RIP Peter Lenz #45

[Al]

Died in a crash in one of the indy support races at the age of 13

Not sure if anybody will remember but I posted about him a while back-
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=152246&highlight=peter+lenz

and have been following him ever since, he's actually American not Canadian like I said in the original thread. I seriously believe he could have been the next big thing, he's had some pretty bad injuries over the last couple of years, yet still got some amazing results.

2008
5 national championship titles
3 regional championship titles
1 provincial championship title

9 international race wins
13 national race wins
22 regional race wins
17 additional podiums

RIP pete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZiH8UT6hHA
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[Skudd]

RIP little lad.
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[imanupstart]

How sad, rip little fella

[2wheelsteve]

Sad sad sad, I personally wouldnt let my kids ride bikes cause I couldnt stand the loss and would blame myself, my kids aint soft theyve been doing Muay Thai since they were 6 & 7yrs and the oldest is 20yrs now.
Ive lost a few good of mates and know how dodgy it can be.
Just my personal thought, ride safe guys
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[ms51ves3]

Didn't he star in Twist of the Wrist II?

[Al]

Yep thats him, he's in the classroom scene and then at the race track. He was coached by Kieth Code since a young age, I'm not sure if its just me but I find his teaching method in his DVD's too patronizing.

Here he is with CE, I'm surprised that there was no mention of his death in the GP coverage
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs185.snc4/37588_407977351698_70479071698_4703587_884404_n.jpg
https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs376.snc4/45930_418062831698_70479071698_4985983_5246376_n.jpg
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[Mark65]

Bummer rip
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[plugger147]

Very sad, the boy was a certain to look out for in the future. Not much info on the web but apparently he crashed and was hit by another racer. Thoughts go out to his family and the other lad involved.

https://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/teenage-racer-killed-at-indy-20100830-13xug.html
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[Al.]

Wow that's sad! R.I.P fella.

[Dazbo666]

RIP fella!!
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[Stelmer]

Very sad loss. I'm sure his friends and family would be touched to read all the messages of condolences and support on his facebook page.

[Dom]

[G]

Maybe they wanted to delay news of his death, until all his family and friends had heard?
Or perhaps just as it's a kid, they're trying to be a bit more cautious in case of a 'backlash' against them for whatever reason.

[Ed Case]

What a great looking little guy and a big loss to the future of US bike racing. R.I.P.
ps you gotta give some credit to CE, great rider, hard as nails, but got time for everyone.

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[Ed Case]

I'm told that there is a short obituary on Peter in todays (9th Sept) Daily Telegraph !.

[plugger147]

That there is ed:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7990358/Lives-Remembered.html
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