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Old 08-18-2008, 07:31 PM   #1
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Default Red Bull AMA Rookies Cup teen racer dies in crash

Someone just posted this on another forum I am on...

http://www.royalgazette.com/siftolog...0&sectionId=60

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Old 08-18-2008, 07:36 PM   #2
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I just saw that as well... how horrible

RIP, and thoughts to the other rider.
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Old 08-18-2008, 08:04 PM   #3
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wow... must have been a bad off... that's horrible. RIP
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Old 08-18-2008, 09:21 PM   #4
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Yea, he got hit by another rider after he fell. =(

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/...?article=33780
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Aug/080818j.htm
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Old 08-18-2008, 09:24 PM   #5
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Did anyone else spot the side note article about this kid?

http://www.royalgazette.com/siftolog...7&sectionId=60

A real shame, That guy was a up and coming Super star in the making.
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Old 08-18-2008, 10:27 PM   #6
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Did anyone else spot the side note article about this kid?

http://www.royalgazette.com/siftolog...7&sectionId=60

A real shame, That guy was a up and coming Super star in the making.
i was just gonna post that-i read the same thing....sucks
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Old 08-19-2008, 02:20 PM   #7
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Its a danergous sport and just as dangerous thing for all of us.. if not more so on the streets.

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Old 08-19-2008, 02:27 PM   #8
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The kid that hit him is Garrett Tomlinson, son of Harry Tomlinson that used to race with us in the CMRA. They are a great family and love racing. I hope he has a speedy recovery from all this...
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Old 08-19-2008, 05:32 PM   #9
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I was there...definitely sucked.

The race was red flagged and then they ran it at the end of the day after the superbike race.

Poor kid. I feel for his family and also for the kid that hit him and his family.
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Old 08-19-2008, 06:31 PM   #10
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Maybe there is such a thing as starting out too young...Wasnt' it Hayden Gillim, Nicky Hayden's nephew that got killed a while back? I know the path to stardom is steep but these kids, even though they are willing and eager, might not quite realize the consequences...
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