I got up but both of my knees had taken a bit of a smack and I couldn’t function for a minute or 2. The side muffler on the bike was bent but that was about the only bit of damage, my knees got the most of it.
So, another DNF and in an unlucky way was again very disappointing. Luck isn’t on my side at the minute but somebody told me it goes in three’s so I hope that’s the case. After the race Baldolini came around and apologised - he reckoned he had hit a false neutral on the way in!?
Next we have all of the long hauls which most are circuits that I like and I hope a bit of luck comes my way as I’m well overdue now.
Finally, on Monday when I got back from Brno my sister told me that Chris Jones, a fast, young guy that I’d known for a few years had a serious accident at Cadwell Park that afternoon and was in a critical condition.
The following morning Chris died, which is a big upset to anybody that knew Chris or had seen him race.
Without a doubt he was one of the next breed of young UK guys ready to go to GPs in the next couple of years. A few years ago just as he was finishing riding minibikes he was using his metrakit bike around my dad’s track and it was pretty unreal to watch for an 11-year-old, fast and throwing it around like a toy. Condolences to Chris’s family.
Chaz#57
