Mike
PR Addict
Can MX be made safer? I think so and the past few weeks have given me more than enough reason to ask this question. Do we really need 100’ triples to identify the best riders? Like many I watched from afar a couple of weeks ago the vigil, and ultimately the death of Austin Mincey. And after reading the online descriptions of last weekend’s ATV National event at Briarcliff I feel that it’s time for a civilized discussion on this topic.
The following links are helpful to understand this latest event, by one account over 50 riders were injured at Briarcliff, at least two lifeflighted.
http://www.gofundme.com/afvhac
http://www.gofundme.com/afy5as
Other motor sports have looked at accidents and made changes to improve the chances of survival of participants. There are races with downforce restrictions, certain tracks have restrictor plates to control speed. Perhaps James Stewart and like can handle these obstacles but should we put a 14 year old BOY on the same, I don’t think so.
This is not meant to be an indictment of Briarcliff, by all account Jeremy put a tremendous amount of work and investment to make last week’s event happen.
The following links are helpful to understand this latest event, by one account over 50 riders were injured at Briarcliff, at least two lifeflighted.
http://www.gofundme.com/afvhac
http://www.gofundme.com/afy5as
Other motor sports have looked at accidents and made changes to improve the chances of survival of participants. There are races with downforce restrictions, certain tracks have restrictor plates to control speed. Perhaps James Stewart and like can handle these obstacles but should we put a 14 year old BOY on the same, I don’t think so.
This is not meant to be an indictment of Briarcliff, by all account Jeremy put a tremendous amount of work and investment to make last week’s event happen.