Motoamerica at V.I.R.

Why would they do that? Once the field was past he crossed the track to the infield and in no way was in need of an ambulance. If he had needed one the reaction and procedure would have been totally different.

 

You didn't need to see him up, you were a spectator. Race control and the corner workers knew the entire time what was going on and had the incident handled. What the announcers said or didn't say is on them and has nothing remotely to do with how the situation was handled.

 

Of course he did a few times, he had just crashed his ass off Seriously though you can easily tell watching him the initial staggering was normal I just crashed the hell out of myself. He was aware of where he was and what was happening and headed away from the track walking fine, taking his gloves off, not favoring anything or falling back down or any of the things that indicate a rider needs immediate attention. He then walked calmly across track after the last bike and got a rider to medical. His injuries and treatment afterwards just prove that the correct call was made and he was not in need of immediate attention. If things were different the reaction would have been different.

 

After a smoke and a pint at the local pub

 

More absolute lies from another click bait bullshit site.

"Catching a slower rider as he took the chequered flag in the second race of the VIR weekend, Petrucci was forced to take avoiding action through the 170mph Turn 1, running wide, falling and hitting a number of sponsorship boards as he fell."

The "slower rider" was fucking Mat Scholz who just beat him. He hit one sign.

Petruccis comments are mostly just flat out incorrect. Not being on TV does NOT mean no cameras caught it.

At least this site is better than crash.net and their bullshit lying ass headline about MA saying they took too long to get to him taking Waynes comments way out of context.

 

Another site with absolutely incorrect information based on Petrucci posting lies. Just sad.

 

That makes absolutely no sense.

 

They are supposedly professionals and should act like such no matter what the club race rule are or were. If they're fast enough to make the big show they're good enough to get passed cleanly.

 

Y'all talk too much when I'm offline

 

Anything different would make it worse.

Station people outside - now you need a wall and a fence like Barber. Getting personnel out to an actually hurt rider would still require a red flag and response time to any area along the entire front straight (and we have seen people crash all the way down the straight other than maybe a couple hundred yard section right across from the pits) would be the same if not even increased depending on the crash site.

Putting in a wall with multiple access points would remove runoff and make it more dangerous for riders who have not fallen - which is a much greater number than those who do crash.

There were people inside and outside of T1 who could have gotten to the rider had they been needed. They were not so they stayed safe.

 

Oh I totally agree, that was purely tongue in cheek. The lappers are a necessary evil to have even a kind of show and honestly watching the fast guys use them or try to use them and have it not work out can add to the excitement big time. It does suck when it interferes with an already good race but so do a ton of other normal things.