Teh_K;219691 wrote: Scott,
I'm the guy on the other bike, and we collided in the first left in the S right after the pit. I would first like to apologize, as I feel *extremely* sorry for the damages you have sustained.
I did, in fact, receive a temporary bump from B to I for the day since B group was apparently flooded. I've done previous North/South/Full days at VIR, but this was also my first time on the Patriot course, and as such, I admit my lines were off. I had spent the morning setting up my initial lines, and on the session that we clipped each other, a CR had passed me and gave me (or, at least, I thought he was talking to me) the tap on the helmet, so I tried to line up behind him.
We finished the back 'straight', came down the bumpy right-hander, passed the pit, and did the wide entry into T1. This is where it got bad. He did a sharp left thru the left-hander (where you and I hit) to correctly set-up the exit of the S, but this surprised me because I wasn't used to taking that line. I was running wide relative to that line, and I tried to correct myself. This is when I felt a jolt. I haven't collided w/ anyone before, so I initially thought something fell off my bike and I ran over it or something, so I immediately just bee-lined off the track in the direction of the corner station. Once I looked behind me, I realized it was much worse. Based on the markings on my bike, I'm guessing that the end of my swingarm/wheel clipped your front tire, jolting it sideways and bucking you off.
The guy I was pitted next to was the one filming it behind you, and I've seen the video on his GoPro, but it was hard to see much detail because of the sun and small screen. He said he'd login and post it, so hopefully the uploaded version will paint a better picture.
Again, I am very sorry that this has happened to you, and I hope you have a full recovery, as your injuries are nothing to be made light of.
- Kevin
Very nice of you to explain everything. I can tell you that we've all been around stuff like this and as we all know sometimes things happen. The great thing is that this happened on a closed course and there was medical attention right there. Like Scott said we know what we get into when we do this, we just try to mitigate as much as possible. Hope to see you out there next season bro and we'll share some beers and laugh at Scott, cause that just what we do, well okay Scott, Mike, and Taylor, but that's a story definitely told over adult beverages.
ADVRacer;219696 wrote: No need to feel guilty bro. These are the chances we take. At least it happened at the end of the season so I won't miss any track days. I'll see you out there in the Spring.
