Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, MN, 1

[Lone Rider]

Found this on another forum and thought it might interest some on this forum: Footage of Chad Reed's spectacular crash on the opening lap of the second 450 Class moto at the Lucas Oil Motocross Championship's Spring Creek National in Millville, MN, on July 16.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC4f9TCg4zw&feature=player_detailpage[/VIDEO]

 

[KTMphil]

Re: Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, M

Holy shit! - Amazing he could ride after that

 

[Stokes70]

Re: Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, M

Jesus!! what a crash, to get back on aswell, man those Kiwi's are tough.

 

[jon]

Re: Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, M

A Kiwi?

 

[Pounce]

Re: Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, M

Jesus!! what a crash, to get back on aswell, man those Kiwi's are tough.

LOL. You Welsh are funny

 

[Midnitemapper]

Re: Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, M

[glow=red:3pkvb24q]Extreme luck[/glow:3pkvb24q]

look how far forward Chad is when the rear wheel kicks out
then as he is sideways on the crest of the jump kissing the front fender




Imagine the speed his body is traveling now on a tragectory towards the earth.
But wait there is an airbag installed, in the form of a downward slope, This will slow his decent to earth, so he can ride another day, or today as it seems!

I can only think of the incredible luck that he managed to land on that slope. Otherwise he would be watching motocross from a wheelchair for a very long time.
Death defying angle of the trajectory


Comments from Mark Rossi?

 

[Lone Rider]

Re: Crash of Chad Reed at the 450 Class Moto in Millville, M

Look at this to find out where Chad hails from: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...19021290.41812.162106000496652&type=1&theater

This YouTube movie shows how he landed more or less on his feet and then tumbled down the steep incline: