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RE: Saturday Racing Comments
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RE: Saturday Racing Comments
A woman is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit following a crash involving three riders at the North West 200 motorcycle event.
Organisers said the "serious incident" happened on the section of the course between York Corner and Mill Road Roundabout.
In a statement, they said riders Dean Harrison, Stephen Thompson and Horst Saiger were involved in the accident. Dean Harrison was unhurt.
The woman was a spectator at the event.
She was taken to hospital by helicopter.
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust described the woman's condition as critical.
Mervyn Whyte, NW200 race director, said the two riders, Thompson and Saiger, were conscious when they were transferred to hospital in Coleraine.
They were treated by the race medical team at the scene.
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16-05-2015, 03:09 PM |
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RE: Saturday Racing Comments
That was a very sad and serious incident, and I truly hope both parties have a full and speedy recovery.
The weather managed to be reasonable, but still a little tricky at times. Later in the day a race was lost to excessive time wasting and pandering to the media. As Liam Beckett commented on Radio Ulster, when a warm up lap is completed the grid should form and the race start as quickly as possible. Due to time wasting, a race was lost because the wind speed became too great later in the day.
Ample time was available to run all the races, but was squandered. I've been a marshal here for the past five years, but am becoming disillusioned with the organisation of the race day, and the draconian restrictions on spectator viewing areas.
And I agree with Guy Martin on the 'chicane disease'.
If another chicane appears, I'll give up this event after 20-odd years of attendance. Might as well go to a short circuit elsewhwere.
Rant over , the racing was the closest I have seen in years and I'm sure will make excellent tv viewing.
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17-05-2015, 11:26 AM |
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RE: Saturday Racing Comments
Saturday Incident UPDATE
A woman and a rider remain in a critical condition in hospital following a crash involving three motorcycles at the North West 200.
The woman, who was a spectator, was hit during the opening Superstock race on Saturday.
Two riders were also taken to hospital. The third was unhurt.
Stephen Thompson is in a critical condition, Horst Saiger sustained minor injuries.
Organisers said the "serious incident" happened on the section of the course between York Corner and Mill Road Roundabout.
The woman was taken to hospital by helicopter.
The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has described her condition as critical but stable.
Mervyn Whyte, NW200 race director, said the two riders, Thompson and Saiger, were conscious when they were transferred to hospital in Coleraine.
A spokesperson for the event said Thompson had now been transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, while Saiger is believed to have only minor injuries and remains in Coleraine.
Thompson is from Crumlin in County Antrim and is in his late 30s.
He is a regular competitor at the North West 200, Isle of Man TT, Ulster Grand Prix, and Macau Grand Prix road circuits.
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17-05-2015, 12:12 PM |
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RE: Saturday Racing Comments
Whilst accepting that some of the delays were completely out of their hands, I have to agree with the comments above ;
( Later in the day a race was lost to excessive time wasting and pandering to the media. As Liam Beckett commented on Radio Ulster, when a warm up lap is completed the grid should form and the race start as quickly as possible. Due to time wasting, a race was lost because the wind speed became too great later in the day.
Ample time was available to run all the races, but was squandered )
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17-05-2015, 02:05 PM |
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RE: Saturday Racing Comments
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Quiet road becomes site of North West 200 carnage
It is a little bit of idyllic suburbia by the sea.
Normally Station Road in Portstewart is a quiet street but for a few days each year it becomes part of the world -famous race, with motorbikes going past at 150mph just feet from front doors.
Spectators are banned from lining the footpath but they are allowed to stand inside gardens lining both sides of the street and on Saturday, after a dramatic on-course collision, within seconds there was carnage.
Residents said the scene was like something out of a "war-zone", with motorbikes lying crumpled on the roadway. The ferocity of the incident led to a metal street pole being sliced in two and debris flying through the air.
Again, residents used a word associated with war to describe it, saying the debris from the accident was like "shrapnel".
A female spectator, standing in a driveway along with around 10 other people, received a head injury, leaving her in a coma in hospital where, like one of the riders, she was described as being in a serious condition.
More than 24 hours after the high-speed smash, the remains of the lamppost could be seen on the ground and nearby, garden walls were cracked.
There were black skid marks on the footpath and small pieces of the high-powered race machinery littered the ground.
Around 100 yards away a small bunch of flowers was tied to another lamppost where a racer was killed at Station Road a number of years ago. And within the blink of an eye on Saturday, high-performance motorbikes were transformed into flying airborne missiles as the riders were catapulted into the air like rag dolls before landing on the road and footpath.
Last night the hopes and prayers of residents and everyone associated with the NW200 were with the injured.
Now questions are being asked as to whether spectators should be banned from gardens at Station Road.
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Nevin Farrell
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