PRO races ROCK! Don't hear much good about races these days,so got to give a big "ATTA BOY" to the whole crew at richland. From GRAMPS on down great job. Pro rider count was up at 30 Crater ,Obrigo,Urqhart were the most consistent,as of when we left(after second moto 250=6th of second round)
Bad craches don't have to involve jumps. T.Ivey crashed got up got hit and reports were arm injury,sad as he was riding very well. Same moto we watching woop section next to start and #95 crashes and doesn't get up for some time,this is going as trhe rescue veh. is trying to get to Ivey,things get sorted out #95 finally sits up and they get Ivey off the track,add in a 1/2 dozen more in that moto and I am exausted just watching.
Strange stuff can go wrong,but why is it always us? OK its not just us. 450 comes in after moto and rear brake hose has come apart at the compression fitting caliper end. Not torn off by contact,just hit the brakes and thought brake pedal pivot bolt was gone. Guess thats why they sell braided hose kits? JR

Yup was a fun weekend. I was happy to go home in one piece.

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Thanks guys! It really does mean a lot to the crew when they get positives compliments!

yea way to mix up the track .......it was a nice change.With those rollers in the strait by the tower it seemed like it didnt get as rough as usual.I think my favorite jump was that step up in the back.You could roll it if you want,or hit as fast as you want.

Diddo to what Paul said...

Does any body know how Dominic Franza went down? His brother called me to see if I knew, Dom dosn't recall much. He is getting out of surgery around 4 today.

Ah man I hope he's okay?

Ahhhh no way! Anyone know what happened? That bites..he just got done healing up from a bad crash a year ago I think...

He raced my moto and somebody was down for along time in the back sweeper before the step-up. Not sure if it was him thou.That section ate up alot of good riders...

Dominic told me that the last thing he remembers was he was cruzen along pretty well along that back sweeper trying to catch the rider in front of him and then his front tire hit what he thought was a square hole and it ejected him over the handlbars. All he remembers after that was waking up with a bunch of people around.

He suffered a broken pelvis that required surgery. He is at Harborview and surgery was today.

Anyone have an update on how extravafranza is doing?

I posted something on season opener header, (Don't know why there.) Dominic went off the little step on the back sweeper and he didn't lift when he hit the ledge bump and forks caved and pitched him over the bars and body slammed. I was back there at the time. And no it's not our suspension. It did bottomed the forks and they knifed sideways and pitched him over the bars. The bump wasn't that big but was more of a curb which still puzzels me because a the dirt on the sweeper was freshly pushed into that area the day before and should have just created normal braking bumps. I'm going to go back to See Dominic on Friday. He is in there for a week then 4 weeks of rehab at another facility. Go see him if you can.

Dang...send him our thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery from Montana. Thanks for the update Ted.

Thanks Ted.