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http://racerxonline.com/2016/03/23/between-the-motos-amas-kevin-crowther
Lots of vagueness in language regarding this decision, but he does give us a context about what happened and why the decision was made, and refers to the changes made since the villo decision. Also discusses why the triple yellow lights might remain on after the track is cleared.
Took a long time to get this info out to the public.
Lots of vagueness in language regarding this decision, but he does give us a context about what happened and why the decision was made, and refers to the changes made since the villo decision. Also discusses why the triple yellow lights might remain on after the track is cleared.
Took a long time to get this info out to the public.
We should just be happy they allow moto to happen!
Ever.
The Shop
A final thought, even though the flag was thrown by an AMA official, does that give it more merit? Maybe the official thought the incident was worse off than it was but why not a yellow then red cross flag...why..BOOM!!!...straight to a red cross flag.
Might be time to look at the effectiveness of our officials. If Dungey messed up, which in all likelihood he did, the penalty is a good one. I think the AMA needs to revisit the flags, flaggers, and when to deploy, knowing that this is a high paced event.
I've worked with them all over the yrs & respect them.
But seriously, did you think for 1 minute anything against themselves would be said or admitted?
Shame on this interview for thinking so.
It's a Flawed System, Period.
There's Reasonable Doubt even in his replies here!! Calling the Kettel Black will never go anywhere.
This whole deal is on them I'm afraid, of another bad call & decision.
Police policing themselves changes nothing & from yrs of this, the Song Remains the Same!!
1 agrees & like water the other follows.
Heard this over & over!!
Unfortunately nothing will really change until such time.
#2LooseyGoosey
#TheirWayortheHWY
& why didn't they, KTM, Protest?
Simple...
KTM & HUSKY ARE 1
I can Guarantee you, if this involved a Horse of another color, other than White, this whole thing would've been Protested
And this quote from the interview: "We understand these guys are racing but they need to race with their heads." Really, you want to make this comment when discussing one of the most deliberate racers in history?
So they checked up more than Dungey did, from the race director’s perspective?
Yeah. In the video that we saw, Ryan didn’t check up at all. He was still in full attack mode through the whole section.
The AMA has outlived it's usefulness. Because they are in a position of power no one can dislodge them.
They are just like the FIM and Ecclestone. Follow the money.
I can understand yellow or blue flags moving around, but for red cross flags there should be a designated spot for each section where that flag can/will be displayed. There is no reason this couldn't be standardized in SX. There doesn't seem to be anything to keep some jackleg from waving a red cross from the center of a triple.
Of course video of the incident would probably put this to bed.
Pit Row
I like the idea of docking the points. Taking the win away was harsh, particularly in light of the fact that he was under no pressure for position.
Possibly double up on the flaggers would be a good decision. Have them on both sides of the track and make sure when the red cross flag needs to be out , everyone see's it!
The flagger in this incident had the flag down by his hip , on the way inside of the corner , where Ryan was railing the far outside....how the hell was he going to see that?
I was there, saw where the flagger was positioned, noticed how the flag was being held/waved. I thought to myself," no way can anyone see that!!".
I have no proof of this statement but i would guess that there are riders jumping under the red cross flag every single sx round? Yet we never hear about any penalties besides Jason Anderson penalty this year.
That is the biggest problem. You can't, you just CAN'T take away a win(the first time ever someone has lost a win in SX history?) yet not punish other riders for exactly the same thing! It's a joke.
There needs to be lights around the track at jumps that will flash red when there is a Red Cross flag. They will apply to EVERYONE on the track so you are not penalized just because the flag is thrown in your section. The whole track is red lights like a caution. Imagine one guy with a flag on the side of a nascar track expecting cars whizzing past to see them. And then if they do check up the cars behind them don't see the flag and slam into the slow cars. No passing or jumping when red lights are out. The current rule is ridiculously subjective based on whether a flagger is able to alert the rider or not.
Dungey speaks about the incident.
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