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I've refused to go to tracks that don't have splits. And I bitch to the operators of tracks that do bad splits - like a few weeks ago when they ran Beginner, Vet, and 85s all in one session at a local track. 50 riders with massively different abilities and thought processes out there at once. To add to it they allowed a few of the really fast guys to go out too! What a shit show. I had A riders scrub past me at warp 8 while I was trying to avoid an 85cc bike that was down in front of me. Eventually I got landed on by a 450 beginner that whiskey throttled off a face behind me. Didn't get hurt but that was a matter of luck and 6".
Track operators are responsible for running a safe operation by properly managing what they can control. Who is allowed to ride together is one very easy way to impact safety. Yeah, it might mean more splits and less track time than open sessions. So?
Hammer 663s
65% Rider that got landed on
30% Glen Helen
5% Mike Alessi
Most important thing is I hope the guy is ok other than being sore as a mother effer.
69.9999% Rider that got landed on
30% Glen Helen
.0001% Mike Alessi
The Shop
You don't have to like the place or even ride the place but if you were a business man and saw the video that was put out on the cost to run a National and still not say MX Sports is not like the GP's your blind. I support the Nationals going back to Glen Helen but I am ok if it never does just as well. See its not about them anymore its about me. I have left working for Lori at Glen Helen because for me it was time. I'm 65 and want me time and can quit worrying about all the whining bitches who race anymore. Have a good life.
For someone to use such a terrible incident as a means to grind an axe and stir the shit about something completely unrelated is quite simply pathetic.
10% the guy that got landed on , and 10% Alessi as both could have ridden differently and stopped it.
Mr. Info, I've said it before about you, and I'll say it again; you do your employer no favors when you post here.
Pit Row
Other things to know:
Where the collision took place is right about where the racers exit the track. I don't know if Scott was motioning to exit or waving at family/friends just before Mike landed on him, but it would have been perfectly appropriate for him to slide to his left to exit the race, this would support Alessi's comment that Scott slid over. If you know that jump, you're blind for a second as you approach the lip. The timing of the crash would for 100% certainty mean Alessi had no clue Scott was sliding over until it was too late.
I believe this was on lap 2 or 3.
After the collision, they re-racked em' and did 4 laps, which Alessi won.
I heard Alessi talking after the race and he was genuinely bummed for the other guy.
After the 2nd moto, Alessi was doubled over in pain and clearly banged up, too.
Hoping to share some more light on this since the cancel culture of 2021 is clearly entrenched in our sport of MOTO and everyone wants to point a finger and tear each other apart. In my opinion, racing 20 years and most of those at Glen Helen, this was 100% a racing incident with zero blame on Glen Helen, Alessi or Scott.
This was a racing incident.
Tough vid to really tell and to be fair I have no idea how the track looks at someone like Mike’s speed.
Big thing for me is no way 30+ pro class should be racing at the same time as 50+ 125. That doesn’t seem right at all.
From what I heard from other people douglasredding called it pretty good. Would I have made the choice to have them out there at the same time, No. But he was riding in the 125 + 50 pro race. Was he a pro I don't know. From the looks of it maybe not but not my call and race scheduling was never what I did.
Racing motorcycles is dangerous in any form. Accept it and enjoy it or walk away and quit judging that's Gods job.
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