TP\'s (short) Race Report
 

Well what can I say.

I couldn't be ar$ed writing a long report at the moment, maybe later ...

Got out for untimed practice and was a bit concerned about all the traffic. I finally made my way through and found some clear air and trying to get some decent drive out of clearways I had a bit of a moment. :lol:

The back came around because I was clearly being a bit greedy with the throttle. I've had a few of these slides and having talked to the CSS guys about it I've saved them all by checking the throttle and not rolling off. This time it didn't quite work according to plan and I knew it was going to get a bit ugly. I gripped the tank with my knee's as hard as I could and held onto the bars for the expected ejector seat manoeuvre and when it came I actually felt the stomp pads (the grippy pads I have on the tank) roll my leathers around as it shot me out of the seat. I hung onto the bars just hoping that I would come back down but I knew the gig was up when I was effectively doing a handstand on the bars looking down at the tank. I let go and just waited for the inevitable ...

I remember thinking "This is gonna hurt" and sure enough, I hit the ground pretty hard with my left shoulder (the one I had screwed back together last year) and hip. Then my ankles slapped down even harder, they travelled the most distance, and then I slapped my head down as I rolled.

And then I sort of rolled off into the gravel. My apologies to those who were watching me lay there, I was trying to wave but to be honest I was struggling to move and then the marshall was there pretty quickly and he told me not to move. I wanted to wave to let everyone know I was ok. So, off to the med centre and then off to hospital.

Five hours later my ankle was in plaster and I'd broken a bone right in the middle of the ankle. Bugger. And then they gave me these crutches that put a lot of strain on my dodgy shoulder .... great. Not to mention the fact that I was in hospital in my undersuit and nothing else - it's not a great look!

Apparently the bike is in surprisingly good shape, thanks to the bungs I had on it and the fact that it didn't really do much. I'll be getting her patched up and sold I think!

So ... I can thoroughly recommend not highsiding. I had a bit of a morbid curiosity about highsides and wondered what they'd be like - if you're the same just ask me about it and give it a miss ;) As you'd expect I'm a tad sore today so I'm just going to chill out a bit.

I have a lot of people to thank and I know that I'll miss some of you who helped out while I was in hospital.

Mike and Lizzie, Annette, Rally and Dibble, The Sneig's for the lift home and driving the van (good race results too Richard :) ) Julie and Sara and ... god knows who else helped! But thank you all.

Thanks also to those who've sent me text messages and msn'd and u2u'd etc ... thanks very much. It would have been such a hassle without the help and support of everyone around and I really appreciate it. Unfortunately I won't make it to Cadwell so that's my season done. I'm really glad to have been in the first Desmo Due series.

Good luck to all the racers and everyone else for Cadwell.

TP

Bad luck chap

Hope you mend quick :)

Some people will do anything to watch the cricket eh? :frog:

Get well soon you muppet :)

sorry to hear about your moment yesterday, clearways has alot to answer for.

get well soon pal;)

That's not short ya lying booger :P

I'll need a cup of tea to read that ;) (or probably a JD and a box of tissues :o)

:lol:










...tissues for my tears of course :D

Tony,

We arrived pretty much about the time it happened - glad you're ok enough to write about it. I suppose it means you're going to just have to sit and watch the final day at the Oval. It's going to be another nervous one.....

Hope it's not too painful, and that you mend quickly.

All the best

Dave

:)

Oh, and sorry to those who didn't get to see it - I'm sure it was entertaining to watch.

I was hoping someone might have gotten a photo or two :D

[Edited on 12-9-2005 by TP]

THIS is a short report....


...and more exciting too :P

:lol:

:P Nae luck fudger!!!I felt the bump up here... so lose some weight!!!:pig:

[Edited on 12-9-2005 by berto]

you really frightened us mate.

But with a little bit of luck, nobody will want to buy your totally blasted bike ;) and you'll still be racing with us year next season :D

Haven't you got a truck to drive or something?

Tony , You were flying mate, Quite literally. When you came past i thought i was beeing a pussy as there must have been loads of more grip about, i rolled on a bit more then quickly shut off when i saw you doing the trapeeze on a pair of handlebars.
Hope your recovery goes well and quickly shame you wont be at cadders as im sure you would have been up there.
Glyn

I didn't catch that, did you mention the cricket?

Not sure :puzzled: Anyone?? :eureka:

:frog:

lol...............your report did make me laugh.........but as i came past and you were laying there not mooving ..i must say it was a very anxious time m8.......

glad all is well and not as bad as it could of been............................

what do you mean not a good look laying there in your 1 piece....being hung like a shrew would mean you look like a female gymnast.???

