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low competitor Jesse Robinson
who sacrificed their own race re-
sult to stop and stay with me for
the duration, plus
to all of the other
riders who stopped
during the race to
offer assistance."
Mead's Maxxis/
K L I M / D i r t W i s e
Race Team owner
Shane Watts, said:
"This just may end
up being a very
long and arduous
journey for Rory
with his recovery
and we will support
him through it every
step of the way to the best of our
ability."
According to Watts, Mead will
be transported to a spinal rehab
facility, which most likely will be
the Dodd Hall facility operated by
the Ohio State University (OSU)
in Columbus, Ohio.
To help offset the extensive
medical expenses, the following
fundraising efforts are in place
to help Mead during this difficult
time.
There is a direct donation op-
tion set up by Rory's Ohio-based
riding partner, Pro Supercross
racer Levi Kilbarger, through the
GoFundMe organization. There
has been an overwhelming level
of support shown so far as the to-
tal donation amount to date nears
$20,000.
The link to the Rory Mead do-
nation account is: http://www.
gofundme.com/7y8o0.
Rory Mead has
begun his long road
to recovering after
suffering a spinal
injury at the Steele
Creek GNCC.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KEN
HILL
MASSIMO TAMBURINI,
1943-2014
I
talian motorcycle designer Massimo Tamburini passed away on
April 5 from lung cancer. Tamburini, the man who designed both the
Ducati 916 and the MV Agusta F4, was 70 years old.
Tamburini is most famous for his design work on the Ducati 916,
but he was also one of the founders of Bimota. In 1985, Tamburini
went to work for Claudio Castiglioni, the owner of Cagiva who had
purchased Ducati. It was then that the designer teamed with Mas-
simo Bordi to create the iconic Ducati 916.
Tamburini would later join Castiglioni when he resurrected MV
Agusta, though the two would have a falling out - but not before Tam-
burini designed the MV Agusta F4. Ironically, Castiglioni also died of
lung cancer.
Tamburini retired from MV in 2008.
