Motorcycle rider dies at motorsports park

Published 5:00 am Friday, September 3, 2010

ALBANY — A motorcycle rider practicing jumps at Albany Motorsports Park was killed in a Wednesday night crash.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says the cycle ridden by 37-year-old Kip Harrison Davis flipped end over end several times on a series of bumps known as “whoop-tee-do’s.” The Albany man died at the scene.

The sheriff’s office says Davis was an experienced rider who practiced several days a week at the track.

— From wire reports

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