Glad to hear that you are fairly ok, TP.

Your reflexes are obviously better than mine - whenever the back has come around on me I have ended up lowsiding into the scenery backwards......

Look forward to seeing you around soon.

130 for 5............eek!

Get well soon Tony, If as you say your crutch hurts under your shoulder I should get yourself back to hospital sharpish !
I reckon youve broken more than your ankle.
Happy mending
Kev

The crutches aren't the under shoulder type unfortunately - they're the ones that have the grips around your forearms. The problem is that my shoulder was already dodgy and the crutches put pressure on the front of my shoulder. I reckon I'd be fine with the under shoulder ones.

Tony glad to hear that you're okish and get well soon mate. Saw the bike in the paddock and it didn't look too bad. I can only agree with you that highsides hurt and are to be avoided. It's amazing that you can remember yours in such detail cos I certainly can't remember much about mine!

Sorry to hear about that mate, get well soon:(

It's all in my head in slow motion mate - I was just trying to save it ... oh well.

tony, when I saw the heading of your thread I though it was going to be short report mate.
something like , I started well, crashed , end of story, thats a short report.

sorry to hear about your probs on track mate.
still could have worse though.
chin up mate.

cheers
robin;)

unlucky mister :(

one week on from me doing something similar i can say that you are gonna ache like hell in a few days :(

on a plus side your repair bill sounds cheaper than mine.

I reckon your mind was elsewhere :P , stop tarting yourself about and think about getting well ;)

Some people will do anything NOT to race with me!
Get well soon ,at least it shouldnt get in the way of work for you (well not tooo much).did miss the banter tho'.
Butch

Were you racing Butch? :saint:

were you dom :puzzled:

didnt see you in race 1 :D

come to think of it didnt see you in race 2 either. :(

:lol: ;)

Incidently Dickie me old chum, I didn't get one of them prize nomination form thingies (spotted TP with one) so can I just U2U you with my choice?

Ta muchly :)

you can get one at cadwell but if not you can u2u me yes, so can anyone else for that matter.

you gonna vote for me aren't you?..................you'll make me blush;)

Seriously bad luck Tony.
Tough decision now for you... Alcohol OR pain killers!

And I've worked out a way to blame you for my off shortly after the re-start!

n

I didn't realise you came off as well? What happened?

...it was the aftershock from something heavy falling at Clearways :o

:D

Nick just thought he'd try farming - judging from the amount of straw stuck to his bike!:lol::lol:

or maybe it was camoflage from Dom eh??:puzzled:

:lol:

I forgot to turn right at Clearways... instead chosing to dive head first into the hay bales,
It'll be explained in my report when I get round to scribbling it. But it will definately be your fault.

Sorry to hear about the ankle, i hope that it heals quickly.

btw i just have to ask. which is worse the ankle ... or the cricket :devil::lol:

[Edited on 12-9-2005 by electricsheep]

:lol:

The ankle?

That was an interesting half hour you gave us Tony. I was on pit wall when it happened, - wife saw it, she thought you landed gravel rather than tarmac but it is difficult to tell for sure. I had been taking a few pics of you front on as you came onto the start finish straight, watched you come into Clearways looked away looked back and you were down. Then went as close as we could get to find Annette and Kelly doing the same, could then confirm the number 12. Kelly is the other one who deserves thanks as she went off straight away to check your son was ok, - he seemed quite happy sitting there in the garage. Then a dash down to race control in the tower to find Annette sitting there ready to start a race, - we got the call back from med centre, and then started to breathe again.

As others said the bike looks ok, got a picture somewhere. Take care of yourself.

I can confirm that I definitely landed on tarmac before sliding into the gravel. Shame you didn't have the sports mode on and shooting 5 rapid frames to capture the sequence!

Thanks to Kelly as well then - I know people did things behind the scenes that I'm not aware of so I'm eternally greatful. Byron was worried at first but was cool after Annette brought him into the Med Centre.

Sorry for putting everyone through that :(

You still watching the cricket mate ?

Just not your weekend, is it !
:)

This test was over a while ago :(

I'm about to drown my sorrows ...

have a tin of VB mate.

I did not have the right camera with me, just my mini digi camera - left my good one up with the Ducati truck for some reason, only went off for a quick walk under the tunnel. I told the wife that you hit tarmac, - could see the ground away bar ends.

These are the riders that you were running with, - really not a good photo.