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The Calgary Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) has established a fund for the widow and unborn child of racer David Presiloski, who died following a racing accident on Sunday, September 23 at Calgary’s Race City Motorsports Park.

Presiloski, 34, was riding a borrowed Kawasaki ZX-9R in hopes of capturing a class Championship in the 2001 CMRA series’ final event when he got into a tankslapper coming out of turn 10 and hit haybales positioned at the end of a concrete retaining wall on the inside of the track. According to local news reports, Presiloski was thrown from the motorcycle, flew into another concrete wall and later died of head injuries en route to the hospital.

CMRA officials postponed the rest of the event until the following weekend, September 30. The organization also awarded Presiloski first place in the race in which he crashed, making him the Heavyweight Sport Bike Amateur Champion.

Presiloski’s first child is due to be born this month; Presiloski is survived by his wife Jose, his mother, Dell Pruss, and his brother, Dennis Presiloski of San Jose, California, a road racer with the AFM.

Services were held September 26-27 at Park Memorial Funeral Home in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

CMRA has set up a memorial fund for Presiloski’s widow and child. Donations can be made with credit card via Pay Pal at the CMRA’s official website, www.roadracing.org.