{"id":17548,"date":"2013-02-26T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sports.bermudastream.com\/?p=17548"},"modified":"2013-02-26T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T10:00:01","slug":"remembering-toriano-wilson-26-rookies-cup-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/2013\/02\/26\/remembering-toriano-wilson-26-rookies-cup-rider\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Toriano Wilson &#8211; #26 Rookies Cup Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0nEorMmq4so?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In memory of Toriano Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/BMRC\/129139740446362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club<\/a> (BMRC), on the eve of his birthday (Feb 26, 1994), has shared the tribute video&nbsp;Remembering Toriano Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourteen-year-old &#8216;golden child&#8217; of Bermuda Motor Racing&nbsp;and #26 Rookies Cup Rider was involved in a high-speed,&nbsp;three-way crash&nbsp;on turn six of lap one&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virginia_International_Raceway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia International Raceway<\/a>&nbsp;(VIR)&nbsp;on Sunday, August 17, 2008 during a&nbsp;Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup series race. He was airlifted to the UNC Hospital in North Carolina by helicopter&nbsp;but ultimately succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.torianowilson26memorial.blogspot.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toriano Wilson #26 Memorial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1104\" data-attachment-id=\"26250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/20080518-zoom-zoom-trackdays-at-fernley-raceway\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/01\/tw.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"736,1104\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Craig Sanders&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;20080518 - Zoom Zoom trackdays at Fernley Raceway.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2008\\\/The Record&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;20080518 - Zoom Zoom trackdays at Fernley Raceway.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20080518 &#8211; Zoom Zoom trackdays at Fernley Raceway.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;20080518 &#8211; Zoom Zoom trackdays at Fernley Raceway.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/01\/tw-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/01\/tw-683x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/berstream.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/tw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26250\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/229612_red-bull-ama-us-rookies-cup-rider-toriano-wilson-photo-michael-troutman-red-bull-photofiles-800x600-aug20.jpg..gallery_full_top_md.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/229612_red-bull-ama-us-rookies-cup-rider-toriano-wilson-photo-michael-troutman-red-bull-photofiles-800x600-aug20.jpg..gallery_full_top_md.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"34266\" class=\"wp-image-34266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/229612_red-bull-ama-us-rookies-cup-rider-toriano-wilson-photo-michael-troutman-red-bull-photofiles-800x600-aug20.jpg..gallery_full_top_md.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/229612_red-bull-ama-us-rookies-cup-rider-toriano-wilson-photo-michael-troutman-red-bull-photofiles-800x600-aug20.jpg..gallery_full_top_md-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/229612_red-bull-ama-us-rookies-cup-rider-toriano-wilson-photo-michael-troutman-red-bull-photofiles-800x600-aug20.jpg..gallery_full_top_md-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Toriano was always full of good energy and fun, but when it came time to get ready to race, he was ready and focused. He was a practical joker at heart. I certainly wasn&#8217;t immune to Toriano&#8217;s joking. He got me good a few times! Toriano was a great kid and a hard rider. As the season progressed, he harnessed his riding style and started garnering some really good results. On any given day, it could be the #26 bike at the front. He was that talented.Toriano will be missed.&nbsp; &#8211; Kevin Schwantz&nbsp;Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup Rider Coach<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo courtesy of Brandon Bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadracingworld.com\/news\/article\/?article=33820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racers Remember Toriano Wilson @&nbsp;roadracingworld.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tribute was previously posted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/m1-grandprix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M1GP American Mini Road-Racing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uG0_lpnHUas?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/bernews.com\/2010\/07\/bmrc-to-honour-those-passed-toriano-kyle-skinny\/\" target=\"_blank\">BMRC To Honour Toriano, Kyle &amp; Skinny &#8211; Bernews<\/a> <\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In memory of Toriano Wilson The Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club (BMRC), on the eve of his birthday (Feb 26, 1994), has shared the tribute video&nbsp;Remembering Toriano Wilson. The fourteen-year-old &#8216;golden child&#8217; of Bermuda Motor Racing&nbsp;and #26 Rookies Cup Rider was involved in a high-speed,&nbsp;three-way crash&nbsp;on turn six of lap one&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Virginia International Raceway&nbsp;(VIR)&nbsp;on Sunday, August&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[59],"tags":[1053],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/06\/2008-toriano.wilson-02.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdBZbD-4z2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vlog.bermudians.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}