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...youngsters for four hours, maintaining their breathing and starting replacement fluids and chemicals to keep them from going into shock. That night the boys were flown to Children's Hospital in Denver, where "we worked on them almost around the clock for 48 hours," remembers Dr. William Bailey, director of the hospital's burn center. Once the brothers' condition was stable, the staffs attention turned to how to replace the missing skin...
Handsome and soft-spoken, Bailey is not reluctant to raise his voice when he thinks promoters are exploiting drivers by making tracks too easy to give poorer drivers a chance, or cutting back on prize money to save expenses. "I'm brave enough and frustrated enough to speak out," he says. "I would like to help the sport...
Ironically enough, Bailey's erstwhile opponents--the promoters--also have an interest in legitimizing the sport. They say this type of indoor motocross will be the key to increasing the sport's popularity. "It's a better spectator sport in some ways than traditional motocross," says Michael A. DiPrete, promoter of Saturday's race in Foxboro. "From the spectators' perspective, it's a great show because they can enjoy the racing from the comfort of their seats...
...Bailey says that while most of the drivers are frustrated at their lack of exposure, there is a lot of disagreement about how the sport should expand. Riders seem to want the media exposure, but not at all costs. He worries that if the sport grows too fast it could backfire by making inexperienced drivers look foolish in the media fishbowl. Bailey, who is 22, says that because the drivers are so young--many are still teenagers and almost none are more than 25 years old--it will take time before they learn to give good interviews and present...
Large sponsors agree with Bailey, and they make their riders take correspondence courses if they haven't finished high school. Riders are also required to look clean-cut and cooperate with the press...