ATVA National TT Rider Jenson Roberts has passed away.

[TRXDresh]

Guys my heart is hurting. One of our brothers has passed away racing in the sport that he loved. Today at the Tulsa Shootout (An indoor TT race) A/Pro Am class rider Jenson Roberts was tragically killed in his first heat race of the day. Jenson had the outside starting position, and off the start, he got pushed high in turn two, and collided with the wall. He tried to bail from the bike when he saw that he was going to hit the wall, but it was too late. He hit his back and head on the concrete wall of the track. He was knocked unconcious, and taken off on a stretcher. I did not see it happen, but my dad did. He knew right after it happened that Jenson was hurt. I kept expecting him to pop up like we all do, but he didn't. He was pronounced dead at the hospital about 3:00 p.m. today. I am in shock. Jenson was around 18 years old and had a hell of a racing career ahead of him. He won a national championship in 2004, and had moved up into the top classes of the National TT series. I talked to him before the race and he was so excited about his Lonestar sponsorship. He was just getting ready to build his 06 450r for the TT series. He was so excited about racing and everything that goes with it. You never think about how lucky we are to get through a race weekend unscathed. I wanted to let everyone know in case you knew Jenson. We also need to keep the Roberts family in our prayers because they have a very rough road ahead of him. We also need to keep Lonnie Eubanks and the Sandtraxx racing family in our prayers because he was a sponsored Sandtraxx rider. I think Lonnie was a sort of father figure to Jenson. Lonnie was there as soon as Jenson came off the bike, and I know his heart is hurting. I will try to keep you guys up to speed on what is going on. I hope we can get a tribute to him on the site. Guys be safe out there. Always wear a helmet and chest protector because things can go wrong. Jenson had top of the line equipment on and it still was not enough. Jenson will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Godspeed everyone....

Josh

[Mxjunkie]

I'm sorry to hear this man, it allways breaks my heart when a rider goes down :(

[TRXDresh]

Guys I found a good article about Jenson. I attached a picture as well.

http://www.atvquadnews.com/article.cfm?id=138

[450r51]

very sad to hear

[fasterz]

That is terrible my parayers are with his family and friends:( god bless

[QuadJunkies]

VERY sad!! I HATE to hear of this news... God bless :(

[One_Bad_400]

him, his family, and the race teams will be in my prayers tonight... that is horrible news... i was going to that race, but i desided to go on a church trip insted...

[laeger2fiddyr]

RIP

[LuckyOxygen]

Very sad to hear, Jenson was a very great rider and did indeed have a racing future in front of him. He always ran up front and was really nice. He will be missed!

[Fender Bender]

I grew up with Jenson, and our families grew up with each other. The ties go way back. We went to the same small school in Verdigris, OK since kindergarten. I can't say I was a big fan of him or some of his decisions lately, but regardless it is a shock to the whole community. It is almost unbelievable because I just saw him the 16th of this month. For some reason, it seemed like he lived fast. He experienced a lot of things most kids his age didn't. He was always the one that unusual funny things happened to that was embarrassing for him. I wish he could have lived to grow out of the stupid decisions he had been making lately, and really experience the real joys of life.

I used to race with him in the same class, but TT was not my thing. I only raced with him for about a year but we still continued to ride together up until recently when I grew away from this sport and got my foot in the door of the Minitruckin scene.

He will be greatly missed by many. Keep his family in your prayers. Only a couple of years ago his grandpa passed away and it hit him and his entire family pretty hard. I can only imagine what they are going through now.