… which of course led to a lot of crowd-control and track-crossing issues , which ended up biting Malcolm Smith in the butt during Sunday ’ s Open- Class event when he accidently hit a spectator crossing the track .
across the track , this being the early ’ 70s , before lawyers took over the world and made everything totally safe for all mankind . When Malcolm flew into town on the second lap and was about to overtake a group of lappers at a high rate of speed , a woman holding hands with two small kids stepped off the curb , thinking the lappers that had just gone by were the only bikes in the area , and had no idea Malcolm was bearing down on her and her kids at 80 mph .
“ I found myself headed straight for the smallest child ,” Malcolm
“ I kept flashing back to how close I had come to hitting and maybe killing a child . I was so shaken ; all I could think of afterward was going home .”
— Malcolm Smith
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