I'm highly displeased that they went with a single file restart. It offends my delicate sensibilities

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Edited Date/Time 3/19/2012 1:46am
wtf? single file the riders through the section where there's a man down. 1/3 of the race and a restart?
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R-acer 3/17/2012 6:27pm
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I agree. I wanted to see Barcia win, but it's not fair to stop the race like this
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FUUUUUUUUUCK!!! I hope Cunningham is alright but, FUUUUUUUUCK!!!
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exactly. Barcia just won the fucking lottery
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Feint 3/17/2012 6:28pm
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Single file restart now? Weird...

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500guy 3/17/2012 6:28pm
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This is insane
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R-acer 3/17/2012 6:29pm
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WTF...........
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waitn4 3/17/2012 6:44pm
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That single file actually hurt barcia. Also, it looked to me like barcia lost position due to bogle I will have to see the replay though.
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steve_97060 3/17/2012 6:45pm
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waitn4 wrote:
That single file actually hurt barcia. Also, it looked to me like barcia lost position due to bogle I will have to see the replay though.
thanks, we'll wait for your review...
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bullpen58 3/17/2012 6:45pm
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BobbyM wrote:
wtf? single file the riders through the section where there's a man down. 1/3 of the race and a restart?
I agree with you 100%. There is a reason that NOBODY has ever seen a restart like that.....and that reason is that races do NOT get red flagged after 1-3 laps. LAME!!!!
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waitn4 wrote:
That single file actually hurt barcia. Also, it looked to me like barcia lost position due to bogle I will have to see the replay though.
i dont see how it hurt him he was 9th before the restart and had already crashed so he wouldnt have been on the podium without it.
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Sherwood 3/17/2012 6:48pm
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States it clearly in the rule book.
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Don't forget to wipe the anger spewed spit off your screen guys. Wink
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The restart worked much better than I thought it would....at first I was like "WTF?!," but it did work.....actually it's more fair than lining them up on the gate, IMO. I figured with the flag deal we would see some jumps and whatnot, but it was pretty smooth.

It kinda seems like the whole idea behind this is to not run another 15 laps, based on the TV schedule.

It's certainly not the dumbest thing the AMA has ever done....
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R-acer 3/17/2012 6:50pm
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ya that Restart worked out better and more fair than restarting the race on the gates...
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waitn4 3/17/2012 6:50pm
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I could be wrong but before rOczen crashed wasn't the time gap double what it was before?
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waitn4 3/17/2012 6:51pm
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waitn4 wrote:
That single file actually hurt barcia. Also, it looked to me like barcia lost position due to bogle I will have to see the replay though.
steve_97060 wrote:
thanks, we'll wait for your review...
Thanks for waitn4 me

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the_wood109 3/17/2012 6:55pm
3/17/2012 6:55pm Edited Date/Time 3/17/2012 6:56pm
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Slash wins!
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OMG! That's funny:-)
Best. Nickname. Ever.
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WhKnuckle 3/17/2012 6:57pm
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the_wood109 wrote:
The restart worked much better than I thought it would....at first I was like "WTF?!," but it did work.....actually it's more fair than lining them up...
The restart worked much better than I thought it would....at first I was like "WTF?!," but it did work.....actually it's more fair than lining them up on the gate, IMO. I figured with the flag deal we would see some jumps and whatnot, but it was pretty smooth.

It kinda seems like the whole idea behind this is to not run another 15 laps, based on the TV schedule.

It's certainly not the dumbest thing the AMA has ever done....
It would be nice to have the ability to line them up behind the gate and drop each gate individually based on position and time gap - that'd be the most fair way to restart a race. But they don't have that ability, so the staggered restart is, in my opinion, the next best option. At least the leader still is the leader, second is still second and so on.

Looked like at least one guy was really confused and rode the first turn and triple like it was a sighting lap...
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the_wood109 wrote:
The restart worked much better than I thought it would....at first I was like "WTF?!," but it did work.....actually it's more fair than lining them up...
The restart worked much better than I thought it would....at first I was like "WTF?!," but it did work.....actually it's more fair than lining them up on the gate, IMO. I figured with the flag deal we would see some jumps and whatnot, but it was pretty smooth.

It kinda seems like the whole idea behind this is to not run another 15 laps, based on the TV schedule.

It's certainly not the dumbest thing the AMA has ever done....
totally agree, much fairer than a restart at the gate and it did work out good.
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Mstock 3/17/2012 7:25pm
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Ken choked. Harder to start when you already know you have the lead. The rule sucks. Drop the fucken gate.
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jamma10 3/17/2012 7:27pm
3/17/2012 7:27pm Edited Date/Time 3/17/2012 7:28pm
Mstock wrote:
Ken choked. Harder to start when you already know you have the lead. The rule sucks. Drop the fucken gate.
wtf?

Did you not see the other five or six guys - Stewart, Barcia and Villopoto included - also slide out on that track tonight?
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jamma10 3/17/2012 7:29pm
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You been drinking?
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Mstock 3/17/2012 7:31pm
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Mstock wrote:
Ken choked. Harder to start when you already know you have the lead. The rule sucks. Drop the fucken gate.
jamma10 wrote:
wtf?

Did you not see the other five or six guys - Stewart, Barcia and Villopoto included - also slide out on that track tonight?
I like Ken a ton. I started following the GP's because of him and still do. He is still not ready to win races more less titles in the SX series.
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Mstock 3/17/2012 7:34pm
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It was a great night of racing. Both classes. The top class is gutted to the point of oblivion. Bring on the outdoors and the GP's!
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jamma10 3/17/2012 7:36pm
3/17/2012 7:36pm Edited Date/Time 3/17/2012 7:37pm
He's ready to win races - he already has, maybe not titles, but I certainly don't think the kid choked.
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Mstock 3/17/2012 7:40pm
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jamma10 wrote:
He's ready to win races - he already has, maybe not titles, but I certainly don't think the kid choked.
Ken needs to battle and take out Barcia for his balls to drop. He can do it.
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BobbyM 3/17/2012 7:44pm
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I stand corrected...rosie rotton crotch single file line was allfuckingright.
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Slash wins!
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OMG! That's funny:-)
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Best. Nickname. Ever.
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I thought he looked like the Geico Cave Man. " it's so easy a cave man can win".Silly Silly Evil

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