Another death at the Soo I-500

[YamahaSnocrosser]

Just thought I would pass this on. The Soo I-500 was marred by another death today. It was not even a racer this time. It was a spectator that was their watching her boyfriend race. I went to highschool with her. They had to cancel the race at lap 174. Here is a link from a local news website. They could not continue running it as another racer was reporting seriously injured as well so it was too much for the local hospital to handle. http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=6033

 

[YamahaSnocrosser]

http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=6033

 

[Ding]

Another tragic day at the greatest of all snowmobile races.

Race officials need to take a serious look at many safety issues in this venue. Most other forms of racing have made tremendous advances in driver, crew and spectator safety over the past several years. I do truly hope that this race can survive these back-to-back tragic years, and improve the safety level of this track sufficiently to make this the truly enjoyable event that it once was.

I am truly sorry for the loss. Again,