MotoAmerica | Round 9 | NJ Motorsports Park | 22-24 Sept

The Beeb never forgets or disappoints.

 

Any update on Jackson Blackmon yet? I got home last night and opened the app to watch the races, watched twins cup first and just couldn't watch anything else after seeing that, it was awful to watch and don't care to see it again. That poor kid, I had flashbacks of Scott Russell at Daytona. Hoping for the best.

 

He's on his way back home. Has ligament damage to his knee I believe.

 

I didn’t see action Jackson’s crash and hope for the best, the guys in here describing it are horrible, the biggest fears of a father of a racer.

That being said I was a couple rows behind Mizdal when he slammed into Scott who was pushing his bike off grid. Not something I ever forgot and it changed the way I dealt with grid issues for me and my riders forever.

Hope everyone heals up physically and emotionally.

 

Nice meeting. Love what you're doing with Vet2Track.
Patrick was a pleasure to chat with.

 

Hey, nice meeting you too! Sorry I was napping / resting and it was great to give Patrick some first hand experience at the track. He was the newest free member, but my other 2 veteran crew members have been through a few races with me. One is a certified helicopter mechanic and all have been great. I really encourage any veterans or teams to reach out to Vet2Track.org to see how you can be involved!

 

Im not sure what they have now, but when Tyler raced AMA, they had red/yellow lights throughout the course and I believe at the apex’s.

After that bad accident at Road America in 2013, where riders from the back, plowed into riders up front on the long straight. There was some discussion of coming up with a way to mount a box/transponder like device on the bikes that could signal a yellow or red light in the cockpit.

 

Yeah they have lights along the track in addition to the flag stations. I wonder if I missed the flags / lights coming through the final esses and onto the front straight because I was focused on not hitting big puddles and such. Either way, saw the waving yellows and red flag way too late for my comfort level with a rider laying on the track.

 

Vet2track has been awesome. We have had a handful in the paddock helping Carl. They have been really good people. Had a nice conversation with Jim about his plans to expand and possibly using them even at the wera level.

 

Yeah, I don’t really go for sponsorship, I just use racing as a platform to give visibility to some charities. Vet2Track has been awesome and we’ve really developed a great crew with their help.

 

Was anyone else surprised that they left the Westby bike lay in the grass for the entire race after his crash? I don’t recall seeing that before.

 

I thought that was odd as well. Wouldn't it be considered to be in an impact zone? Did I see a hay bail in front of it? Seems to me the effort it took to bring a hay bail could have been used to move the bike out of the impact zone.