Have not seen anything on this list regarding this, so I’m posting it here.
From: Bike-racers <bike-racers-bounces@mailman.swcp.com>
On Behalf Of Jerry Garcia via Bike-racers
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 4:05 PM
To: Jennifer Buntz <bikefunsafe@gmail.com>
Cc: NM Cycling <bike-racers@swcp.com>
Subject: Re: [NMCycling] Show Low update
My name is Jerry Garcia and I was a participant in the Bike The Bluff road race last weekend. First of all I want to send prayers and thoughts to all the riders, families and friends that were involved in this horrific accident. Many lives
will be forever changed due to this and what I witnessed will haunt me forever. I consider myself very very lucky and have been trying to process all this and it's been hard. One thing that has bothered both Tamatha and I since the morning it happened is
the lack of an escort vehicle or USAC officials to monitor the group and traffic during the neutral "parade through town" start. I've emailed USAC and requested that they install a rule that all races and events should be required to have an escort vehicle
during a neutral "parade" start through downtown areas or areas that are congested. This was the first road race/event that I participated in that did not have an escort vehicle or USAC official with the group. I feel that this left us unprotected and vulnerable!
This is of great concern to me for future events especially if the act was deliberate. Please be safe out there!
Jerry
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 1:57 PM Jennifer Buntz via Bike-racers <bike-racers@mailman.swcp.com> wrote: