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I can tell you why and I think we could have an interesting debate continuing out of it, but I don't have the time now to sketch it out any more than I already have. Maybe if the thread is alive in a day or two, but even then it's just going to be an academic exercise.
I also think the paddock and pit definition really don't matter at this point because neither fits at Southwick as precisely as the argument you want to engage in supposes.
Because the road has been put to multiple overlapping uses, it's not clear how the rule fits, but it is pretty clear that Goose doing what he had to do ratcheted up the precise risk the speed limit addresses. The facility should exist to enable Goose to do what he has to do, and if the nature of the facility creates issues there and it's ambiguous how the rule applies, then it's not appropriate to apply the rule to punish him or Dungey or the hypothetical 40th qualifier for that matter.
There's also a legal saying that hard cases make bad law. This is a pretty exceptional situation made even more unique by how remote the rig parking is from the starting line. To me, it's exactly the sort of situation where a referee should exercise discretion to come to the right result. The instinct generally should be to not punish, at least until there's an established pattern of indifference to the rules.
Seriously, I can't go any further right now. I have to turn to paying arguments.
What most of us have always called the pits, aren't.
The strips of ground I am talking about are between the semis and awnings, where we walks around the pits, er, paddock.....
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But I was being accused of not doing my research (not by you) and I figured you'd be the guy who could be the voice of reason about the fact that the paddock, as defined, does not include the road. I realize the "spirit" of the rule may lead us away from the letter in this case, and I agree with you on that, if the spirit is to keep fans from being endangered by speeding motorcycles. But that's not laid out in the book, either.
And "research" means looking at the book and checking the letters in black and white. And what's in black and white in the rulebook does not contradict what's in black and white in my article.
That being said, I've heard that Southwick requires participants to push their bikes through that area during normal races.
In 2006 SX, RC was given back his 25 points for the fuel infraction. Without that, the championship becomes a 2 way battle and RC loses the championship. We all know that a high lead count doesn't help four strokes, and he shouldn't have been penalized anyway. However, ACCORDING TO THE AMA RULES, the penalty should have stood.
In 2001 MX, Grant Langston's bike wouldn't start on the starting line at High Point. The race was held up for about 10 minutes before they got it going so he could start. At that time, they were only supposed to hold up a race for 2 minutes. So, ACCORDING TO THE AMA RULES, the race should have went on without him and he should have not been able to start the race. However, he was a championship contender and doing that would have also made it a 2 rider battle for the championship.
Do you think an unknown privateer gets his points back in 06? Do you think an unknown privateer holds up a race for 10 minutes in 01? The answer is no. Championship contenders get rules bent for them so they can stay in the championship hunt. This is why I was surprised the race started without him. According to the AMA's past history, they would have held up the race for Dungey.
I'd also distinguish between possible penalty issues that get dealt with at the track and possible penalty issues people on the internet conjure up.
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"Sticking to the same schedule we've always had isn't really my fault, but I will take some of the blame for the TV package.
There is no 2-minute rule, and the bike wasn't on the line anyway. I am sure the officials decided it better to start on time rather than make the other 39 guys sit there in the rain....
Wait, I can't win.
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