Your track day injuries

[Snorty]

I have a track day on Sunday, and I have come to the realisation that I could crash

Just wondering, for those of you who have done track days, what sort of injuries you have sustained? Bonus points for pictures...

I've never broken a bone and I've had three RTAs. All caused by blind drivers turning across my path. The last one really has made me paranoid at every junction I pass. Once you've experienced sheer idiocy when you can't even make an excuse for why the driver did it, it's hard not to be paranoid.

Looking forward to being able to ride without looking for potholes / idiots / police.
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[Fisty]

I low sided a bandit 400 at donnington. Broke my little toe.

Not exactly life threatening.
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[Fisty]

Oh and you will still need to look out for idiots. There is one on every track day who thinks he is rossi sticking his front wheel up the inside at every corner.
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[P.addy]

Blackwolf, custom title, nuff said

Could get anything from scuffed leathers/not a mark on you to full on deaded.

Stay upright, don't push beyond your means... you'll find them quicker than on the road I reckon

Video required.

[garth]

I flipped a c90 on the mountain at cadwell, beat that.

https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/3EA4D35F-F522-4DDF-A4B3-BA8BB74CA136-1063-000000B9B2587109_zps752bc076.jpg

[Snorty]

I'm going with a couple of mates who have been on a few track days, so it should be a good experience, providing it doesn't piss it down! Videos will be taken hopefully! I'd get some on board but I'm not sure if it will be allowed.
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[P.addy]

Where is it?

I'd 2nd Fisty by saying there will still be idiots.
Went to watch some trackdays at Brands, there was this 1 turnip on a repsol Blade, 10 plate, in the novice group. You could tell he wasn't a novice. He was there to beat people, purely play with them.

He wasn't taking the piss but was cutting across the inside on corner entries and flying past them on the straight, stupidly close. They did pull him off on the 2nd session

[Snorty]

Snetterton.

I don't ride slow on the roads by any means, but I'm sure this will be a completely different world to chasing/being chased by my mates on the road.

I'm going with some scrubs with about 4mm of tread on them, I'm guessing they'll be fine. I won't be riding if it's raining/wet anyway.
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[MarJay]

I crashed my Speed Four at snetterton. I had a small graze on my right hand where my glove wore through. I was otherwise uninjured. The bike, however, was another matter.
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[Eddie Hitler]

None, I'm yet to go on a trackday. I feel like a 40 year old virgin. .

[G]

Crashed twice on trackdays out of tens of them.

One I got on to knees and elbows at a bit too fast speed, then realised it wasn't quite time to stand up yet. Went over to bike, may have ridden it back.

Other one, a minor bruise, maybe.

Racing I've been bashed about a bit, but only time I didn't get up straight away and so on was when my brakes failed at Lydden (brakes failing at most tracks aren't quite so bad as there's decent run off.)

Do make sure you get quicker SLOWLY - don't go all out straight away - and you should be fine.

Of course, there's the chance of nasty danger; but so is there on the road.

[Old Git Racing]

On a trackday none. Done dozens of them. Racing on the same bits of tarmac.

4 right collarbones
3 left collarbones
bone in hand broken in 4 places
right ankle
right shoulder blade twice, once in 3 places, once in 2.
torn right knee ligaments
Hole punched into body near kidney from a footrest, operation to fix.

That's the difference between a trackday and a race, there's nothing to win on a trackday but plenty to lose for no good reason - be sensible but enjoy it.

OGR
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[Bendy]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3523115/bcf/IMG_1274.JPG

I'm not being offensive. I messed up my finger on a trackday.

(Being a knob on a CBR600 at Brands. Bike bent. Finger didn't for a few years.)

[Al]

No injuries but I trashed a helmet, leathers and gloves and one side of my bike.
With the cost of the trackday as well I could have easily had a weeks holiday abroad and spending money instead of a damp day in Norfolk
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[Groove]

I tripped over in the paddock once.






I didnt.
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[gorillaonabik...]

Nothing more than a concussion, some bruises, a bit of whiplash and a written off, brand new, tricked up Duke 748. And a busted helmet of the headgear variety.

Just enjoy. It's the best fun you can have with your clothes on.

And take care of your helmet.
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[Fisty]

[andys675]

my mate broke his leg flipping an RGV250 at cadwell on the mountain, he went to the medic's and they said he was ok!

the next day he was sure there was something wrong as his leg had swollen up a bit, he had come down vertically on his legs without bending them and the bone had broken vertically downwards from his knee, very hard to spot apparently
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[Shaft]

I've never done a track day on a bike, mainly because I've never had any interest in racing bikes on tarmac, but I did dislocate my shoulder during a qualifying session for a 2CV championship race at Brands.

Just goes to show, you can hurt yourself in the unlikeliest of situations, but don't let that put you off, just take it easy and don't be stupid.
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[FergieinFranc...]

I read recently that a guy is sueing a race track company after he came around a corner and collided with a few guys that had crashed. One died l think, and he was badly smashed up.

Questions

Can he sue?
Isn't going on a track day at your own risk?
Can you buy track day insurance, as your own won't cover riding on a track, will it?
If he wins his claim, will that affect future track days,and how they operate..
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[Bofh5]

High sided at Rockingham resulting in a broken pelvis and shoulder.
Was my own fault really.
Not enough sleep and not setting the bike up.
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