no choice for Johno when you went down, he had no where to go. He does not feel good at all and has been quite concerned about your welfare, mum and him visited the hospital this morning and missed you by 40 minutes as you had been transferred back home.

He wishes you a speedy recovery and hopes to catch up with you at the track.

Cheers
Warren

On behalf of Johno.

I spoke to Johno after the crash as well Warren, and agree with what you have said, he was extremelly pissed for the 2nd off, BUT did Go and HELP Nicki

[sharky]

Hey Nicki,

It was not a good sight to see you lying on the stretcher on the attempted re-start, (Bit odd they sent us out with you and the ambo still on track).
I wish you a speedy recovery so you can get back out there and continue kicking Scracha's arse.

Scott Findlay #277

[Skunk]

Sorry to hear about the house Nikki - last thing you need.

Bit odd they sent us out with you and the ambo still on track).

Small point: you weren't sent out. One went out (mistakenly) and the rest followed...

[Billy]

Thats stink news.Looked like you were just starting too get back into it as well.Hope you make a full and speedy recovery

[Duke girl]

Exactly Skunk. Well said.

[speed63]

Sorry to hear you got hurt Nicki. Hope the healing goes well.

[Marknz]

Get well soon Nicksta, you were going great guns out there!

[quickbuck]

Hey Nicki,

It was not a good sight to see you lying on the stretcher on the attempted re-start, (Bit odd they sent us out with you and the ambo still on track).


Scott Findlay #277

Yes it was a bit odd Scott....
The official went and told every rider (as you know) that there was going to be a warm up on the 1.4k Circuit and then form up on the grid...
Well, there was protesting from the front rider all the way to the back.
So after a little word to and from race control, the riders were told it would be a 3k warm up, and then form up.... Still not enough... but better than 1.4k!
For what ever reason everybody thought (read the riders on the front row) the official said "Away you go" or something like that.... All I knew is Neil wanted me to give him a push.....
Of course bikes were all cold by then... Riders wanted to get out there, and were frustrated for the race not being called.

May have been Neils own doing as he saw obviously the race was red flagged and pitted (as he was lead rider) before crossing the line for the 4th time.... (66% race distance).
A good call to make I thought, as everybody would have seen Nicksta laying on the track as they turned onto the slip road if he continued around....
Anyhow this set up the two lap dash for cash... and the potential for Neil to run out of fuel for the second time in his postie race! And we put 8 litres in it! (it almost wasn't enough).
Unfortunately for Mossy the bikes were very cold, even after the 2 laps of warm-up... Never got a chance to talk to him after that, and thought it best not to....

At the end of the day, all the confusion has provided some good lessons learnt for the volunteers who organise these events, and the whole situation will be improved on next time.

Sorry to hi-jack your get well thread Nicki. I am glad you are up and about... even if it is limited capacity... and aided.
The garage went very quiet when Paul came down and told us the news that you were involved.... You got a moments silence from us all.

Now, rest up... use the pain as your indicator, and have calcium in as many different forms as you can.
6-8 weeks is the standard sentence from the Orthopedic surgeons... Well managed you can heal faster.
Will be good to see you out there again (in good time).

Cheers
Aaron