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Courtesy of Jason Carlton/Facebook Motocross rider Brooke Carlton has died at age 9 after a “freak accident” while racing at California track. Carlton was “riding an electric motorbike and ...
Eight Grand Prix motorcycle racing champions have died while racing or practicing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing: Dario Ambrosini in 1951, Leslie Graham in 1953, Rupert Hollaus in 1954, Tom Phillis in 1962, Bill Ivy in 1969, Jarno Saarinen in 1973, Daijiro Kato in 2003, and Marco Simoncelli in 2011. Hollaus is often credited as the only rider ...
Motocross star and former X Games medalist Jayden “Jayo” Archer died while practicing a backflip trick on Wednesday in Australia. ... Death toll rises to 16 as catastrophic Palisades Fire ...
Freestyle motocross star and X Games medalist Jayden “Jayo” Archer died after crashing during a training run in Australia, officials said Thursday. He was 27. He was 27. Video screenshot of Jayden
Death Age Nationality Notability Make-model Displacement (cc) Location Details Source "Indian Larry" Desmedt: August 30, 2004: 55 American Motorcycle builder and stuntman Concord, North Carolina: Butch Laswell: March 10, 1996: 37 American Motorcycle stunt rider: Honda CR500 Mesquite, Nevada: Joi Harris: August 14, 2017: 40 American
Dave Nicoll (11 May 1944 – 9 March 2023) was an English professional Grand Prix motocross racer and at the time of his death in March 2023 the incumbent FIM's world championship Clerk of the Course. [1] Nicoll began motorcycle racing at the age of 16 and received his first sponsorship from a Greeves distributor. [1]
Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing, but advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced the rate of fatal accidents. [2] Major accidents have often spurred increased safety measures and rules changes.
A California motorcross park where a 9-year-old girl died in June is closing its doors, the park recently announced. Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park is about 73 miles southeast of Los Angeles.