Motorcycle Accident at VIR-One killed

Clay · 08-10-2010, 11:18 AM

I know that 12yo kid... Ian. I know him and his father as Ian raced with Caleb all of last year. I believe this would be Ian's 3rd year racing. He's no slouch. He was running at the front of the time sheets in the F2 class on what, I assume, is a 125. He got a brand spankin' new 125 last year. I watched him progress from a kid that I was scared to watch, to a kid that was spanking most of his competition. I pray for him as much as I do the family of the man lost. This could damage him for life. I've been told it was no ones fault so I'll go with that. Racing is racing and it's not without dangers.

And speeds at VIR in the LW class reach around the 130mph mark... not 60 to 80. I also wonder about that track map...I've never seen so many turns added that aren't really turns. 14 has always been at the bottom of the hill for me. I wasn't there though, so don't really know where it happened.

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08-10-2010, 11:18 AM	#14
Clay I know nothing... Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 134	I know that 12yo kid... Ian. I know him and his father as Ian raced with Caleb all of last year. I believe this would be Ian's 3rd year racing. He's no slouch. He was running at the front of the time sheets in the F2 class on what, I assume, is a 125. He got a brand spankin' new 125 last year. I watched him progress from a kid that I was scared to watch, to a kid that was spanking most of his competition. I pray for him as much as I do the family of the man lost. This could damage him for life. I've been told it was no ones fault so I'll go with that. Racing is racing and it's not without dangers. And speeds at VIR in the LW class reach around the 130mph mark... not 60 to 80. I also wonder about that track map...I've never seen so many turns added that aren't really turns. 14 has always been at the bottom of the hill for me. I wasn't there though, so don't really know where it happened.