Injured Motorcycle Races Passes Away

Mud Packer · 10/7/10, 7:21 AM

Injured motorcycle racer Jesse Phibbs passed away from injuries suffer on August 28th at the AMA race at the Fairgrounds in Indianapolis RIP Jesse.

http://www.indystar.com/article/2010...ws|text|Sports

Seadog · 10/7/10, 8:08 AM

Sorry to hear that. I thought I read somwhere that he was out of the hospital and was in a nursing/rehabilitation center.

I'm not much of a two wheel fan, but nonetheless, he was one of us - a motorsports bretheren. RIP.

apexonephoto · 10/7/10, 9:43 AM

My thoughts are with his family. About two years ago it was the middle of summer, and my hometrack had rained out. Not wanting to end a several month long streak of racing, I decided to drive out to the Leamington Fairgrounds (Jesse's hometrack), and shoot some flattrack racing. Like all forms of racing, there is young kids racing and plenty of families. After a lenghty delay for a replacement ambulance to come, I decide to head home. I get one shot of the #93 bike that I decide I am going to post on my slideshow. When it comes to car racing, I am always aware who is driving every car I post, where as there was just too many bikes to figure it out. Two years later I hear of Jesse's crash in my local paper at a very historic track I have been to and realize immediately that's the rider I have posted on my site. Not a significant story by any means, just a small world between all disciplines of racing.

PIT CART · 10/7/10, 3:26 PM

That is really sad news.

10/7/10, 8:08 AM	#2 Re: Injured Motorcycle Races Passes Away
Seadog Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,136	Sorry to hear that. I thought I read somwhere that he was out of the hospital and was in a nursing/rehabilitation center. I'm not much of a two wheel fan, but nonetheless, he was one of us - a motorsports bretheren. RIP.

10/7/10, 9:43 AM	#3 Re: Injured Motorcycle Races Passes Away
apexonephoto Senior Member Race Count This Year: 8 Race Count Last Year: 35 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,075	My thoughts are with his family. About two years ago it was the middle of summer, and my hometrack had rained out. Not wanting to end a several month long streak of racing, I decided to drive out to the Leamington Fairgrounds (Jesse's hometrack), and shoot some flattrack racing. Like all forms of racing, there is young kids racing and plenty of families. After a lenghty delay for a replacement ambulance to come, I decide to head home. I get one shot of the #93 bike that I decide I am going to post on my slideshow. When it comes to car racing, I am always aware who is driving every car I post, where as there was just too many bikes to figure it out. Two years later I hear of Jesse's crash in my local paper at a very historic track I have been to and realize immediately that's the rider I have posted on my site. Not a significant story by any means, just a small world between all disciplines of racing.

10/7/10, 3:26 PM	#4 Re: Injured Motorcycle Races Passes Away
PIT CART Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,429	That is really sad news.