Filed under: Other Racing Series

A 13-year-old boy was killed racing his motorcycle Sunday. If that shocks you, chances are you just don't understand the sport.

Lucky for your kids.

Not so lucky was Peter Lenz, all 81 pounds of him.

"The fatal accident almost certainly will spark a debate about how young is too young," the AP story said.

Well let's hope so. Kids have to be 16 to get a license to drive a car 70 mph. But we let 12-year-olds drive motorcycles 120 mph?

I don't want to come off as a namby-pamby parent who won't let his kids climb a tree, but what am I missing here?

Everything, according to fans of tykes of motorbikes.

"God's speed to the family of Master Lenz and don't let the ignorant masses question your decision making as parents."

So read one of the thousands of Internet comments since Peter (I can't bring myself to call him "Lenz") was killed at a U.S. Grand Prix Racers Union event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 

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