Kris Turner

Introduction to Kris Turner, WERA roadracer #338 and Red Bull Rookie Cup rider for 2007.

Friday, December 29, 2006

Winter "break" turn around...

The fourth round of the motocross series that Ive been doing was two weekends ago. The first class-first moto, I got a bad start, as always with me being on a 125 two stroke and them on there 250f's. I worked all the way up to third where I was a pretty good ways behind for a few laps. I then began to reel the Kawasaki in front of me in. I was right behind him on the last lap. (The section of track that we are at at this point: you hit a small step-up and land in a hard left, you find a rut and stick it in there wide open 'if you can' and hit a maybe 10' tabletop that even the PW 50s are doing, you land and hit a quick right into a real long sweeper left.) So I land from the small step-up and pin it when I find my rut for the next turn. There a lot of lappers in front of this un-named Kawasaki in front of me and when we land from the PW tabletop, he attempts a pass on the outside in the ditch that's off the track. He ends up sticking the front tire in it and falling, giving me second. The next class still first moto, I got another bad start. I think this one was 125 B and the first one was schoolboy. I work up to second but no real good story behind this one. I was riding at least a second faster a lap, maybe even two. I was really moving along for me. (Last lap, important track description #2: so after this long sweeper left, you keep it pinned for the uphill quad/triple with a ski jump after it, you land and hit a small step-up kind of like the PW tabletop only a little bigger, you than land wideopen in the next turn with your foot already out, you hit an about 50' supercross type double/tabletop with two humps kind of thing, I was landing wideopen on the landing of this for the kink to straightaway right after.) So in this moto, I'm all alone in second on the last lap, two short straights from the finish. I land wide open like always form the supercross double thingy and lose the backend. Well since I'm standing up when it happened I some how save it. The only problem was that when I did, the back tire hooked up sending me off the inside of the turn to another part of the track. Right here the track drops a good 5' to where I'm heading and I'm 3rd gear pinned not realizing that I'm about to endo hard off of a pile of "scrubbed off dirt" about 3' high. I fly off my bike right off the face and landed about 20' out and 5' down in between the start stretch and the straight that I should be on in a bunch of dirt clogs and big rocks. My bike went so far that when I landed I looked up and saw it land. I started to get up so I could move out of the start stretch so the next race could start. I'm laying on my back and roll over to my belly to push my self up. As soon as I do I lay back down from pain, figuring someone will move the bike and Ill lay here for a while. As far as I could tell at this point was that my hip hurt and my lower back was killing me. I was right about everything but the next moto starting. There was about four to five people on there bikes and a few other people including my dad and the paramedics surrounding me. The paramedics wanted me to say something because I was just sitting there kind of staring at everyone. I said the first thing that came to mind, "Did they get a picture of it?" and also after looking at where I came off the track "Man, I went far!" The paramedics told me to walk over to the ambulance when I got back to the trailer so they could check my blood pressure. I walked all the way over there and back before I realized that something was wrong with my leg. I went inside the big rig thing that we came in (not ours, we came with someone,) and laid down some. My dad called my mom to come get us since we didn't have a car and we went to the hospital. So after a few hours of back and fourth and a few wheelies in a wheel chair they finally take an x-ray. And after a few more wheelies, peeing in a cup, and learning to "Back-it-in" in a wheelchair, the doctor finally comes back with some results. He said that I have a fracture in my fibia right below my knee and a fracture in the growth plate in my ankle. Its been two weeks and four days now and in another 3 I can start exercising again. I'm still a little soar and not to "flexible" with my left leg. It also feels real weak. I guess the whole motocross thing is over for the winter for me. We got my frame for my RS back from the welder place and gonna start putting it together soon. There is also a track day at the new Tally (the new layout of Talledega Gran Prix.) I cant wait for that. I'm still on a hunt down for some leathers that I can wear for it but it should come soon. I'm ready to do something, anything too now because Ive been stuck with nothing to do since I have a fractured leg. I have been working at my dads shop and that's where I am right now. Ive been working on alot of different bikes, including re lacing a front wheel for a Yz 85 motard for a kid at my school. I also cant wait until I can start training for the next trip and the first race for the RedBull MotoGp Rookies Cup program. That comes up soon with a few pre-season test before in February and March. The test are at Valencia and Jerez and the first race at the end of March is also in Jerez. So roadracing will be starting soon and I'm more than ready.

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