Shockwave on History Channel

[isiahstites]

I just watched a show on the History Channel called Shockwave. A part of the show today was a small 5-10 minute part featuring Ron Cook and his two crashes within two weeks of each other. I believe the second crash was at El Mirage in 98' and was a pretty bad get off at around 200 mph.

Curious if any of you were there then and if any rules changes came about because of these crashes.

It was a pretty nasty get off and the bike just looked like a skeleton of a bike when they showed it after it stopped tumbling. I think he broke 9 bones and had 3rd degree burns.

Scott

[1212FBGS]

Whos Ron Brown.?... Ya mean Ron "Cook".?...

[isiahstites]

Whos Ron Brown.?... Ya mean Ron "Cook".?...

Who's Ron Brown? My post says Ron Cook?? Have been down at your sons place throwing red plastic cups and making holiday arrangments in the front yard again?

Scott

[1212FBGS]

your a sneeky bugger
kent

[ol38y]

Kent, now you need to use yur spellcheck, it's spelled booger! 

Merry Christmas

[1212FBGS]

where you been hidin larry... or ya just been lurlin without postin...booger, bugger, scott... its all the same thing... hey ya hear his wife is knocked up.!...
kent

[isiahstites]

where you been hidin larry... or ya just been lurlin without postin...booger, bugger, scott... its all the same thing... hey ya hear his wife is knocked up.!...
kent

I watched the show again and it says Ron Brown, not Ron Cook in the show description???

[JackD]

That is as close to the correct name as you can expect from a "hand me down" flim clip that is designed to bring the target audience to the "edge of wetness."
The show must go on.

[Glen]

Both accidents happened in front of me. I was the timer and the bike went into a speed wobble and pitched Ron off. His boot got caught the first time and drug him a long way. This was at Muroc. The bike was repaired and two weeks later it had a repeat wobble at El Mirage and this time the get off was much worse. He survived out of pure luck. It was a long recovery and the end of his riding days. It was an ugly thing to see. That's all I have to say.

[Sumner]

http://www.pureguts.com/sdm.asp?pg=stories&specific=1

Sum

[ol38y]

Hey Kent. Been on vacation for 2 1/2 weeks and a little lurkin. Heard about Scott's wife and I'll leave it at that...

[1212FBGS]

yeh, i know what ya mean... i wonder if he knows how it happened....Hey scott cliff wheeler sent a present to my shop for ya.....
Kent

[John Noonan]

Divine intervention

[Sumner]

Divine intervention

John it doesn't appear that there was much intervention, maybe you meant divine conception  :-P ................ any way congrats Scott and thanks for the card, hope you sent one to Kent  ,

Sum

[willieworld]

if you guys look at the bike close you will notice it had very little rake or trail --danger-----  danger -------        willie buchta