Josh Licthle, 23, died early Monday morning after complications from heat stroke sustained during the 450 class Moto 1 race on Saturday at the 2011 Rockstar Energy RedBud National in Michigan, the sixth stop of the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross Championship. Licthle tangled with Ryan Villopoto and Tommy Hahn in the first turn of Lap 1, but recovered and was making his way up in the pack before collapsing on his bike on turn 18 of the 10th and final lap. Licthle got up and tried to restart his bike, but fell again and began going into heat-related seizures. He was treated by the track doctor and on-site EMTs before being taken to nearby Saint Joseph's Medical Center. "He was doing really good, running some laptimes right there with the best of them, right there with Ryan Villopoto and Davi Millsaps, and he was really going for it," said Bill Licthle, Josh's older brother. "He got overheated, basically, and by the last laps he was practically passing out on the bike. He just wouldn't quit. That was Josh: He just had so much heart and he wanted to be back competing at this level so bad that he wouldn't have quit for anything." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/action/news/story?id=6737913
