peter lenz

[mpcb04919]

r.i.p. peter lenz. my condolences to his family. an up and coming road racing champion.

[mrhonda1987]

Thirteen years old. Such a waste. God Bless and let's hope he's riding the Great Twisties in the sky.

[Lemonhead]

sonofa......

[HondaJim]

A very sad story. I was there but did not see the accident. Happened on the warmup lap.

His dad's Facebook post is tough to handle.

The 12 year old who hit him needs some thoughts too.

[rmb]

R.I.P.

[mcromo44]

I have real mixed emotions over this one. On one side I see what surely was a talented kid that got a chance to start early. On the other, I see adult enablement of repeated excessive risk for what was a child. Note I said adult, and not parental, the enablement was way beyond just his parents. It really does call for pause to think about it all. I can speak with some authority on this, having 3 kids myself, now all adults. Helmets for heads, because no busted heads allowed. If a bone breaks, that's OK. Anything viewed as excessively risky, no funding and no suppport. In particular, Mom & Dad don't buy engines or things with engines in them. This from a Dad who dabbled in road racing years ago, karted for a number of years, and now does lots of track day miles. Different parents will have different views of what is OK/Acceptable/Desireable in terms of Opportunity & Risk for their own kids and the kids of others. I feel terribly for Peter's family.

[Bigdaa]

Let me cut to the chase: Bless this little guy and his family. Bless him for having such a big heart for his bigger than life hobby. I have a 13 year old. It is tough for me to swallow the loss of this great little guy.

That's it.

[Shmoo]

I'm going to bump this up because I just saw Keith Code's vid, forgot he was in there.