2 riders killed @Vietnam Festival

2x18wheeler · 04-02-2012, 10:57 AM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/...=nascar,wp7408

Loafer · 04-02-2012, 11:59 AM

That is truly tragic. When you play with the devil, you will always lose.
R.I.P.

chainsaw · 04-02-2012, 01:52 PM

The sponsors of this event shouldn't have allowed them on the track in the first place.

AlabamaNomadRider · 04-02-2012, 02:38 PM

The banking is not meant for motorcycles. At least not motorcycles that aren't racing.

fish · 04-02-2012, 03:58 PM

in the pic I see a nomad

Sounds like it was bound to happen

**cnc** · 04-02-2012, 04:22 PM

That is so sad.

**ringadingh** · 04-02-2012, 05:13 PM

Sounds like some were not riding very safe, attempting those banked corners requires a lot of speed to stat up there.

**cnc** · 04-02-2012, 06:18 PM

Didn't someone on here post a link a few days back to this event? Somewhere I remember reading the schedule and in it there were instructions to not ride on the banks, but stay on the apron of the track.

ToeJam · 04-02-2012, 07:16 PM

They were going both ways on the track???

**glwilson** · 04-02-2012, 08:19 PM

What a cluster...

exharley · 04-02-2012, 10:09 PM

What? were these teenagers. I could understand teenagers acting reckless because after all they are immortal. But older folks should know better. It's just common sense. But I guess common sense doesn't always come with age.

bullman · 04-02-2012, 11:42 PM

Someone on here was talking about going there. They were going to be escorting the wall into the speedway. This is a tragic but avoidable accident.

**crazygene49** · 04-03-2012, 03:53 PM

Old enough to know better:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...otorcycle.html

Loafer · 04-03-2012, 04:14 PM

Wow, let's blame the organizers because some people didn't follow the rules.

waterman · 04-03-2012, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazygene49

Old enough to know better:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...otorcycle.html

One of the riders was 71 and just received his license a year ago. May have been old but still inexperienced.

04-02-2012, 10:57 AM	#1
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04-02-2012, 11:59 AM	#2
Loafer Sr. Contributor Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 18,287	That is truly tragic. When you play with the devil, you will always lose. R.I.P. __________________ Gerry Martineau / 802 VT / VBA #0892 /[email]glmjgm@gmail.com[email]
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04-02-2012, 02:38 PM	#4
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04-02-2012, 04:22 PM	#6
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04-02-2012, 01:52 PM	#3
chainsaw Sr. Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,732	The sponsors of this event shouldn't have allowed them on the track in the first place.
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04-02-2012, 05:13 PM	#7
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Sounds like some were not riding very safe, attempting those banked corners requires a lot of speed to stat up there. __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951
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04-02-2012, 06:18 PM	#8
cnc Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal QC Posts: 12,034	Didn't someone on here post a link a few days back to this event? Somewhere I remember reading the schedule and in it there were instructions to not ride on the banks, but stay on the apron of the track. __________________ Norm Ward 2008 blue / silver nomad kawanow / VBA #01136
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04-02-2012, 07:16 PM	#9
ToeJam Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 467	They were going both ways on the track??? __________________ Jim / Houston Texas VBA #01936 VROC #34478 TexasVROC 2010 Nomad
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04-02-2012, 08:19 PM	#10
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04-02-2012, 10:09 PM	#11
exharley Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Culleoka, Tn Posts: 136	What? were these teenagers. I could understand teenagers acting reckless because after all they are immortal. But older folks should know better. It's just common sense. But I guess common sense doesn't always come with age. __________________ Life is too short to dance with ugly women.
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04-02-2012, 11:42 PM	#12
bullman Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Painesville, Ohio Posts: 193	Someone on here was talking about going there. They were going to be escorting the wall into the speedway. This is a tragic but avoidable accident.
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04-03-2012, 03:53 PM	#13
crazygene49 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Dover, DE Posts: 1,856	Old enough to know better: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...otorcycle.html __________________ Gene Chestnut Dover, DE USAF 1968-1995 VBA#01761 2007 Nomad 1600 Black and Titanium
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04-03-2012, 04:14 PM	#14
Loafer Sr. Contributor Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 18,287	Wow, let's blame the organizers because some people didn't follow the rules. __________________ Gerry Martineau / 802 VT / VBA #0892 /[email]glmjgm@gmail.com[email]
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