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Dungey took Reed a little wide at the start of their heat, and it pissed Reedy off (because NOBODY does that to him). It wasn't shown on the broadcast, but Dungey claimed in his post heat win interview that Reed "had something against us"...meaning he and Musquin, and accused Reed of cutting over on him in the whoops. Dungey called Reed out basically. Sooooooooo...in the main, Eli jetted out with a several-second cushion on Dungey, and then when Dungey came up on a 16th-place Reed to lap him...ol' Reedy hogged the hot line and wouldn't move over although blue flags were being waved all over the place. It wasn't that Dungey could have passed Eli...it was that Reed held RD up from going forward, and disregarded the flags. And on top of that...Reed has not been issued a penalty for blatantly ignoring the blue flag.
Is that all?
End of story.
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* Detroit Main = Dunge cuts off Reed in the first turn (which if memory serves, Dunge got a terrible start in Detroit so he was probably mired in the chaos of the "mid-pack")
* St. Louis Heat = Dunge supposedly takes Reed wide off the start.
* St. Louis Post Heat Race Interview = Dunge says something about Reed suggesting he has it in for the KTM crew, possibly also using the word "immature" at some stage (?).
* St. Louis Main: Reed holds up Dunge for three laps while getting lapped
* Vital blows up.
Is that about right?
I still find it totally un-Reed-like that he hasn't posted anything at all on social media yet. In the past, Chad hasn't been able to keep his "mouth" shut during controversy.
Steve trying a little too hard to blame Dungey
Lets take a look at the actual rules again.
From the AMA Rulebook:
4.17 Flags and Lights
It is the rider’s responsibility to be aware of their surroundings
at all times while on track. Safety is a main priority and the
riders must obey all official signals and directions given to
them. Any rider failing to do so may be penalized.
a. Solid Blue Flag:
1. Indicates you are about to be overtaken by faster riders.
2. When conditions allow, move out of the fast line.
3. Hold your line (don’t ride erratically) and do not impede the
faster riders progress.
4. Riders disregarding the blue flag may be black-flagged at
the discretion of Race Director.
I'm just going to leave this here. Now, please. Try to explain why they couldn't or shouldn't have thrown the black flag out there. With the fact that Reed dropped the lap times by almost 2 seconds and had MANY chances of moving out of the fast lane.
So the rule is not only "hold your line" like they were talking about in the podcast. But at the same time, 2 of them are biased. JT is one of CRs best friends and i expect nothing else, he should defend his friend. Matthes trying to justify the actions of Reed because of the comment from Dungey...
Well this is my last post on this matter. I'm very, very disappointed in Reeds(my favorite rider since i was 7 years old) actions. And Tomac would have probably won either way.
Pit Row
Great insight.
The build up explanation of others instigating and getting people fired up was good too.
You guys that havent heard the podcast ,heres the link.
Its certainty worth a listen on this topic.
http://www.pulpmx.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/170403_thomas_weigan…
Nothing else to see here. Move along with the conversation.
Such a short sighted move for Reed as KTM has enough bikes on the track to make sure that neither Reed nor Webb gets anywhere near the podium.
Now that doesn't take into account how ET would have reacted to the pressure, if ET slowed down, or if he would have pushed and/or pulled away or crashed for that matter, or any other factors that might have played out. but purely from a numbers standpoint, it would not have happened. We'll never know if he would have caught and passed ET, it doesn't look like it, but it might have been interesting.
Time and Gap between ET and RD (Times taken from the TV at the end of each minute)
19:00 - .9
18 .9
17 1.9
16 2.4
15 3.4
14 3.3
13 3.0
12 2.6
11 2.6
10 2.2
9 1.7
8 1.8
7 1.9 (RD was on CR22 at exactly 7:00)
6 2.4
5 3.1 (RD passed CR22 @ 4:32 left in race)
4 5.7
3 6.7
2 9.3
1 9.1
0 8.4
7.3 at the finish
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