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Post by Mekon on May 17, 2018 20:24:37 GMT
Big crash in testing at Snett? How serious is it?
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on May 17, 2018 20:38:19 GMT
Not a lot of info out there yet.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on May 24, 2018 20:40:07 GMT
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Post by norbs on May 24, 2018 21:05:07 GMT
What kind of a nutter would turn up at the hospital and expect to get to see Shakey?
Anyway today Shakey has tweeted for the first time since the accident which must be a positive step, at least his thumb is still working! Hope he makes a full recovery, he always seems to be a really nice family kind of bloke.
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Post by Droog on May 25, 2018 0:49:49 GMT
From what I read online, it sounds like he is done as a racer. He might not want to admit that right now but if he is honest with himself, what more can he really achieve in the sport?
Nice job with Eurosport all ready lined up and he has earned well over the years. Lovely family too. Maybe he has one more title left in him but does winning one more BSB title really mean that much to him?
I hope he retires personally. Hate to see him go on too long and get really hurt.
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Post by paulg on May 25, 2018 11:22:01 GMT
Ive just seen this...As Droog says I hope he takes the sensible option but that's not a word in a racers vocabulary. I think he still has titles left him though. Get well soon Shakey
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Post by pantah on May 25, 2018 18:15:34 GMT
Maybe this will make him retire but probably not. Look at Hutchy, he's like the black knight on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. " i've had worse, tis mearly a scratch"
McGuinness isn't far behind in the brave/stupid league.
Racing adrenalin is addictive
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on May 25, 2018 18:58:15 GMT
The longer there was no news, the more I worried for him. No shame in retiring.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on May 26, 2018 8:28:31 GMT
Dunno what all the fuss was about.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on May 26, 2018 9:14:51 GMT
Jeez, lucky to still be alive and not paralysed.
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Post by pantah on May 26, 2018 18:20:13 GMT
Fuck sakes. That's like A + E top trumps
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Post by armstrongracer on May 31, 2018 19:06:02 GMT
I did about half that lot in my retirement spank at Mondello. Half dozen ribs including 2 ripped out where they join the spine (still floating about), collar bone in 5 pieces and my sternum. Ribs & sternum are a bastard, you can't sleep on your side, it was 6 months before I got more than a couple of hours sleep a night. I was a bit older than Shakey (45), it took me well over a year before I was half way right. He won't be back in BSB, he's very lucky to not be paralysed, or worse.
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Post by beefus on Jun 2, 2018 16:13:41 GMT
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Post by Mekon on Jun 3, 2018 17:35:15 GMT
He looks like Frankenstein's monster at the moment. He should get out and leave one of racing's well off guys. Don't want him to end up like Hutchy, one crash from being crippled forever, scratting about road racing pennies.
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Post by neilf on Jun 14, 2018 7:50:39 GMT
Apparently he's also recovering from a bout of pneumonia!
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