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David K
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Very sad news... which only proves that racing is dangerous, as it always has been.
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Ateo
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See TW's other thread for a few photos from yesterday's race.........
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wornout
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Just wondering what makes you think something will be done? (seriously). Seems like the mentality in Mexico is you take the risk, you pay the
price. I know when my son hit a car with his ATV during a race in Loreto, the police admonished the car driver for being near the course but did
nothing else.
Someone else was hurt when a car plunged into the crowd at Zoo road. |
Because of lack of medical facilities and transportation vehicles being available to take the wounded to the closest town.
The same reason San Felipe doesn't have a scheduled airline (again, hospital bed requirements). And even though it is Mexico, if it keeps going the
way it is with injuries, racing permits will not be issued. If any of the owners of the some of the land that the race is run on has a loved one
injured, it will change.
[Edited on 3-11-2013 by wornout]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wornout
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Just wondering what makes you think something will be done? (seriously). Seems like the mentality in Mexico is you take the risk, you pay the
price. I know when my son hit a car with his ATV during a race in Loreto, the police admonished the car driver for being near the course but did
nothing else.
Someone else was hurt when a car plunged into the crowd at Zoo road. |
Because of lack of medical facilities and transportation vehicles being available to take the wounded to the closest town.
The same reason San Felipe doesn't have a scheduled airline (again, hospital bed requirements). And even though it is Mexico, if it keeps going the
way it is with injuries, racing permits will not be issued. If any of the owners of the some of the land that the race is run on has a loved one
injured, it will change.
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Time will tell. The races 50 years ago had even less support. And it seems like every year someone gets hurt (mostly people doing stupid things).
The biggest threat to off-road racing in Baja seems to be the improving infrastructure and loss of terrain on which to conduct the races.
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A little taste of how and why people can get hurt during these races
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u...
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Baja Rally coming.
http://www.bajarallymoto.com/
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sounds fun.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wornout
| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
they were just west of the power lines and the craziness was the standard fare. Tecate cerveza, dust and motosports.
All I can say is that, this would and will not ever happen in the USA!!!
Fast, loud and unstable cars racing through the desert without 8 foot cement walls between the cars and the fans!!
Only in Mexico, that is why I like it. It is like winding the clock back 20 plus years.
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Something will be done about the craziness that killed two locals yesterday and injured many spectators coming and going to the race. The post which
I received, and inserted below, didn't have any information about the details of the incident but out of all the accidents that were reported on the
SCORE radio frequency yesterday, this has to be the one where a chase truck hit a Rhino head on:
We received news this morning that two of our friends, Mark Hewitt, long-time LVN resident, husband of Caroline Hewitt; and Andy, chef at the
Roadrunner and son of Betty (PVN resident); were killed in a head-on collision while traveling to see the last part of the race. We're told Mark was
killed instantly. Andy was flown north, but was not able to be helped.
I don't have any further information on the circumstances of the accident, nor on the condition of anyone in the other vehicle.
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I just received an email that I was wrong in my posting. The email stated the chase truck was in his lane and hit by the Rhino. I had indicated it
was the other way around. At any race, the roads are dangerous during the race because of all the dust. We had a similar incident happen years ago
right here on the ranch when I motorcycle ran head on into an on coming vehicle. It is just sad that people don't slow down in dust, snow, and icy
roads.
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