Watch Josh Wainwright deflect a motorcycle with his head (Autoblog)

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Josh Wainwright became a living testimony for the value helmets during the
British Superstock 600 recently. The rider put his bike down on the 11th lap
just ahead of Johnny Bradshaw. With nowhere to go and no time to get there,
Bradshaw literally _drove over_ Wainwright’s head with his motorcycle,
catapulting both riders down the track.

Miraculously, Wainwright escaped the off with nothing more than a cracked rib
and a broken collarbone. Bradshaw walked away without serious injury as well.

Any impact to the head involving that kind of velocity typically brings about
neck injury concerns, but Wainwright seems to have avoided that peril. You can
check out the video below for yourself to see just how close both Wainwright
and Bradshaw came to having significantly worse days.

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