Racing ... Crash

Isaac kept asking about going racing again this weekend. We wern't sure until late Thursday when Amy and I got time to talk about it. We decided to go. Isaac was very excited. We got it all together and entered him in three classes, 50cc 7-8 year old, 50cc open and 65cc 7-9 year old. Got practice done and lined him up to race.

This picture is at the gate on his 65cc. He did well. He is getting faster on the bigger bike. He beat two boys in the 10-11 year old class. It was good.

He raced the 50cc Open class and gave it a hard charge. He finished third with some fast kids. He wanted to do a bit better but it was good. He had some nice moves.

Well, then things didn't go so well. On the first lap of the third class he took off and was charging hard, he was fourth in the holeshot, and by the third turn he was in third. Then, he didn't come out of the blind turn. I was looking trying to find him coming around the corner. He went down there in practice, bounced up, restarted and kept going. When I saw the flagman run down the hill I took off running. He was down and not getting up quickly. He was upset, sore, but could move his arms and legs. We took of his helmet about the time Amy got to us. The EMT were close behind. His leg and elbow were bothering him. They decide to load him on the back board and take him to our truck for further evaluation.

Lexy did her best to comfort Isaac. She picked him some flowers.

Just to be safe, we had the ambulance take him into the hospital because his leg kept swelling. The though was that he may had a broken femur.

Lexy and Dad followed the ambulance to the hospital and Amy rode along with Isaac. They were in the hospital for about 3.5 hours. Evaluations, xrays and several talks later it was determined that he had no broken bones. It appears that he has a deep bruise. They said to keep him off it for a couple days, unless he feels like walking around on it.

He'll be just fine.

I want to make sure we thank the people who helped us at the track. The EMT's, the friendly people who helped us get both kids and all the gear loaded up (Wood's?), and the people who just showed concern. And thanks to everyone that has been thinking and praying for him.