Miguel seriously injured

[ibppjr]

Link to article:
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Aug/07080817u.htm

A fine guy in our sport.  My prayers go out to him and his family.

[DogBoy]

Ugh. Thats terrible. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Bunbun]

Aw man, that sucks  I've always liked duhamel and of all the racers, he's one of my favorites.  Not everyone can be a professional athlete at 40+.  I halfway hope he'll retire and go have some fun, spend his considerable earnings and enjoy himself.  Another part of me wants to see him continue to race, have some fun, make considerable earnings and enjoy himself.

Bun

[Gaolee]

It is terrible when something like that happens, especially when it happens to somebody like him.

[bizarro]

Crap. Crap crap crap crap crap. Well, he's a tough old bird. Still....

[highside]

Thats terrible, I hope he gets better. Makes one think that the FIM standards arent such a bad idea. Walls and motorcycle racing dont mix.

[jerome_oneil]

This is a huge bag of bad news.  I love Miguel!   Watching him teach Jake Zemke how to race a few years ago was some of the most entertaining racing I've ever seen.

[FiremanBob]

Duhamel is a class act, and I second best wishes for a full recovery.  Sounds like with the right care he'll be back to 100%, although it could take a few months.

[FiremanBob]

Duhamel is a class act, and I second best wishes for a full recovery.  Sounds like with the right care he'll be back to 100%, although it could take a few months.

[tigertim955]

  A classy racer from a classy racing family. ( his dad,Yvon, still races in vintage events ) Hopfully a complete recovery and return to racing.

[bomber]

oh, man -- I've been enjoying the family's great work for quite some time -- I'll add my wishes for a complete recovery . . .

and, +1 on the safety standard at tracks -- an air fence likely woulda avoided, or minimized, the injuries

[JamesG]

Turn 12 at RA is nasty scary. Downhill right hander with a 20' tall concrete wall just off the track. There was airfence there, probably the reason he wasn't killed outright.

He's a tough old bird. He'll probably be back racing before the end of the season.

[scott-sts]

Too bad, Duhamel is the man.  I have a feeling there will soon be an open seat on a factory CBR1000 Superbike.  Wonder if they'll give me the job?

[marc11]

Too bad, Duhamel is the man.  I have a feeling there will soon be an open seat on a factory CBR1000 Superbike.  Wonder if they'll give me the job?

You're prolly better than Jake....heal well number 17!

[Scratch33]

"DuHamel's Honda CBR1000RR was destroyed in the crash which took place on a very hot day in Georgia. Thermometers were cranking all the way to 106 degrees at the track today."

Amazing.  

Hope he heals up.

[DogBoy]

Too bad, Duhamel is the man.  I have a feeling there will soon be an open seat on a factory CBR1000 Superbike.  Wonder if they'll give me the job?

Only if your last name begins with H.

(Hodgson, Hayes)

[Mr Sunshine]

Thats terrible, I hope he gets better. Makes one think that the FIM standards arent such a bad idea. Walls and motorcycle racing dont mix.

Well there are bits of the FIM standard that is annoying I found out but as far as physical track layout...definatly!

[scott-sts]

You know what really sucks?  With just a few exceptions, the new "Safe" racetracks suck.  I've read racers opinions of various new tracks and they don't have nice things to say.  Road Atlanta is cool, especially turn 12.
I heard they can't do much to expand run-off at Road Atlanta because of urban sprawl.  I fear there won't be too much pro racing at that track in the near future.  

[jed]

The wera board had a couple of posts about this with some knowledge of the incident.  His bike hit the airfence but he slid beneath it.  

Turn 12 would be hard to fix unless you flattened out a hill and moved a parking lot.  As for sprawl it's pretty far from Atlanta as it stands but I don't know how close the track boarders other property.  It's pretty rural up there.

Now Barber is on a big enough piece of land to lengthen the back straight another 1000 feet if they wanted to make it GP friendly.

[Mookie]

That sucks.  Hopefully he'll heal up relatively quickly without any permanent damage