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smokinzx14

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posted July 23, 2008 08:43 PM

JesseJames went down tonight

We were at Sunshine speedway for our normal Weds night test and tune .... We were having problem with the left lane spinning so for most of the night we tried to stay out of that bad lane ... Around 9:30 Jesse and I headed up to the staging lanes and Jesse ended up in the left lane ....The light came down and i was gone , when i got to the end i wondered where the hell Jesse was ... I look back and saw a bunch of flashing lights ...As i got closer i saw Jesses bike on the ground but i could see Jesse was up and moving around .... Jesse bike came out of the hole and blew the tire off hard , Jesse was fish tailing hard and lost it about the 330 mark ... He is fine with just a small bump on his forearm .... The bike is a little rashed up but no broken parts ... Jesse said he hit his head real hard but he didn't have a mark on his helmet ... We did find a small rash on his visor but that was all .... We looked over the bike and all was fine . Nightmare was with us and asked Jesse if he could make a pass on the bike just to make sure everything was ok ... Nightmare pass was fine with the bike running a 6.20 on an easy pass ...Jesse got back on the bike and made an easy pass ..Got to hand it to Jesse for jumping bike on the bike that just tossed him off ... Got love love a die hard drag racer like that .... I'm very very happy it all worked out as it did ....Could have been a hole lot worse .....

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Nelson Taylor

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posted July 23, 2008 09:00 PM

Hate to hear things like this but glad to hear jesse is Okay..... and was even able to get back on the bike the same night. Must be a young fella ...or like smokin said a die hard drag racer. Way to bounce back Jesse..
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BlackMagic14

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posted July 23, 2008 09:35 PM

Damn... Tell Jesse I am glad he is ok. Lee, would you give me a call when you get a chance tommorow (870)692-9543 thanks

smokinzx14

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posted July 23, 2008 09:42 PM

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Damn... Tell Jesse I am glad he is ok. Lee, would you give me a call when you get a chance tommorow (870)692-9543 thanks

Sure ................I'll PM you my number also ..
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RyuNinja14

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posted July 23, 2008 09:54 PM

Praise God jesse is all right! Good on him getting right back on the bike too.

ninja12

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posted July 23, 2008 10:53 PM

Glad he's ok.
No suprise, real racers never quit!

kingtramp

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posted July 23, 2008 11:23 PM

Glad to hear Mr. James is ok and his ride is not to damage

Superman T

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posted July 24, 2008 02:02 AM

Glad to hear he was not injured more seriously and the bike was not heavily damaged! He show some toughness getting back on the 14 so soon....Kudos to Jesse James!!!!!!!!!

jessejames82

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posted July 24, 2008 02:50 AM

thanks guys im fine little sore but it happens anyone have a upper and side fairing in red on a 14 i need one... ill post pics tonite.... i want to the thank lee and nightmare... who i met and helped me after the crash.. i will be fine .. i just wished i went 6.20s that night couldnt muster anything but a few low 6.30s...
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jessejames82

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posted July 24, 2008 03:28 AM

o yah i need an upper and right side fairing in RED now...

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lucky14

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posted July 24, 2008 03:29 AM

Whewwwwwww!
The title SCARED me!
Glad you're OK.
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nightmare

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posted July 24, 2008 03:54 AM

Scared you, Hell you should have seen me! I was standing at the starting line and saw him blow the tire, As soon as he went down, I was in a mad dash down the track. My heart was about to explode. You might as well say it was me that went down. Before I got there, Jesse was already back up and heading for his bike. I was like Jesse are you ok? He replied How's my bike. I was like WOAH!!!!!!!! Now this kid is a racer. We stood the bike up and could find nothing wrong and that bike spun on it's side about 8 times. Jesse rode the bike back around like it was nothing. I talked him into letting me make a pass the next round and went 6.20 on it taking it kind of easy. Bike performed perfect. Thank God he is ok!
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posted July 24, 2008 04:56 AM

Glad you guys are ok !!!
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smokinzx14

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posted July 24, 2008 05:07 AM

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Scared you, Hell you should have seen me! I was standing at the starting line and saw him blow the tire, As soon as he went down, I was in a mad dash down the track. My heart was about to explode. You might as well say it was me that went down. Before I got there, Jesse was already back up and heading for his bike. I was like Jesse are you ok? He replied How's my bike. I was like WOAH!!!!!!!! Now this kid is a racer. We stood the bike up and could find nothing wrong and that bike spun on it's side about 8 times. Jesse rode the bike back around like it was nothing. I talked him into letting me make a pass the next round and went 6.20 on it taking it kind of easy. Bike performed perfect. Thank God he is ok!

Nightmare it was great meeting you and thanks for all your help last night .... Smokin..
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SteddyTeddy

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posted July 24, 2008 05:16 AM

Glad your OK Jesse. Would have been there myself but it was the wifes B-day. Plastic can be replaced. Thank god our track requires full leathers!

bigdtd

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posted July 24, 2008 08:39 AM

glad you are ok jesse. good safety gear makes all the difference.
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KikonZX14

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posted July 24, 2008 08:45 AM

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Hate to hear things like this but glad to hear jesse is Okay..... and was even able to get back on the bike the same night. Must be a young fella ...or like smokin said a die hard drag racer. Way to bounce back Jesse..

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posted July 24, 2008 02:46 PM

Glad to hear he is okay.
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posted July 24, 2008 03:16 PM

wow, glad he's OK!
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jdrill04

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posted July 24, 2008 04:28 PM

glad your ok jesse.

Hawkman

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posted July 24, 2008 04:44 PM

Edited By: Hawkman on 24 Jul 2008 17:44

Sorry to hear. Good to hear it wasn't worse and you're ok.

nightmare

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posted July 24, 2008 07:51 PM

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quote:
Scared you, Hell you should have seen me! I was standing at the starting line and saw him blow the tire, As soon as he went down, I was in a mad dash down the track. My heart was about to explode. You might as well say it was me that went down. Before I got there, Jesse was already back up and heading for his bike. I was like Jesse are you ok? He replied How's my bike. I was like WOAH!!!!!!!! Now this kid is a racer. We stood the bike up and could find nothing wrong and that bike spun on it's side about 8 times. Jesse rode the bike back around like it was nothing. I talked him into letting me make a pass the next round and went 6.20 on it taking it kind of easy. Bike performed perfect. Thank God he is ok!
Nightmare it was great meeting you and thanks for all your help last night .... Smokin..

Yeah it was really nice meeting you and Jesse as well. I wish I could have stayed longer but as soon as I walked into work this morning, I was informed that there was an emergency in South Carolina and me as well as 2 other Marines were getting shipped back today! We have a huge project but I promise I will be back and this time I will bring my bike! Thanks for everything and thank you Jesse for letting me make a pass.
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