Dom Lagana? (1 Viewer)

[Nunz]

My Dad raced flat track motorcycle til he was 74 years old. His last race he wound up in the wall. Fourteen broken bones, 1 week in intensive care, 1 week in general care, a month relaxing at home. He continued to skydive and be very active until he passed at 91.
I always told him God reached into the bowl picked up a handful of numbers, dropped all of them but one, his was one of the ones dropped, it wasn't his time.

This was from the year before when we got back home. The bandage on his leg is from the exhaust burning thru his leathers. Made some adjustments for the next year.

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Great story, your dad was a badass!

 

[Cliff]

How old is that #25 motorcycle in the photo? It looks 1920's or maybe even before that. Wow....

 

[Ratmotor]

Ridin sideways, nothing like it.
Thanks for your story. Even though I never met your Dad, I was friends with guys who probably did. They're all gone now too.

 

[ironpony]

How old is that #25 motorcycle in the photo? It looks 1920's or maybe even before that. Wow....

The one he is sitting on is a 1925 Indian big valve factory board track racer. The one on the right is a HD 192? 4 valve head factory racer. These are a couple of the sidecar rigs they ran. Second one is a flexicar it leaned with the bike around turns.

 

[ironpony]

 

[ironpony]

3 guys together since 1948

 

[Jimbo]

I thought this thread was about Dom Lagana.
Today is the first day of the rest of his life and my prayers are that he has a full recovery.

Jim Hill

 

[Notch1320]

My sources tell me that Dom has had two successful surgeries so far and another scheduled for today. It sucks that his life is forever changed because of a stupid decision.

 

[TSK]

20/20 hindsight is great.
How about waiting until Dom (hopefully) recovers and hearing what he has to say about the wreck before attacking him?

 

[Notch1320]

I'm not "attacking" him, just giving my opinion...

 

[Mike]

There's what we need, opinions

 

[Dragracer]

Great story, your dad was a badass!

What does this have with Dom?

 

[mikebcurve]

Come on guys.....it started by him talking about his father pulling through a bad accident as we hope Dom does. Nothing wrong with a guy proudly posting a few pictures of his dad. Just scroll down and move on.

 

[none]

Latest update from the family is on Facebook.

Alan

Lagana Racing | Scarsdale NY

Lagana Racing, Scarsdale, New York. 13,603 likes · 2 talking about this. Lagana Racing was established in 1957. Bobby Sr began racing with a passion for speed and mechanics

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[mgty3whlr]

It's gonna take a $hit ton of time for Dom to recover. Be patient people, it's a slow deal but what I love is the support of everyone! He is one of the most nicest guys you could meet in person at a nat. event! He would take time out of his servicing the car to explain what he was doing!

 

[ironpony]

As soon as I hit post reply I knew someone would have to comment as to why in this thread...........no disappointment there.

Sorry for trying to bring some positivity to a devastating thread.

 

[Jeff]

Latest update from the family is on Facebook.

Alan

Lagana Racing | Scarsdale NY

Lagana Racing, Scarsdale, New York. 13,603 likes · 2 talking about this. Lagana Racing was established in 1957. Bobby Sr began racing with a passion for speed and mechanics

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Takes a lot of grace to tell others to be thankful for what they have when they are dealing with such a tragic situation. Nice read. Separately, I do have a few Lagona Strong T shirts heading my way from NitroFish.

 

[Rajunz]

My sources tell me that Dom has had two successful surgeries so far and another scheduled for today. It sucks that his life is forever changed because of a stupid decision.

What exactly is a Stupid Decision in your mind? Drinking a bottle of Crown, running over a mini bike in a rental car, dragging it through the pits on fire while blowing it up along with the rental car in front of the entire world to see, all while trying to deny that it EVER happened here on NitroMater? Isn't that why you embarrassingly left in the first place Bob? GTFOH!

 

[Notch1320]

Lance, yea Gilby made a bad decision and I, as his PR guy, had to put a spin on the incident. I never denied that it happened and it cost Gilby a bunch of money but thankfully no one was hurt. I get a kick out of all you "FanBoys" here that spout off on everything without knowing the true story.

 

[StevieP]

Lance, yea Gilby made a bad decision and I, as his PR guy, had to put a spin on the incident. I never denied that it happened and it cost Gilby a bunch of money but thankfully no one was hurt. I get a kick out of all you "FanBoys" here that spout off on everything without knowing the true story.

Strong suggestion. Drop this whole topic swerve right now or take it to a new thread. This is about Dom. Positive energy and good vibes are all that are needed here. Thanks.