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12-01-2024, 12:34 PM
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Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
A superbike rider, identified as João E., 57, died after falling during a race in the SuperSport 400cc Escola category in Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday afternoon (30). According to the organizers, João collided with another competitor and hit the outer wall of the main straight with great force, crossing the track unconscious and away from his bike. João was attended to by the championship's rescue team in an ICU ambulance, but died in the emergency room at the racetrack. João is the second motorcyclist to die at the Interlagos circuit this year, after a nine-year-old Argentinian boy, and he is the seventh to have died in the last seven years. |
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12-01-2024, 01:15 PM
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Re: Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
Should have worn... oh wait. |
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12-01-2024, 01:25 PM
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Re: Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
Nasty. Freak accident looking at the angle he hit the walk at. Usually have a long gravel run off. |
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12-01-2024, 02:38 PM
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Re: Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
Surprising that both HE and the Motorcycle wound up within 1 foot of each other. |
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12-01-2024, 03:42 PM
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Re: Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
There's not much else on the web about him. At 57, I was curious if racing was something he was just starting to pursue after retiring from something else. RIP.
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12-01-2024, 04:06 PM
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Re: Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
Seems like there should have been a safety barrier, or gate of some kind, covering that gap to avoid this exact situation.
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12-02-2024, 12:56 AM
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Re: Superbike Rider Killed After Crashing Into Wall During Race
He died doing what he loved to do. These kinds of accidents happen so fast the person has little time to react and less time to ponder his regrets. It was a good life until it wasn’t. |