'68 Seeley Norton in AHRMA Formula 750 Race
Daytona International Speedway,
Monday, March 2, 2009.
Again, Doug MacRae allowed me to post this footage from his bike due to camera troubles I was having.
I got a great start on my Seeley Norton in this race and pulled out in front, but ultra-fast Tim Joyce came around us like we were tied to a pole. Tim had a plan... to get his little pushrod motored Triumph T140 way out in front to stay away from the big bad overhead cammy 90+hp Honda CR750 that appears later in the video. I settled in and had a decent lead in front of Doug for the race. I distinctly remember looking behind me coming out of the west horseshoe on the 2nd lap to see where Doug was, and felt the gap was enough that he wouldn't be able to draft. I took a low (shorter) line on the west banking, blasted through the chicane and was halfway around the east banking when the red flags came out. I looked behind me to see if Doug had closed the gap but he wasn't there. As worked my way slowly around the track towards pit-in I could see in the distance a rider lying motionless on the apron of the west banking. It was Doug. His motor blew seconds after he shifted into top gear. He was FLYING when he slapped it down hard. At 3:47 you hear the motor let go which locked the rear wheel, and can see the bike shimmy over the transition from the 31-degree banking to the flat apron, and back up again, before it finally tips over. Not a place to fall off, for sure. It took the medics 2 minutes to get to him (I've edited out a lot of time from the video). They took him straight to Halifax hospital. I re-gridded, ran the rest of the race and took 3rd behind Tim and the aforementioned Honda. The officials did not relay a good report back to the paddock about Doug's condition, so I quickly changed into my street clothes and ran over to the hospital. I was so happy to walk into Doug's room and see his eyes open and him grumbling, albeit strapped and duct-taped to a flat-board. He was released the next day under his own power. Dazed, but walking. Amazing. No one falls off on the banking like that and walks away - except for Dougie MacRae.
FYI - I wouldn't have put this video up if it had turned out any worse, but fortunately things panned out relatively okay in the end.
-Kenny Cummings
NYC
www.nycnorton.com
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