ONK Lierop cancelled; Gusts of wind cause flying objects!
The ONK Sidecar Masters in Lierop stopped in the 4th round of the 1st round with code Red, after which the KNMV jury made the wise decision to cancel all competitions. The cause was the weather. Not too much rain this time, but very strong gusts of windn the ghostly spoilsports in Lierop!
Already during the first round of the quad masters, the gusts started to become heavier and heavier.
Just when it seemed like the gusts were subsiding a bit, 15 seconds before the starting gate would fall for the ONK Sidecars, another gust of wind suddenly arrived, causing an advertising sign from the permanent construction in Lierop to blow onto the track! The officer on duty quickly shouted through his walkie-talkie that the start could not be started, but in the meantime a group of heroic spectators were already removing the sign from the track! After all, they also thought... if the thick field of sidecars started now, it would be a mega crash due to the 2 by 4 meter sign that blocked the track!
So the Masters of the sidecars started and an exciting race was seen developing with Willemsen at the head and Bax/Stupelis who were stuck at the start and had just started a catch-up race and were just catching up with the leading group.
Then suddenly in the 4th lap a very heavy gust of wind!
The advertising board behind the starting field broke in half, several banners flew away and part of the permanent advertising construction at the winch also collapsed. Miraculously, no one was injured during the latter because the advertising in Lierop hangs at a height of three meters and when it came down, there were two rows of people standing under this construction.
In any case, it was a clear signal for the race management to flag the race with a code red and quickly make the decision to cancel everything. This was the right decision considering the fact that not much later the track was blocked by a fallen tree! The music boxes literally blew off the fences and the large beer tent seemed to dance in the wind. In short, the safety of both participants and visitors could no longer be guaranteed.
The next ONK Sidecars is next week in Lochem and hopefully we will see more than 4 rounds of ONK Sidecar Masters violence!
Text and photo: Emil Bilars.
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