MotoAmerica Crew Chief Passes
V
ision Wheel M4 Ecstar Su-
zuki's Ben Fox passed away
following injuries sustained in a
one-wheel skateboard accident
in Colorado Springs.
The crew chief to current team
rider Brandon Paasch, Fox was
riding the one-wheeled skate-
board around 2 a.m. on Sunday,
October 6, when he was involved
in a collision with a motorcyclist.
He is survived by his girlfriend,
Kim McIntyre; his parents, Alex
and Debra Downs; daughters
Sydney and Evelyn Fox; son John
Fox; and ex-wife Sonya Wilde.
Fox was a well-liked and re-
spected member of the interna-
tional racing community, having
crewed for many different riders
and teams in MotoAmerica,
WorldSBK, British Superbike
and even the Chinese Super-
bike Championship with former
Endurance World Champion,
Australian Alex Cudlin.
"Really sad to read of the
passing of American motorcycle
engineer Ben Fox after a horrible
skateboard accident," Cudlin
wrote on Facebook. "Ben was
my crew chief when I raced in
the Chinese Superbike Champi
-
onship with Kawasaki in 2017.
He flew in from USA to set the
bike up, and I flew in from Aus-
tralia to race the bike. Together
we worked to get the bike into a
winning machine.
"Ben was a whizz with mo-
torcycle tuning and electronics
and more than that, a really nice
bloke and always great fun to
be around. Without Ben on the
spanners that year, we wouldn't
have achieved the podium as
much as we did."
MotoAmerica King of The
Baggers rider James Rispoli took
to Instagram, saying, "Damn, this
one really hits home. F**k we had
some fun. Thank you for your
undeniable belief. Thank you for
everything you taught me."
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VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P33
Respected MotoAmerica
crew chief Ben Fox has
passed away.
