Sportsmanship while racing
Sportsmanship is something you don't really think a lot of when it comes to racing. Sportsmanship usually is recognized in sports like baseball, basketball, football etc. How do you have sportsmanship while racing? You have it from when a rider is pulled of the track and just sitting there. You go by slow down and ask if they are all right. You will usually get a thumbs up or a wave telling you to keep going. Typically at the end of the race no matter how mad you are about the way it went you go an congratulate your friends.
You have the times when you see a rider thrown off or pinned below a four-wheeler. That's when you have to make a split second decision, do you stop and help or keep going? For many its a no brainier you see someone pinned and you stop. Then you have the racers who just keep going, the plaque means more to them.
- Iowa series
A few weekends a go in the local series i raced in, a guy was pinned under a utility four wheeler which are very heavy. You had three different riders stop and help get it off of him, you also had almost every single rider who went by ask if he was alright. The guy who was injured is a role model for many different riders and everyone was majorly concerned. When this was happening you had many different people take off and find help while a few stayed.
- Gncc
The second example we have comes from the GNCC series which is the national cross country racing series. This was truly amazing the senior 4x4 class was racing hard through the woods you had the leader see a rider pinned under a four wheeler. He stopped to help and the rest of his class followed right along. They all stopped and helped, from there they all continued back to their quads and started in the exact same order. That is amazing, below is the link to the video on facebook. This is an amazing act by some awesome guys great work! Way to be class Acts!https://www.facebook.com/kevin.perkins.9619934/videos/187215705052164/
Video credit goes to Kevin Perkins.
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