Worst crash I've ever seen

[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.

[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