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Posts tagged "safety"

Motoworks' Track Day at Gingerman

Motoworks’ Track Day at Gingerman Fran leans, lives, and learns. Johnny Scheff of Motoworks, www.motoworkschicago.com, orchestrated his 8th annual trackday at Gingerman Raceway, www.gingermanraceway.com on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Gingerman is a favorite track of the go-fast crowd and I always wanted to ride it. The surface is a polymerized asphalt that is nicely abrasive... Read more »
By Ibafran,
August 20, 2011 at 1:11 am
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'I Did What I was Trained To Do'

Those are usually the first words that come out of the mouth of someone being praised for their good work or heroism. It was practically the only phrase Captain Chesley ” Sully” Sullenberger  uttered after safely landing his disabled airplane on the Hudson River earlier this year, thus saving the lives of 155 people. He... Read more »
By Sarah Lahalih,
December 7, 2009 at 12:10 am
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Motorcycle Myth Buster-Myth #5

Drop a helmet once, and it is no longer good. A helmet is good for one impact only, true.  However, according to the SNELL Memorial Foundation, the helmet becomes compromised when the head is inside the helmet, and the helmet makes significant contact with a surface or other object. So a helmet falling off of... Read more »
By Sarah Lahalih,
October 26, 2009 at 12:35 am
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