Well Guy, you may have a point here.
1) What I actually posted was:
On pavement, at least one rider killed
every year for how many years now ?
Please note that the reference was to pavement LSR
as a whole, and NOT the ECTA specifically.
2) Please also note that it was NOT me that
called the ECTA the DEATH ORGANIZATION.
However, we can both agree that the ECTA has allowed more
deaths than any other LSR organization, salt, dirt, concrete or asphalt.
Not a reputation to be desired, but nonetheless the facts of the matter.
Interesting that Maxton ran for more than ten (10) years before the
first death, and then several more happened in quick succession,
and the bad "happenings" followed the organization to Ohio.
Strange perhaps that ECTA founder, the beloved John Becket
never was race director for a fatality at Maxton,
and then he himself dies in a racing crash at Bonneville.
So, most of the serious and fatal crashes happened in the last
six or so years under new administration.....
3) Not far behind the ECTA, with a "problem total" per year of operation
is the Texas Mile at Beeville. They have had plenty of "Bad Happenings,"
and at a much higher RATE than any other track.
From my inquiries into Karl's, Bills, and Billy's accidents,
I am surprised that the City of Beeville sanctions
racing there - at least for bikes.
Must be a powerful insurance lobby.....
4) Even Loring, which has to be the best paved track in the business,
has now had a fatality, and we all now know why.
Pavement is unforgiving, and the results are shattering for all involved.
Understanding and accepting the risk is important.
Reducing the risk is paramount !