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RE: flaggers must be blind

mainiac — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:49:06 GMT

Im sure not bashing anyones hard work if anyones track was perfect we wouldnt need practice.. The surgeon decided not to operate just giving me rehab.. yee-ha be racing shortly..Shawn how did the cam work out .

RE: flaggers must be blind

RM25042 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:31:51 GMT

[quote][b]mainiac (8/6/2007)[/b][hr]hey guys dont get me wrong i liked the lay out of the track I got the hole shot and was checking out i went down on that little double befere the corner and the big table top.I need to see a surgeon today yee haa .things happen they never did throw a flag at all.a video or something would be good for the flaggers.Shawn how did you do.[/quote]

i did ok.. first moto i got 5th and second moto i got 12th.. ouch. i was in 8th and charging i just got around 7th and was trying to get 6th and the guy in 6th nailed his breaks after the finish line, probably to cover that inside line that i was charging for. well i nailed the brakes and slid right into him. by the time i got up and running... i was in 12th. oh well theres always next week !!! :-) hope things go well at the surgeon Rick

RE: flaggers must be blind

p.biggs 7 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:27:49 GMT

you are definately right about the flaggers, i personally want to know that i am covered when(not if)i crash!every track seems to have at least one issue from time to time with flagging.i was just trying to keep this from becoming a bash bruce mountain topic which it looked like it was heading that way,he has worked hard and people will start piling on imediatly if they had a bad day.you are justified, sorry. i remember the first few races at the other tracks,not so pretty either,but look at them now!!!!!!!!!!!!

RE: flaggers must be blind

mainiac — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:24:32 GMT

hey guys dont get me wrong i liked the lay out of the track I got the hole shot and was checking out i went down on that little double befere the corner and the big table top.I need to see a surgeon today yee haa .things happen they never did throw a flag at all.a video or something would be good for the flaggers.Shawn how did you do.

RE: flaggers must be blind

RM25042 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:24:41 GMT

the first thing that should be said to a flagger is... do not flag at the crash!!!! flag 30 feet BEFORE the crash!!! Pat is right.. you should cut em alittle slack... although flagging is a VERY important subject!!!! it was their 3rd race at that track i believe and it was the most riders that track has had. last year was just over 200 i think and this year was 275 or so. i know ray gave em a walk thru before practice.... while we had are riders meeting. but maybe they need more than that. maybe a meeting or training the day before or something else.

sorry to hear and see your crash Rick.. hop eyou heal fast!!

RE: flaggers must be blind

mxhockey140 — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:27:56 GMT

i thought the track was mint and wicked fun. just got real rocky real quick

RE: flaggers must be blind

vetexp790 — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:53:56 GMT

First off, Rick, sorry to hear you got hurt. Hope you get better soon. Where did this all happen , on what part of the track? Which moto or practice? Ray #790

RE: flaggers must be blind

yamahayzrider93 — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:42:13 GMT

In my mind changes in the track are something that you can forgive. Im sure they have made alot of changes but flaggin is one thing that should not be overlooked. Its not hard to have like 10 minutes and just tell the flaggers how to do the job.

RE: flaggers must be blind

p.biggs 7 — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:25:20 GMT

sorry to hear that you were injured,we hate to see anybody hurt.but cut a little slack,that place has made tons of improvements for only the second race ever there,and im sure there will be many more before the next race.overall it seemed great to me,track was alot better,parking was still a little tight but also much better.good day just my opinion.

RE: flaggers must be blind

Kawi29y — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:52:02 GMT

I think that they should have a little training session before they are expected to go out there and do their job, because some flaggers today did not look like they knew what they were doing. The race overall was good, but the flaggers stuck out in my mind because i went down and nearly got run over. Overall, good day.

RE: flaggers must be blind

dusty — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:33:41 GMT

Where do they find these idiots who flag .They never pay any attention to what is going on around them . #365 could have been alot more seriously injured.I thought it was the maine dirtbike ***. to make the track as safe as possible . Well they certainly not doing there jobs. THe riders expect to go and have fun not get hurt because nobody is paying attention.I would say it's the bike ***. that is responsible for this one. FLAGGERS DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RE: flaggers must be blind

MADracing926 — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:17:23 GMT

I practiced the track earlier in the week to get ready for the first race of the fall series. I decided not to race, I was not comfoprtable with that track at all. Hope your injuries heal quickly for you.

flaggers must be blind

mainiac — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:55:33 GMT

#365 30 +c boo koo rider , from what i hear my accident where i was run over by another rider was not flagged what so ever and could of turned out to be worse, lucky i only suffered a ac separation and torn ligiments with a rotator cuff injury. the track was nice but needs to be changed in a couple places before i and im sure others will be back... i dont think they were prepared for this race.flaggers need to be trained not be pulled out of the crowd, they were to busy watching the race rather then for accidents.