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Little advice...if you don't know the rules, don't come crying here on the forum displaying your ignorance for the whole world to see.
Boo-Hoo...the poor riders getting fined. They went to the riders meeting...they know what they're doing...they chose to break the rules. (I think James, Kroc, Alessi and the like are good for it.)
Your logic makes as much sense as telling a cop you didn't know the speed limit.
Now take a few moments, collect your thoughts, and thank the nice man for answering your question.
I could see this getting out of hand if something isn't done about it, Riders taking parade lap taking an opportunity to spot a section he can get off the track and make time making it look inadvertent.
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Racers are racers. If something looks like track and is near the track, they're going to try and use it as track.
Let it go!!!
If you can't give your sources, GTFO!
Just curious as to what was the rationale in regards to the rule change. You must admit that going off the track in the 80's was a severe penalty and today it is a monetary fine which, in the scheme of thing is relatively inconsequential. How often in the 70's, 80's did running off the track change the outcome of a race? More than once that i can remember. Fast forward to today and not once has running off the track had any effect on whether a rider makes it on the podium.
Like I stated before this is purely my opinion and I am an "old schooler" but I firmly believe the racing surface is the racing surface. To compare MX to NASCAR and other auto racing is ludicrous due entirely to track design.
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Its FN MX racing.... the chips fall where they may........... My point is "shit happens", you're a racer.. deal with it. It could be argued JS should have chosen a line that made it irrelevant what happened in front of him. It's a circular argument.
IMO if you go off the track, regardless of the circumstances then you re-enter where you left the track. Dungey, Barcia, Canard, ect rode the whole track, meaning the same distance..... RV didn't. It doesn't matter if a rider rides more or less distance. Said rider didn't ride the same distance as the other riders. That is the essence of my argument
Every racer should be required to ride the same distance ON THE TRACK.
That is the essence of my argument..... MX is a closed course race. Everyone is, should be, required to ride the same distance on the closed course.
The yellow markers and corner barriers are not perfect, but they are much, much safer than wire fences, wooden stakes, water barriers (remember the MTEG races?), hay bales and other different things that used to line the whole track.
Supercross has evolved even more with Tuff Blocks, which are great for stadiums but the speeds outdoors and the length of tracks makes them problematic outdoors.
We all want everyone to stay on the exact track, but we also want it to be safe. it's a never-ending challenge in our kind of racing.
And while reagan may not understand it, I think there's some poetic justice giving the fine money to the support the medics who help riders that crash while trying to go faster and stay on the track. Racers who get fined are in turn supporting the guys who help them most in their time of need, the Asterisk Mobile Medics, not the referee or the promoter or anyone else.
DC
MX Sports
Thanks again for the explanation and I for one want to thank you for doing what you can to try and advance the sport. Keep up the good(hard) work..... And one more thing...................
Now go make yourself useful and bring back the Blackwater.......... : )
(It's a joke everyone.... relax)
Why? Because he skipped an entire section, AGAIN. And... he created potential danger by going WFO alongside the track. You never know what's on the side of a track, whether it be a danger to himself like hitting an old tire or stake, or a danger to a flagger or other staffer, what he did was dangerous. He's gotten away with it thus far, he hasn't been penalized, so he's going to keep on doing it. Maybe nobody will ever get hurt, but then maybe someone will for no good reason whatsoever.
Skipping an entire section is bullshit. It saves the rider energy and when he didn't let off he didn't lose any time. If you go off the track you should pay the price by losing some time. It's a bad precedent to set for young riders, and a bad precedent to set for other racers. You wouldn't want every Joe Blow that goes off at your local track skipping an entire section and leaving it pinned so as to not lose any time.
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