WRIGHT OUT OF THE GATE: RISK VS REWARD
- mx101
- 7 août 2015
- 2 min de lecture
Awesome article on Dylan Wright crash before Moncton
After a podium finish in moto 1 at Sand Del Lee and a strong overall finish at both Sand Del Lee and Deschambault, I was really looking forward to going to Moncton. I really like the Riverglade track and was feeling pretty confident as we headed into Round 8. I did well there last year and you can usually count on some great ruts and a couple of good lines that provide opportunities for a pass.
Unfortunately, a trip to Moncton was not in the cards for me this year. I crashed hard in practice last week off a jump and got knocked out. They say I was out for about 10-15 seconds. I couldn’t tell you because I really can’t remember what happened just before, during or shortly after the crash.
They say that I looked great coming over a jump one second, and was down hard the next. They say I got up and told everyone I was fine. They say I walked back to the Sand Del Lee shack on my own. They say that for the first 5 minutes all that seemed to be wrong with me were a few bumps and bruises (nothing unusual there LOL). But then, I started to talk nonsense, repeating myself, and asking questions I should already have the answers to. My short-term memory, time and space were all messed up. I thought I was in Carleton Place when I was at CHEO. I thought I had just returned from the western rounds when, in fact, I’d been home for weeks. I knew I had been teaching lessons at the MX101 schools earlier in the day but...
