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That's the rule. I wouldn't have been pissed if Reed got black flagged, it's the rule.
But let's be honest, he got punished because Dungey refused to force a pass. Dungey fully expected Reed to pull over instead of finding away around the old guy. Now Dungey wins, for starting shit in the first place.
Atleast the punishment isn't a big deal. Reed isn't in the championship hunt, and he won't miss 5K. It's just the point of it pisses me off.
But Dungey would have figured it out after 3 or 4 corners "ok reeds not gunna move".
Man up and move reed out of the way. do you want this championship or not.
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Chad didn't get tough on Twitter because he got his Peter slapped by someone and had to go inactive for a while. Which basically tells me he was being a jack ass there too and had to take a break.
Chad sure showed how tough he was, getting lapped, magically upping his pace 2 seconds a lap faster while Dungey was behind him (why didn't mister tough guy go that fast all race long and finish better?) and impeding an actual championship contenders race. Do you know how hard it is to pass a professional on a supercross track? Any lapper could easily end a leaders night if they wanted. The fact is, most guys out there are better than that.
I will say this though, considering Reed has been irrelevant all year he did need to do something to get back in the spotlight. It's only fitting that he chose a championship contender that is highly respected in the pits and is without a doubt one of the cleanest riders out there. Maybe Chad should have taken on the knight and shining armour role and take out barcia or freise? That would have at least given him a little bit of the spotlight.
Edit since internet people aren't good at sarcasm, those last few sentences are sarcasm. I wouldn't want to see Chad take freise or barcia out.
I don't know about you guys, but I never saw Reed block Dungey in any way. There were times when Dungey would drop more than a second back behind Reed. It didn't look like a blocker intentionally taking away better lines from a faster rider, it looked like someone struggling to pass someone not much slower than them.
Someone said before that those three laps were Reed's fastest. I don't doubt that, and I don't doubt that he sped up in order to keep in front of Dungey. But he was just riding. Riding faster, and therefore Dungey found it hard to pass him. He did it for a bit of payback for sure, but that's not the same as intentionally blocking a faster rider.
Lappers aren't obliged to pump out slow laps. They're obliged to stay out of the way, they're not obliged to get passed.
Just like the Stewart situation last year, massively overblown.
Glad the AMA did something but this is weak.
Reed's crime is not refusing to yield the racing line when being lapped. What Reed did was cheat maybe one million fans viewing the race of watching what we have been waiting all season for. ET and RD going bar to bar fighting for the championship. Its what race fans hope all season to see, and Reeds childish selfishness stole that away from all of us.
It hurt our sport.
Reed should be suspended for 3 races for his 3 laps of self centered actions.
If Reed was pissed at Dungy and punched him in the face between heat races, I would have no problem with it. I would still be a Reed fan. But when he decided to take away what could have been the seasons best battle from us, he told all of us to F*** Off.
So F*** you to Reed.
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Rule Book Appendix A part A1(c-f)
c. The Race Director has the competence to pronounce sanctions against riders, team staff, officials, promoters/organizers and all the persons involved in any capacity whatsoever in an event or in the Championship.
d. The Race Director may pronounce the following penalties.
1. Warning
2. Fine
3. Lap deductions or finishing position deductions
4. Time and/or point penalties
5. Disqualification
6. Suspension
7. Probation not exceeding 12 months from the date of offence
e. Penalties incurred prior to a red flag will be assessed at the completion of the race, not during he the re-start.
f. The Race Director will always attempt to levy all penalties the day of the race. Under some circumstances it may be necessary to take more time to review all evidence and official video to make a final decision. All penalties from the Race Director must be levied by 5pm eastern standard time the Monday after the race. Under special circumstances, including but not limited to, fuel testing, anti-doping or a need to impound a motorcycle or parts, the Race Director may defer to the AMA to make a ruling outside of that timeframe.
And part A2 section c:
c. The following offenses will be subject to disciplinary action by the Race Director and/or the competent bodies. This list is provided as guidance to licensed competitors and event credential holders but does not restrict AMA from invoking penalties for other actions detrimental to the sport that are not specifically contemplated herein.
. . .
15. Failing to immediately respect and comply with operational or warning flags/lights or other signals from racing officials.
. . .
2. Dungey
3. Musquin
That's the proof right there.
Now prove that Marvin could run the pace of Dungey and Tomac. Because it's rarely been done. You have no good argument because there isn't one. Believe what you want, go ahead and call Marvin a liar because he was asked that exact question at the press conference.
His punishment was worse
Now, what if he did it again this weekend, just another 5k fine and dock his points? Or would the penalty get much more severe?
This past Saturday, Marvin easily matched dungeys speed in the heat. Closed in on him then backed off, closed in on him backed up. Did that the whole heat. Very clear that he wasn't going to pass dunge. Emig even commented on it. Beginning of the main, it was clear Marvin had the pace. Showing dunge a wheel and clearly riding his back wheel. Once Marvin realized he had 4th place covered he backed off and let dunge race forward.
That's what I saw and believe happened. I'm sure many respectable "insiders" will agree. Let's see what keefer says tonight on pulp.
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