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Title: Dirttrack vid....
Post by: Bird on August 26, 2012, 11:30:40 PM

Got this from a bloke in my old club the other day... The wonders of onboard cameras.

Remember, it only hurts while the pain is there.... *sigh*, I miss racing... :(

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I was helping the club run a dirt track race meeting on the weekend.

Casey, Greg’s son has been racing as a junior for a few years & this was his first meeting as a senior, now he’d turned 16. He loves filming on-board footage of him & others racing & putting the results up on YouTube.

Well on Sunday he lost the front end and crashed, and Lee hit his bike & crashed too. Have a look at the footage, especially the slow motion footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ng1KxhAOw&list=UUOawPzmUEAYkoNnv5I7Ut2g&index=1&feature=plcp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ng1KxhAOw&list=UUOawPzmUEAYkoNnv5I7Ut2g&index=1&feature=plcp)

He ended up with some tendon & ligament damage to his knee, but didn’t break anything. It is quite astounding, given what happened to his leg.

Title: Re: Dirttrack vid....
Post by: brickiematt on August 27, 2012, 05:55:56 AM

Ouch!!! I dont think your knee is supposed to bend that way. Very lucky he didn't sustain major damage to his knee/leg.

Title: Re: Dirttrack vid....
Post by: bunyip on August 27, 2012, 03:26:45 PM

That hurts, a lot.

Did something similar on a Rugby field once.

Bunyip

Title: Re: Dirttrack vid....
Post by: Squalo on August 28, 2012, 11:52:42 AM

Holy crap. That knee will give him a bit of grief when he's older, but to not do more damage is amazing.