Trackday coach death at Jennings GP

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Kind of shocked when I heard about this. RIP…:cry: It is very rare for stuff like this to happen on trackdays, but sadly doesn’t it never happens…

Following are some excerpt from various forums.

It is with sad regret to inform the family of Absolute Cycle Experience of the passing of Natasha Louis which occurred yesterday January 14 2012. Natasha traveled down to Jennings GP in Florida with her extended family to attend and assist the membership with our event this weekend. Natasha was recently chosen without being asked to coach for us towards the end of 2011. She was a true enthusiast. She was excited about teaching at this event and this upcoming season. I was looking forward to seeing her educate the newer riders of our organization from the heart. Her endless smile will be missed in the paddock. She truly was an amazing woman who loved motorcycles, other people,and the sport of racing and track day riding. Moments before her accident, I sat across from her laughing about the “man” chatter going on in the “circle” of fellow coaches. Keith spoke of of how she planned on riding the Absolute Cycle R6 this upcoming racing series. “Natasha if there was a way I could ship it to heaven I would. I would have been proud to see you race my bike.” I ask the membership to keep her fiancé Fugi in our minds and prayers who is also a coach for us during this difficult time. Natasha will be greatly missed. A void has been created that will be impossible to fill. - Roy Cadoo

Roy Cadoo
Owner & Founder
Absolute Cycle Performance LLC and the Absolute Cycle Experience
2182 Elizabeth Ave
Rahway NJ 07065
www.AbsoluteCycle.com
1-877-382-9800
CCS #980 02-07
CCS #194 08-10

Here is her fb profile. She was a ZX10
https://www.facebook.com/rcrgirl84

Here is a link to the subject on Jennings forum:
http://www.jenningsgp.com/forums/viewto … f=16&t=669

This was posted by another rider at the track on Turk’s fb wall.

I am at the track. A friend of mine was riding in the group she was control riding in and witnessed the accident. She low sided out of a corner and the rider behind could not avoid hitting her. Ninety nine percent of the time we walk away from this type of accident lamenting over our broken sliders and clip ons. I am so sorry for the loss.

Semper Fi!
Jason - " Electric Slide"
CCS#108

Natasha’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rcrgirl84

Absolute Cycle page: http://www.absolutecycle.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1452&title=natasha-louis-may-you-rest-in-peace

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Shocking. RIP

“She low sided out of a corner and the rider behind could not avoid hitting her”
That’s my biggest fear on the track

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In the bike world, the other people (cars or bikes) are just as big of an issue or danger as yourself.

RIP indeed.

As far as

She low sided out of a corner and the rider behind could not avoid hitting her"

Odds are that the rider wasn’t experienced enough to avoid it or was in mental shock to do a serious evasive maneuver in split second decision. If the impact was severe enough to kill her, she likely already stopped sliding while the rider behind her was still at full speed so speculating, there was some time to avoid. Bikes aren’t like a car and since they occupy a very small area on the road it’s easier to avoid a target than in cars.

I’d be more interested in where this happened and how she didn’t end up in the run off area before getting hit.

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Sometimes you just can’t avoid it, just like Rossi can’t avoid Simo in MotoGP.

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This?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnmPDjya2gg[/ame]

Hardly the same. Many more riders on the field and this happened in a very wide turn coming out of the blue where he couldn’t even have seen him.

But who knows. Sad news either way.

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Yeah but obviously I don’t know how she got run over.

Remember that kid died racing? He also got run over and the guy who died racing at NHMS, he also got run over; Albeit it happened during racing vs a trackday.