Ninth Lap News Today

>> i couldnt quite work out what the problem was. >> the bikers are on their ninth lap around the track when kirkham loses control. >> from my position, i could see them coming under a bridge just around a bend. >> oh! >> saw one bike just slide and starts heading what i thought was to my left-hand side. >> it was kirkham -- >> kirkham and the bike fly across the track and slid into the grass. >> i thought, this isnt too bad, im not going to hit the barrier, im just going to slide across the gra...

>> but their lives are not the only ones on the line. >> at the time, you think, oh, this is a great shot. you sort of lose the reality of a person here with a bike heading toward me. >> david smith is one of the many photographers spread out around the track to record every second of the fast-paced excitement. >> it was actually a quite bright day. i decided to put my coat over the viewfinder so that i could block out the sun. >> biker john kirkam and the rest of the riders get into position. >...

>> if youre not crashing, youre not trying hard enough. >> but their lives are not the only ones on the line. >> at the time, you think, oh, this is a great shot. you sort of lose the reality of a person here with a bike heading toward me. >> david smith is one of the many photographers spread out around the track to record every second of the fast-paced excitement. >> it was actually a quite bright day. i decided to put my coat over the viewfinder so that i could block out the sun. >> biker joh...

A person here with a bike heading toward me. >> david smith is one of the many photographers spread out around the track to record every second of the fast-paced excitement. >> it was actually a quite bright day. i decided to put my coat over the viewfinder so that i could block out the sun. >> biker john kirk ham and the rest of the riders get into positi position. >> the race begins -- >> a good start -- >> john kirkham -- >> i passed a few people. >> in the lady, kirkham second -- >> i was so...