Okay -- I see there IS a topic about Jason's get-off. I posted details elsewhere, but instead of making you go looking...
Nancy was next, right behind him, for a long course runm, when he left. The bike started fine, he rode off going sharply to the right side of the course to get on good salt, and the bike sounded dandy as he went through the gears. We spent a few moments getting Nancy suited up -- and heard Glen call out "We've got a rider down -- let's roll!" We stood around for a while and were in pretty deep shock -- and Nancy chose to move over to the short course to make a run since the long course was on hold.
A while later a person pretty close to Jason's team called me to let me know some information (since the official policy is to not release anything at all 'til much better information is availalbe). I heard that his rear tire let go at about the 3 1/2. He went 236 in the quarter, so we can GUESS that he was doing 240 or more when the tire let go. He (Jason) was seen by a bystander up there cartwheeling for a while -- off the bike, then maybe (MAYBE) he and the bike got close together again before once more going separate ways. Anyway, the bike burned to the ground. Jason was in the ambulance soon thereafter, moving arms and legs, helmet REMOVED, and was coherent and talking.
He was taken to the local medical facility and X-Rayed and Ultraviolated and released. Last I heard he was in town looking for some trousers (I guess they had to cut the leathers off -- don't know why he didn't get pants out of the room) so he could return to the salt.
He had a bike in impound when he made the run-gone-bad -- don't know if he's in any condition to ride the return run on that bike tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, today will be the end of qualifying runs for SpeedWeek 2008. Anyone in impound tonight will run the return run in the morning, then the meet will end. We're forecasting leaving Wendover by late tomorrow afternoon, clean-up of the course completed.
Somebody - please feel free to cut-and-paste this to SH.org