Haskovec's Status?

[mrtankslap]

Anyone know the status of Vincent Haskovec? His crash looked pretty bad (saw the impact). Hope he is alright!!!

[ryanb]

I heard from another eyewitness it was very hard impact. RRW has a blurb:

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=22846

Hope he can pull through it ok :(

[Manu ®]

Hope he recovers quickly.

Side note,

8. Clint McBain...

Dude's from Canada, met him at Spencer's school, nice dude.

[mrtankslap]

Hope he recovers quickly.

I hope he recovers period! Man....
He hit the wall so hard going in head first.
I knew they were going to be dispatching the life flight even before he hit.

Best wishes to him and his family.

[cycledrummer]

Same here. I sure hope he is ok and recovers well.

I understand he is well liked around the AMA circuit.

Best wishes to him and his family.

[kngpengwin]

Vincent's a great guy and a helluva racer. my wife is always rooting for him because he (like her) is Czech. we wish him a full and speedy recovery.

it's unacceptable that racers in this country still have to risk hitting nearly unprotected concrete walls. :mad :mad

[afm199]

RRW said turn five tires and wall.. Did they mean turn six? Trying to recall tires and a wall at five and don't..

[naked monkey]

Originally posted by afm199
RRW said turn five tires and wall.. Did they mean turn six? Trying to recall tires and a wall at five and don't..

Nope, it was turn 5. On the exit, before you crest the hill going into 6.

Update from RRW:
"Hospital doctors have diagnosed him to have a punctured lung, broken ribs, broken clavicle and a back injury. Hopsital doctors list him in stable condition; he is awake and alert. Hospital doctors plan to perform surgery on Haskovec's back within the next two days, once swelling in the region subsides."

[cycledrummer]

http://www.amasuperbike.com/article.php?UID=8k1etFpZKJAevmKdP2qs1N8FC8fET1&aid=6079

[jrace]

They've also set up a "Get Well Soon" email thang at:

getwellvincent@gmail.com

Share some luv.

-jim

[the50ho]

Definately shoot some good wishes over. I saw someone from his team cleaning up the #3 bike sunday. I was a bit scared to ask, but had to know about his status after watching him go into the tires the day before. He said exactly what was written about, and to keep the good wishes coming.

Best of luck to him on a strong recovery.

[rrwantr]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2005/May/050516vh.htm

Doesn't sound good... :( my prayers and thoughts are with him for a full recovery. Our prayers are with ya man!

[selong]

Update late today. Sorry to paste a URL.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=22878

[Carey322]

Best wishes to Vincent Haskovec and his family. It's to bad something like this has to happen for a track to react.

[petaluma]

Originally posted by Carey322
Best wishes to Vincent Haskovec and his family. It's to bad something like this has to happen for a track to react.

I agree its a sad fact but that seems to be "The American Way". Reactive instead of proactive.....:(

[gman19]

Man, I sure hope he gets better.

[GoGo]

Agreed, tragically. When I broke my back at Loudon, they moved the wall that did it the following weekend. Hope he comes out well.

[teamtpr]

Originally posted by GoGo
Agreed, tragically. When I broke my back at Loudon, they moved the wall that did it the following weekend. Hope he comes out well.

Glad to see that you are O.K. Buddy wheeooooo close one.

I do not like to start untrue things 5/14/05

The Mike And Mike Show
Mike C , Mike S
We found out about it right before the super sport race .
Shuan and vinny are close so needless to say we did not let him know until
After the race . Didn't want him to think about it . Smart move on are part.
The Team and I, And Emgo team /Mike Canfield Are vary sad about what
has happened. And All our prayers and wishes go out to Vince and Family.
Please send your thought and prays to this Link , Thanks J.T.
getwellvincent@gmail.com
Second post
More on this matter. 5/15/05
The pins are only there to support his back till they can fix the two virtabras / T6/ that was damage
The last check said that it appeared that there was no spinal cord damage
Only time will tell.???

[jailnurse]

I wish him the best and a speedy recovery...

May God watch over him during this time of need..

[joe]

it's just a vaca for the guy. I'm sure he'll be back, solid as ever, soon.

Until then, just think how great he'll feel when he see's how many emails we've all sent in to him. Get at it guys.

[RcrBoy]

Well it really sucks. I'd like for him to come back, but the nature of his injuries, well....... :(

If you all would really like to help prevent this from happening to you, or someone you care about, donate to the RoadracingWorld Action Fund!!! Also, you could buy some wrist bands from Indysuperbikes. http://www.indysuperbike.com/RW_Action_Fund.html

I had ordered mine two weeks ago. I'm thinking of ordering a bunch more just to give away...................

Hang in there Vincent :thumbup

:cool Mark :cool