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In Reply to: Re: I just couldn't do it anymore. posted by WERA689 on April 3, 2007 at 20:39:26:
Oh, in '91, I was 36, and Colin was 19.
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And he couldn't have been more than about 13.I remember once Nicky or Tommy fell at Oakhill and their dad jumped the fence near the crash, not to see if the crasher was ok, but instead to pump his fist at the other one to make sure his lap times didn't fall off after seeing his brother down when he came by the next time around.
Road Atlanta...what a great racetrack. I never raced it after they put a chicane in the back straightaway, but I left some parts at that place before they did.
I had a throttle stick open at the end of the straight and I figured it out when my front tire locked up as I was applying break on the ascending slope of the gravity cavity right before the bridge. I was going what, 135 mph and headed to the left base of the bridge with no hope of stopping? I jumped as far to the right as I could to lengthen the distance I would go before hitting and as I was sliding I was thinking this is it, you are all done. I hit the tires, was knocked unconscious, merely, woke up with a corner worker trying to cut my helmet off with scissors, and I was like get the hell away from me, I'm in the next race! The bike, however, was not so lucky. It careened off the inside of the bridge and then went end over end down the other side of the hill for about 150 yards until it finally broke into two large chunks (the crash ripped the steering head off the bike). Sadly, I was in the lead when all that happened and it was the last lap. All I had to do was make it over the hill and make a little right to cross the line.
Yeah, Road Atlanta is great. I miss gravity cavity, though I can tell you 10a/10b is an eye-opener for sure!
I dropped a chain once on the ascent to the bridge once in the gravity cavity days. Thankfully, it fell clear of the bike instead of locking up the rear wheel at 150+mph!!!! I was going so fast that I didn't realize what happened until the end of the front straight!!! I so miss the intensity and concentration of racing....
Good times indeed. I still miss racing, but I'm too old, and too poor to still be at it. Alas....
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