sad times at cadwell,

[bex]

superstock rider has died after the big crash just after the mountain RIP Ben Gautrey.

http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle=Cadwell-BSB%3A-Ben-Gautrey-has-died&newsid=5451

and on another note, Brookes (imo) played dirty this weekend.

[Jonabonospen]

Very sad news. RIP Ben

[argentum40]

very sad news indeed... Least the lad died doing what he enjoyed doing and condolences to his family and friends

[Gin]

So sad to read..

Thoughts with family and friends..

Shame to lose some one so talented and so young

[Guest]

18 y/o no age

[whitedevil]

Wayne Hamilton also died today during the manx gp junior race. R.I.P guys

http://www.crash.net/crash/news/172544/ ... ident.html

[bex]

Wayne Hamilton also died today during the manx gp junior race. R.I.P guys

http://www.crash.net/crash/news/172544/ ... ident.html

 

yes i read that too just after but couldnt find a link as i forgot where i read it sad day all round but as said, they went doing what they loved. how many of us will get to say that at the end.

[JamieK]

RIP too the both of them, great talents lost way to young, thoughts with family and friends.

[TC]

Thoughts go out to his family and friends,

Me and Roy were there. it was a bad crash but the circuit is too narrow.

The circuit was closed for about an hour and a half.

[bex]

i forgot to say, my classmate is Ben's mechanic he will be sad today.

TC its not that its to narrow, its that they are all learning and out to impress the big teams, they all want the same sq ft of tarmac. hundreds of races are held there and most dont end up in an accident, let alone one this sad.

[Guest]

Yeah Bex, I seen it on Dan's status on facebook!

Really really sad news, far too young and thoughts are with all his friends and family. RIP!

[Guest]

Seems there was a third, although much older at 41, father of two.... sad times... RIP all.

http://www.isleofman.com/News/article.a ... icle=38951

[techno]

i forgot to say, my classmate is Ben's mechanic he will be sad today.

TC its not that its to narrow, its that they are all learning and out to impress the big teams, they all want the same sq ft of tarmac. hundreds of races are held there and most dont end up in an accident, let alone one this sad.

 

Am sorry but it is too narrow and tbh most of the british circuits that bsb use have been outgrown by the bikes.

RIP all condolences to families and friends!

[Guest akey]

i forgot to say, my classmate is Ben's mechanic he will be sad today.

TC its not that its to narrow, its that they are all learning and out to impress the big teams, they all want the same sq ft of tarmac. hundreds of races are held there and most dont end up in an accident, let alone one this sad.

 

Am sorry but it is too narrow and tbh most of the british circuits that bsb use have been outgrown by the bikes.

RIP all condolences to families and friends!

 

My personal opinion is this isnt the track, the accident happend on the exit to a left right set of corners at the bottom of the mountain.

It is a shame the accident happened in this location, it could have just as easily happened at the goose neck, or devils elbow at Mallory or any other chicane on the calendar. I say unfortunate because people will immediatly slate Cadwell and 'the mountain' as reason for the incident.

Deaths in circuit racing are rare, but they do happen, and usually when a rider is struck by another bike, such as the Moto 2 accident last season and this one. It is always tragic when someone dies, but even if the track was 500m wide this would still have happened. Racers all want to be on the same bit of tarmac about half a meter or less wide, so if a rider falls off right in front of another one there is no time take avoiding action so track width is irrelevant, run off is irrelevant.

We all want nice close racing, which is what we get, unfortunatly close racing means vehicles travelling fast close to each other with little or no time to react to an accident.

RIP fella, enjoy those clear tracks up there

[Guest philgale]

I seen the video on youtube and its not good, the problem is when you come off at the top of the mountain nobody can see you there until its too late. having ridden the track it is very narrow and tough to overtake from the bottom of the mountain all the way to the start finish straight.

one of the trainers at work, her brother was one of the guys who hit ben and was very good mates with him. bad times and something we all wish never happens but its one of those things.