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Old 10-23-2011, 06:39 AM   #1
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Apparently he fell in lap two, got caught in the bike, helmet came off and drug in the path of edwards and rossi.

This is heartbreaking, I'm gutted. Can't even imagine what vale is feeling right now.
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Old 10-23-2011, 07:37 AM   #2
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Old 10-23-2011, 07:48 AM   #3
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Apparently he fell in lap two, got caught in the bike, helmet came off and drug in the path of edwards and rossi.

This is heartbreaking, I'm gutted. Can't even imagine what vale is feeling right now.
How bout edwards he t-boned him prety solid. hard to tell if rossi hit his body or just his helmet after it came off.
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http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id...malaysian-race

How horrible.

My thoughts are with Colin. There was nowhere for him to go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkInp...e_gdata_player
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Fuck. My buddy just called to wake me up, and told me about this. I didn't believe it at first. Horrible.
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It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there.
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It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there.
I heard Sim lost the rear but saved it by planting his knee. When the rear finally grabbed he rode the thing out, trying to save it, but it was arcing back across the track. Thats why it seems like he came back perpindicular to the track, and why he was so low. Just a case of wrong place wrong time. If he would have dumped it in the gravel, he would still be
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Old 10-23-2011, 03:38 PM   #10
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It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there.
This onboard footage, combined with the outside perspective shows pretty clear how it happened.

Sad day, and I can't imagine what must be going through the minds of Edwards and Rossi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDILx...layer_embedded
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