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Old 10-24-2011, 09:36 PM   #41
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Even if his helmet stayed on...I honestly dont think it would have helped.

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Old 10-24-2011, 09:57 PM   #42
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Rossi appeared to hit mainly his arm, I understand everyones concern for how hes coping with that being his friend but what about Edwards? He "dead centered" him similar to how you hit the dog. Edwards looked distraught even on the side of the track and mildly injured himself.

Regardless of any of that, RIP Marco. While not always my favorite rider, I was definitely looking forward to watching him race for years to come.
I don't know how anybody could look at the picture in post #20 and call that "mainly an arm". We all know Marco's helmet came off in the crash and an article published in the UK said Marco had a visible tire mark across his neck; that clearly didn't come from where Edwards hit him.

Not saying this to point fingers at all, just explaining why people are so concerned about Rossi moreso than Edwards (not to mention the long friendship they've shared).
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Old 10-25-2011, 06:40 AM   #43
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I don't know how anybody could look at the picture in post #20 and call that "mainly an arm". We all know Marco's helmet came off in the crash and an article published in the UK said Marco had a visible tire mark across his neck; that clearly didn't come from where Edwards hit him.

Not saying this to point fingers at all, just explaining why people are so concerned about Rossi moreso than Edwards (not to mention the long friendship they've shared).
I was going mostly by the video, the picture you can't see his head because it appeared to be more next to rossis bike than under it but none of us can really tell. I never said not be worried about how Rossi is feeling and I acknowledged the friendship they shared. I just said that we should look at the fact that Edwards was clearly upset too but not many people seem to even mention that.
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Old 10-25-2011, 09:02 AM   #44
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His head is blanked out in that pic, it got smacked hard and they didn't want you to see it, I got a feeling the real version of that pic is not pretty at all.

The way the medics treated him was aweful. The freakin dropped him and left him out on the track forever...

Look how they dragged him at this point...
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His head is blanked out in that pic, it got smacked hard and they didn't want you to see it, I got a feeling the real version of that pic is not pretty at all.

The way the medics treated him was aweful. The freakin dropped him and left him out on the track forever...

Look how they dragged him at this point...
Shameful.
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Old 10-25-2011, 09:57 AM   #46
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happens pretty often, they are trying to get racers off track w/o getting run over themselves.

all the races are like that, none of that immobilize the neck and so on, just get them off.
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GREAT writeup by Schwantz

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/...34-rip-sic.htm
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Old 10-25-2011, 10:37 AM   #48
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His head is blanked out in that pic, it got smacked hard and they didn't want you to see it, I got a feeling the real version of that pic is not pretty at all.

The way the medics treated him was aweful. The freakin dropped him and left him out on the track forever...

Look how they dragged him at this point...
That makes more sense about the pic.

That's pretty fucked up, I doubt it would've made much difference in saving him but you would think they'd be a little more careful with a badly injured rider.
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Old 10-25-2011, 10:57 AM   #49
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His head is blanked out in that pic, it got smacked hard and they didn't want you to see it, I got a feeling the real version of that pic is not pretty at all.

The way the medics treated him was aweful. The freakin dropped him and left him out on the track forever...

Look how they dragged him at this point...
Its just like when Tomi died...
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Old 10-25-2011, 11:23 AM   #50
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happens pretty often, they are trying to get racers off track w/o getting run over themselves.

all the races are like that, none of that immobilize the neck and so on, just get them off.
This wasn't like that. He remained on the track for awhile after he went down. They placed crash bags around him. The red flag was out for awhile before they moved him. He wasn't under threat of getting hit again or the crew getting hit. There were other numerous reports of poor corner working for this track in other races too. These guys just plain didn't know what the fuck they were doing out there.
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