| babe |
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:07 am
Subject: Re: Peter Lenz, 13, dies at Indy in a warm-up lap crash |
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| It has devastated a lot of the young riders around here. I met him at the GP last year; so self-assured and still a real kid. A great loss. Now the media is all over this age thing. Such a shame. |
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| ithaca00 |
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:12 pm
Subject: He may very well have passed ME in a race. |
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Not that that says anything...
The USGPRU, the race organization that he was a part of did an event at Thunderhill a couple months back and ran in the same race as the 250s. They were the bigger bikes in that matchup and were FLYING. |
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| jwd0310 |
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:59 am
Subject: I didn't know about him until now |
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| It's really sad, what an amazing rider. I just found that video you mentioned. I sat there giggling watching him pass all those bigger bikes. |
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| AJinNoHills |
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:09 am
Subject: Very tragic |
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| I remember a couple years ago his YouTube video went viral cause he was this little tiny kid draggin knee and passing everyone. RIP brother! |
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| ithaca00 |
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 1:11 am
Subject: I don't know the full story |
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| But it appears that he crashed and was walking away from his bike when he was hit by another bike/rider. It definitely changes how you look at the incident but it's tragic no matter how you look at it. |
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| Bokonon |
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:49 pm
Subject: I'm very sorry to hear that. Strange circumstances. |
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| A deadly crash on the warmup lap? The other rider must've run over his head. That's just too bad. He was really good, and, from all reports, a decent person, too. |
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| ithaca00 |
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