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five MPH when he signaled for a right turn. I set up for the right turn just as he turned left and I was shocked to say the least. I was headed for a ramp that threw me into a flip but thanks to a ten foot drop the flip turned into a one and a half gainer. My enclosed helmet took the brunt of the crash and the amazing thing about that was the fact that I had decided at the last minute to wear that helmet. It had been given to me by my sister and I had never before worn it.

My stay at the local hospital was only a matter of hours and believe it or not the hospital was able to get me a room where there had been none available. After three days alone in that room I was finally rescued by my step daughter and her husband. They had driven out pulling a trailer to pick up the bike and me.

The bike was latter declared a total loss and I was recuperating still wanting to finish the ride. That never happened but we did manage to get a commitment of $40,000.00 for the cancer society from the NASCAR Owner's Group and we raised $7,000.00. Later we came to realize that if I had continued I would more than likely have been on the bridge that collapsed so I guess things happen for a bigger purpose than we ever imagine.

At the celebration of the cancer fund raiser we auctioned off a new 1300cc Yamaha identical to the one I had ridden and the lucky winner was Crissie Shaw from Brooklyn New York.

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