Thread: Another sad day in racing

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Most of you probably don't follow Moto GP, but Marco Simoncelli was killed in Malaysia this morning in a brutal crash. He low sided and tried to pick the bike up with his elbow and knee, only to have the front tire regain grip and take him back into the racing line where Collin Edwards and Valentino Rossi slammed into his back and head, ripping his helmet off. Very brutal and scary wreck. Rossi was unhurt, but Edwards was shaken up pretty good. Racing is inherently dangerous, and the last two weeks it is proving it.

Keith

Saw that on Speed last night, nasty wreck. It's bad to see even one person die racing, but it's an unfortunate truth about racing but when you look at the speed and intensity of competition in all aspects of racing, statistically it's a heck of a lot safer then many other things we do on a daily basis! From what they said about Simoncelli on Wind Tunnel last night, he was just getting dialed in on GP racing and had a real future in front of him.

RIP Marco

He definitely had a championship in his future. RIP...

Keith