I ran directly over that bike too, and what you can't tell from the video is that the middle of the track on that straight was deep and muddy while the outside and inside were dry and packed down. The guy on the inside and slightly ahead was trying to get to the packed down area of the track and they hit in the air off of one of the jumps sending the guy with a 1 - 1 down to the matt and leaving his bike in the worst place possible, in the dip after a single that you could not see until you were going off the jump. The commotion was on the side of the track where the guy was standing with the medical crew and no indication that the bike was there until you left the jump.......... I must have run over it when he was facing the other way with the camera........
The flaggers were flagging and you could see the guy off the side of the track with the yellow quads / side by sides by him and figured he was off the track.......... then BAM, you are looking at a bike in the middle of the track that you can't see until you take off the jump......... Pin it, wheelie and hope for the best to get over the bike and keep going. Rich Silvers and I both ran directly over it and talked about it on the way home.......... it was right there with no way to avoid it.