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What happened to David Bailey?
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[QUOTE="BillyWho, post: 522898, member: 22397"] RJ, I had the Misfortune of watching Bailey crash 5 feet in front of me. It was a Golden state national in 87 ( I think, memory sucks) in practice. There was a short low double ( about 30 feet) right out of a tight left hander. You could double it easy from the way outside, but it was super hard to make from the inside line which was obviously faster. David passed me comming into the turn, which was fine for me because I knew he was doing it from the inside so I was going to follow him over it if I felt I could make it as well. I didn't get the drive I needed so I didn't jump it, but he did and came up short and cased it and went over the bars. The crashed looked like no big deal, kind of one of those slow motion endo types of deal with the bike pile driveing him into the ground with the seat square on his back. I didn't think much of it, but I came around the next lap and he was still laying there with a couple people around him. Still not thinking much of it, I came around the next lap and there was a bunch of people around him and he still hadn't moved yet and I knew something wasn't good, figured he broke his leg or arm or something. That lap they red flagged the practice and rumor started floating around the pits that he was paralized. No one could believe it, and the rest of the day everyone was somber and shocked. Watching that happen right in front of me to one of my idols really jacked me up for a while, he was one of the smoothest riders to this day, I'm still super bummed about it. [/QUOTE]
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