Track day fatality

[Salted_Peanut]

Deeply sad news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65678350

[FezSpider]

[Darkslider]

Terrible news. The report I read stated that it was a single bike incident, I think the family are due some credit for seemingly being pragmatic about the whole thing. It would be all too easy for a recently bereaved family to jump straight to sueing the circuit/TDO/whomever else they could and putting future bike track days at risk or at least increased cost for the rest of us.

RIP.

[vw_99]

Not the 1st one at KH. 10 years ago there was a rider died during a race weekend.

[Farky]

Chris was an absolute gem of a guy, i sold him my GsxS1000 couple years ago & at the beginning of this year we were in contact about him buying my Tuono V4.
Very sad news indeed and my heart, condolences go out to his lovely family

[Drawweight]

It's very easy to get blasé when you see Moto GP riders come off at crazy speeds and walk away seemingly unhurt but track day and club riders die all too frequently at far lower speeds.

Its all the luck of the draw, how you land, if you hit anything or are hit by another bike.

Look up rider deaths in British racing series's and practically every circuit will be there and track day fatalities would no doubt be equally distributed.

[trickywoo]

Rip and I appreciate this may not be the right place to discuss but I’m on the record saying track days feel like the Wild West to me. At least on the road you have some control over what happens. The organisers are well overdue a reckoning on how they conduct track time.

[LF5335]

Drawweight said:

It's very easy to get blasé when you see Moto GP riders come off at crazy speeds and walk away seemingly unhurt but track day and club riders die all too frequently at far lower speeds.

Its all the luck of the draw, how you land, if you hit anything or are hit by another bike.

Look up rider deaths in British racing series's and practically every circuit will be there and track day fatalities would no doubt be equally distributed.

Top level racers are used to crashing and know how to crash and what to do to minimise the chances of injury. As you drop through the skill and experience levels, then crashing is something most won’t have done very often. The outcomes can be sadly tragic.

trickywoo said:

Rip and I appreciate this may not be the right place to discuss but I’m on the record saying track days feel like the Wild West to me. At least on the road you have some control over what happens. The organisers are well overdue a reckoning on how they conduct track time.

Whereas I will now go on record and say they are far too sanitised and nowhere near as good as they used to be. Red flags are thrown at many circuits for the most minor of incidents. Trackday organisers don’t get the full say on a lot of the running of the day, that sits with the circuit owner and their marshalling team.

[svracers]

I knew chris. He was a lovely guy who had a young family as well. He also ran ca motorbikes and was getting great reviews. Taken far too soon. Rip mate