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You might get more hits if the title included some hint about the part where he RIDES THROUGH A WALL OF FLAMES!!!

That's cool...but why doesn't he stop?! At least to tell some of the orange jackets that there's been a horrible crash!

How do you drive away from that? What became of sportsmanship?

First rule of racing: NEVER STOP!

You always obey the flags that the marshals hold out, as they are under race control so will know about everything that is happening, not just in the 6 feet of tarmac you are on. Should you stop, you become a target for the next guy leaping through the wall of fire. Now you have two accidents...

There is no flag to stop competitors either. A red flag means that the *race* has been stopped, but that doesn't mean that you actually stop riding. You reduce your speed and await further instructions, being prepared to stop on the circuit *if* directed to do so. Marshals are posted within sighting distance of each other, so someone would have seen it and been able to deal with it.

Ultimately, this guy was through so quickly that even trying to stop would have covered a big distance (at 150mph+) so going back to help wouldn't have made much difference. As a rider you're probably not trained in first aid either, so it's best left to the professionals. On my first race out I couldn't even keep count of the number of laps I had done as I was concentrating so hard on riding as fast as possible!

Personally I'm surprised he slowed down as much as he did...

>> ^Yogi:

That's cool...but why doesn't he stop?! At least to tell some of the orange jackets that there's been a horrible crash!

Stop and do what? Get in the way?

If it was on a secluded bit of the race and I knew first aid then I'd probably stop but otherwise I don't see the point.