Hey Kirsty!

Papa_Complex · 08-10-2009, 12:28 PM

Are you still on mat leave, or do you have a hospital full of national superbike racers to take care of now?

karl_1052 · 08-10-2009, 12:55 PM

Was there a lot of crashes?

Papa_Complex · 08-10-2009, 01:05 PM

No more than normal I would say, but Francis and Alex ended up in "a Halifax hospital."

If half of our staff hadn't been on vacation last week, I'd have flown out there for it.

*EDIT* This is what Larry Tate (Inside Motorcycles, CMG Online, Toronto Star...) had to say on it:

Others who'd fallen in various practice and race sessions weren't so lucky, with 14-year-old Royce McLean, Szoke's Kawasaki team-mate Alex Welsh, BMW's Francis Martin, and Atlantic Racing League organizer Terry Steeves all in a Halifax hospital with various injuries, some quite severe (Martin and Steeves especially, both suffering vertebrae fractures).

Too bad about McLean. The kid is scary fast and coming along nicely.

Papa_Complex · 08-11-2009, 08:09 AM

This remark came from Rick Nelson, Andrew Nelson's father:

Many many crashes. We pitted on the short row to the washrooms and right after the AM 600 race, just before Andy goes out for the superbike race, the crash truck unloaded 5 bikes within 50 feet of us...I can't imagine how many were dropped off before the crash truck came by us!

cbrchick · 08-12-2009, 01:33 PM

Damm... Terry Steves went down with broken bits... I had to miss the Nationals this year due to having a 16 day old infant

Too hot at the track...

Would have been busy times at the ER. I have taken care of National racers before. They look perplexed when I ask them what turn they crashed in and then discuss the track lay out.

Papa_Complex · 08-12-2009, 01:54 PM

I had a feeling that you wouldn't have been around either location for it, but thought it was at least worth mentioning. Sounds like quite the crash-fest, though I think it's like that every year....?

karl_1052 · 08-12-2009, 09:06 PM

I don't think the NS racetrack is very nice(at least compared to the one in my backyard

)

did Szoke win again?

Papa_Complex · 08-12-2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karl_1052

I don't think the NS racetrack is very nice(at least compared to the one in my backyard

)

did Szoke win again?

No, it was McCormick by something like 5 seconds. There's only a 14 point difference in Superbike right now, so it'll be worth going to Shannonville for the final.

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Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	No more than normal I would say, but Francis and Alex ended up in "a Halifax hospital." If half of our staff hadn't been on vacation last week, I'd have flown out there for it. EDIT This is what Larry Tate (Inside Motorcycles, CMG Online, Toronto Star...) had to say on it: Others who'd fallen in various practice and race sessions weren't so lucky, with 14-year-old Royce McLean, Szoke's Kawasaki team-mate Alex Welsh, BMW's Francis Martin, and Atlantic Racing League organizer Terry Steeves all in a Halifax hospital with various injuries, some quite severe (Martin and Steeves especially, both suffering vertebrae fractures). Too bad about McLean. The kid is scary fast and coming along nicely. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/ Last edited by Papa_Complex; 08-10-2009 at 01:10 PM..

08-11-2009, 08:09 AM	#4
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	This remark came from Rick Nelson, Andrew Nelson's father: Many many crashes. We pitted on the short row to the washrooms and right after the AM 600 race, just before Andy goes out for the superbike race, the crash truck unloaded 5 bikes within 50 feet of us...I can't imagine how many were dropped off before the crash truck came by us! __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

08-12-2009, 01:54 PM	#6
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I had a feeling that you wouldn't have been around either location for it, but thought it was at least worth mentioning. Sounds like quite the crash-fest, though I think it's like that every year....? __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

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cbrchick Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Moto: Honda CBR 600, Yamaha Zuma 50, Suzuki SV1000 Posts: 395	Damm... Terry Steves went down with broken bits... I had to miss the Nationals this year due to having a 16 day old infant Too hot at the track... Would have been busy times at the ER. I have taken care of National racers before. They look perplexed when I ask them what turn they crashed in and then discuss the track lay out.

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karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	I don't think the NS racetrack is very nice(at least compared to the one in my backyard) did Szoke win again? __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.