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I don't agree with what Chad did but I know why he did it, I'm not saying Canard deserved it or did anything too wrong..
but I can only imagine the frustration coursing through Reed's veins.. bet he changes his view and feels a bit silly after looking at video
Otherwise, he'd be... Dungey, and be criticized here for being "boring" and "not making it happen" enough...
I guess you can't please everyone ?
It must be noted that this was a passing attempt, not a take out move, by any means.
Now, Chad's frustration is understandable too.
But he'd probably have been more inspired to wait for another occasion (one must admit that was was tempting, though, in the heat of the moment).
Bottom line : unfortunate incident, between two great racers.
As far as the referee's decision, tough call : Chad's payback wasn't dangerous but it was blatant and if you tolerate blatant retaliation, it may become quickly an even more dangerous sport than it already is.
We sure didn't see any retaliation when Barcia sent Canard to the Semi
When Canard done it, there was a rider right the fuck there and he fucked up.
Pure and simple Canards fault.
It matters not where Reed went the lap before, or that others made that same move all night. pure and simple Chad already had that line, he was in front, he can choose to run where he wanted and Canard plowed right into the back of him.
As for Chad's take out Canard, it was a little silly but made for good TV.
Being black flagged for that is bullshit, seen a lot more harder take outs all night, Reed just ran him to the edge of the track, At least Trey seen it coming, unlike the hit he put on Reed.
That's the point, you cant guess and take a big risk like that.
Canard sounds really stupid when he says that Reed went outside on the last lap around so he thought he would go outside again and he took jump in the dark.
Reed himself said it was intentional. Bowers said it was the other week too. The black flag is fucking ridiculous.
Pit Row
Exactly if it was not for Reed putting him back on his arse, his penalty would have been a loss of 4-5 spots. He actually got back up in front of Reed and got on the gas hard to make sure he stayed in front of Reed and another rider coming around the corner, he just made a mistake by slowing up for a second whilst on track whilst the race was still in progress, while still racing for position and got ran wide by Reed.
What Reed gave Canard was a LOVE tap compared to the hit Canard put on Reed, intentional or not, he did it.
If Canard was so focused on getting his shit together before going on and continuing racing, why did he not do it before he remounted and re entered the track?
Canard got himself up as quick as possible, remounted, re entered the race and was taken out by a rider going for position whilst on track.
No it does not make what Reed did right, but how can you black flag Reed for that when there have been plenty of riders so far this series taking matters in to their own hands and paying the favour back with no punshiment.
They have gone from one extreme of no punishment to the full extreme of a black flag in a 30 second decision.
No one single person should ever have that much control that they can black flag a rider because they think it could escalate more.
The decision to black flag Reed was disgraceful.
Reed shouldn't have been black flagged though even if his payback was a bit over the top. Why not wait till the race is over and do something then like a fine. Reed wasn't the only guy that night to intentionally take some out. (and I don't inlcude Canard taking Reed out in that list because he didn't mean too).
It seems if you intentionally take someone out first that's ok , like Hansen and Barcia did but if you do it as retaliation it's not. Lesson of the night? Take them out first lol
So the season finnaly started and going to have some thrill.
Gan't wait for the next round
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