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AKgringo
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Mtgoat, is there a link to that video somewhere in this thread that I missed?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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rts551
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https://www.facebook.com/SintesisTV/videos/10153769346257875...
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chuckie
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Weatherman is just now reporting another fatality...Course workers are gone..no helicopter available....I say just now, but I just got back to the
radio...could be older news
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willardguy
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I couldn't take no more and hit the cantina....now I hear we lost a rider?....omg
COPS out?????stuckswhatsup?
[Edited on 6-5-2016 by willardguy]
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rts551
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Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  | I couldn't take no more and hit the cantina....now I hear we lost a rider?....omg
COPS out?????stuckswhatsup?
[Edited on 6-5-2016 by willardguy] |
232x....from the radio chatter it sounded like heat stroke and no one could get to him in time.
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willardguy
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| Quote: Originally posted by rts551 | | Quote: Originally posted by willardguy | I couldn't take no more and hit the cantina....now I hear we lost a rider?....omg
COPS out?????stuckswhatsup?
[Edited on 6-5-2016 by willardguy] |
232x....from the radio chatter it sounded like heat stroke and no one could get to him in time.
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thanks ralph...jesus, if it can it will....
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mtgoat666
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Now that the race is over, anyone got a final body count?
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David K
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You think Mexico is dangerous, race or not? In the hometown of our president: http://crime.chicagotribune.com/chicago/shootings/
Seriously sad that people die. I can see the race start being moved out of town, away from the mobs of folks, as it has before due to weather.
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chuckie
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WTF does crime in Chicago have to do with the Baja 500? What a truly dumb comparison to make..But about what I have come to expect....I think the days
of the Baja races we grew up with are numbered. I am surprised they lasted this long....
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David K
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Goat talked about "body count" in a thread about racing (a dangerous sport)... as if no risk or responsibility is involved.
I brought up a link to something that is about body counts, for people living who are not racing or watching a race, but far far more die and it is an
American city at that.
It is what most Nomads know, being in Baja (even racing or watching a race) is safer than living in Chicago (or many other U.S. cities)!
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chuckie
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BULL....
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pacificobob
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| Quote: Originally posted by Barry A. | Yes, tragic, but whatever happened to personal responsibility??? Safety is, for the most part, a personal thing. That's why most really dangerous
places within the USA are NOT fenced or controlled, even within our National Parks-----it would be an impossible job to do that. Vehicles travelling
at high speed with dust to boot are (duh) very unstable and dangerous. Protect yourself, take reasonable stances, or suffer the consequences, like
all things in life!
It's just sensible---------not callous. |
X2!
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mtgoat666
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In my field of engineering and construction people do not die. You hear about construction deaths, but it is usually deaths on irresponsible crews or
at incompetent companies. If people were dieing on my job i would know something was wrong and had to be fixed.
How do SCORE staff and racers live with themselves, routinely killing their customers, and then blaming the deaths on the stupidity of their
customers? It is possible to protect the spectators, SCORE just chooses not to. Says all you need to know about SCORE owners and employees and
racers.
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David K
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I will guess that races will no long begin in the city, or they will parade the racers out of the city and begin the speed section.
The finishing results have not yet been posted ... Here is the link: http://score-international.com/raceinfo/sample-page/baja-500...
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Ateo
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Udall said he road straight down the course this race so he couldn't be called a cheater.
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bajaguy
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Who is responsible???
The Municipality, SCORE, the racers, the spectators, the parents????
Everybody has a part
Most "accidents" are the result of a chain of failures
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rts551
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Yes sir. Pure Bull. Deaths in Chicago have no relevance to racing in Baja. In fact, deaths in Chicago have no relevance to Baja what so ever.
Unless we can convince David to start taking his vacations in Illinois.
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chuckie
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Nah, no Missions, His latest bull about the race no longer starting in the city is BULL too, still under discussion..I expect there will be an over
reaction to the 3 deaths, and the cluster F*** on reaction to incidents tho..It was pretty clear that they were overwhelmed and in the face of that
they did as well as they could...
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SFandH
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This article says the driver of the Trophy truck involved in the accident was arrested.
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/DeportesLocal/...
I'm not sure I understand what happened. Did the driver go off course and hit bystanders because the course was blocked by emergency vehicles
attending to another accident?
This link will return baja 500 articles published by a popular TJ newspaper in the past 24 hours.
https://www.google.com/search?as_q=&as_epq=baja+500&...
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chuckie
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Looked like a racing incident on the video...He got loose , lost it, over corrected and went down the draw....Preventable? Only the guy in the seat
could tell ya that....
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