99.9% sure he died

Today i went to a bike show organized by mcn in the uk at donington park race track , it was a superb event plenty to see and do weather was great all in all a good day.
BUT there were track days being held this weekend also, so me and the wife started to walk around the outside of the track to watch them ride only to witness the most horrific accident i ever want to see . just ay the end of the start finish straight there's a right bend quite sharp to begin with which open's out, well one of the leading riders fell off he seemed ok though he tried to get up but as he did the following pack rounded the bend and whack one of the other riders hit him square in the back of the head sending him spinning like a rag doll.
the ambulance was called and you could see them working on him on the track ,you could see them pumping on his chest for at least 10 minutes then they shocked him 3 times you could see his body jolt as they gave it to him it's a sight i'll never forget then everyone kind of stopped you could tell from there body language that was it but i hope i,m wrong. then they took him away i left shortly afterwards.
as i said i hope i'm wrong but my condolancies go to his family , he only went for a bit of fun on a track day.

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif ....very sad

i hope never witness anything like that ,i almost went to the MCN show myself

GDC members Perkles and Looney were there doing a track day today. Hope they got outta there in one piece.

Not good at all http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Yes i was there and 1st on scene with Mat both of us gxxr 750 riders we parked up and i decided not to touch the rider as he was obviously seriously injured and was worried about spinal kneck injuries.I didnt find out till this morning he was dead and now feel i should have done more to help.I screamed at the marshalls to get an ambulance quickly and to be honest a doctor arrived on the scene very quickly.
My thoughts go out to his friends and family.

Chap,
These things happen and you can not blame yourself for things you should and should not have done. Are you a paramedic? No, so how could you have done more for him?
Best thing is to leave him to the professionals, imagine how much worse you would feel if he was alive but died as a result of you trying to help him.
Chap, let it go, it is a shitty situation but we all know the risks and take those risks everytime we pull on a lid and hit the road.
Cmon Dude, shit happens.

i also found out today he died R.I.P mate

once again my thoughts go out to his family and friends.


p.s the fukin marshall that was on that bend wasn't payind attention either a group of us there had to yell at him to put the flags out , he was miles away, and then he only put the yellow out should have been paying more attention.

It is sad for his loved ones, but we are all going eventually,
He's now either on a GSXR1000 on an unrestricted ribbon of black tarmac. or
on Harley in traffic. Depending on which way he went.
God speed to him.

That is really tragic...I was at Brands doing a TD last thursday and the organisers said the "death toll" (fucking AWFUL expression) had gone up again on TDs. You have just explained what they were referring to....

Funny though, even after that news during the briefing, it was one of the heaviest days I have been to regarding bins...about 10 out of approx. 75 riders, I would normally reckon between 5 and 10 percent jumping off during a TD.

Bikers are a strange breed, we have an amazing ability of seeing the obvious risks as part of the buzz......a strange bunch aren't we? http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

Anyway, I still regard the track as the safest place to go proper banzai, I would rather take my chances on track if I bin, with big run-offs, no lampposts, cars, kerbs, trees etc. and paramedics on site, rather than down a quiet shit-covered country lane, with big trees and slow-moving tractors and horses, ditches and nobody around to help...