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Particle Man
05-22-2009, 04:04 PM
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/cyclist_track_worker_killed_in.html

A motorcycle rider and an employee of Barber Motorsports were killed this morning when the employee was struck while cleaning debris from the track during a test run for the motorcyclist, according to Capt. C.W. Mardis, spokesman for the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service

RIP
Trip
05-22-2009, 04:08 PM
holy sheep shit RIP
azoomm
05-22-2009, 04:14 PM
How horrible.... RIP
dReWpY
05-22-2009, 04:17 PM
RIP damn, that sucks
Rider
05-22-2009, 04:18 PM
I can see the track worker, but the woman on the bike? Must have been a huge impact at very high speed. RIP to both of them.

I'm just shocked that the track didn't waive a flag to alert the rider that there was workers on the track. Sounds like a track fuck up.
AquaEv77
05-22-2009, 04:19 PM
Rip :(
Lamnidae
05-22-2009, 04:55 PM
Rip
julie j
05-22-2009, 04:56 PM
RIP - Prayers to their families.
ericr
05-22-2009, 05:10 PM
that sucks :(
Gas Man
05-22-2009, 06:17 PM
I can see the track worker, but the woman on the bike? Must have been a huge impact at very high speed. RIP to both of them.

I'm just shocked that the track didn't waive a flag to alert the rider that there was workers on the track. Sounds like a track fuck up.
Also sounds like a law suit.
Mr Lefty
05-22-2009, 07:57 PM
Damn... RIP...
Looni2ns
05-22-2009, 10:25 PM
It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. May they rest in peace. My prayers go out to their families and friends.

There was a standing yellow. T4 is a blind hill. There's a corner worker station at the top that you always aim for when you come up the hill from T3. It's a sweeping uphill right hander. He went out to collect a dead bird that was in the race line, and she crested the hill on the throttle. It must have been horrible.
askmrjesus
05-22-2009, 11:27 PM
It's a terrible, terrible tragedy. May they rest in peace. My prayers go out to their families and friends.

There was a standing yellow. T4 is a blind hill. There's a corner worker station at the top that you always aim for when you come up the hill from T3. It's a sweeping uphill right hander. He went out to collect a dead bird that was in the race line, and she crested the hill on the throttle. It must have been horrible.

From your description, it sounds like it happened quickly for both of them, not like that's much consolation, but...

I'm wonder why it was just a standing yellow, if there were corner workers on the track? A situation like that calls for a waving yellow at least.

JC
azoomm
05-23-2009, 02:53 AM
From your description, it sounds like it happened quickly for both of them, not like that's much consolation, but...

I'm wonder why it was just a standing yellow, if there were corner workers on the track? A situation like that calls for a waving yellow at least.

JC

All of that is exactly what I was thinking.

How horrible. I thought about this all day. BIG discussion...
shmike
05-23-2009, 09:07 AM
From your description, it sounds like it happened quickly for both of them, not like that's much consolation, but...

I'm wonder why it was just a standing yellow, if there were corner workers on the track? A situation like that calls for a waving yellow at least.

JC

Waving yellow, debris flag and another corner worker keeping a look out.

Unfortunate incident for both.

RIP.

I hope Gas Man is wrong. It was a tragedy but a law suit will only make things worse.
Flexin
05-23-2009, 05:57 PM
Damn. RIP

James
Gas Man
05-24-2009, 03:54 AM
But you know I'll be right...
rogue
05-24-2009, 04:05 PM
Wow. :(

R.I.P.
Particle Man
05-26-2009, 09:44 AM
But you know I'll be right...

this is the USA afterall so someone will get sued. :(