Quadriplegic on the track

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Old Nov 19, 2013 | 05:50 PM
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Quadriplegic on the track

My buddy grew up with this dude. He told me about it today. Pretty freakin cool.

Dude did the R/D, design, build etc of the steering controls. Check out all the videos and his site to see how far he's come.

Dude is impressive.


Seems like Time Attack might be a good fit for him.
Old Nov 19, 2013 | 05:57 PM
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This is really impressive and interesting. Hope he has that patented as that could truly help plenty that are disabled.
Old Nov 19, 2013 | 06:38 PM
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paraplegic, not quadriplegic, right? his arms appear to work. Anyways thats awesome. I read about a paraplegic pilot too.
Old Nov 19, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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^thats what I was thinking. Still pretty awesome
Old Nov 19, 2013 | 08:18 PM
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Hey I saw him at Thill a couple months ago. I wonder if that vid was the same day.
Old Nov 19, 2013 | 09:14 PM
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Impressive!
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paraplegic, not quadriplegic, right? his arms appear to work. Anyways thats awesome. I read about a paraplegic pilot too.
Quad. Read his story. My buddy at work has been telling me about him on and off for months. They used to ride together and both grew up in Gilroy.

He's been doing a LOT of work and trying a lot of different medical things to work his way to the point where he can use his arms and I think 2 fingers on each hand or something like that. Take a look at how small his arms are. He still doesn't have full function. The break in his neck made him medically a quad. It's a pretty amazing story.

The dude was a hell of a BMX rider and went bro on street bikes at 16 I think.
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Impressive!
His track times are starting to get pretty good too. TA seems like the perfect platform for him to race.
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The guys at edge motorworks told me about this guy. He was crazy good at motocross and bmx.
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The guys at edge motorworks told me about this guy. He was crazy good at motocross and bmx.
Yeah the kid had a HUGE future. He road with my buddy and a bunch of his buddies... lets just say they have quite a few medals and pay checks in that group. LOL!

And you should recognize his last name if you've ever been to Gilroy before.
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