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IMO he didn’t purposely do that.
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I can't wait for next week, I'd love these guys to pull out front right from the start and battle the whole race.
I would say that Forkner was trying to set himself up to cover the inside in the following corner and Osborne being ultra aggressive left himself no room to work.
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Blatant take out moves, numerous, over many years.
First, remember Forkner and really the entire class isn’t happy with Osborne and how he has to make contact with every pass. This includes the complete takeout of Forkner in round one.
Now to the incident. Forkner knew it was Osborne there. Osborne had just went wide to make unnecessary contact with Forkner in the previous turn. Osborne had gotten a wheel next to Forkner and there was space between them. He decided to move slightly right to get a better angle to block pass Forkner, thus not allowing Forkner to square him up in the next turn. At the same time, Forkner decided to jump hard left to block Osborne. The end result was the crash Osborne sustained.
I put majority blame on Forkner. But it is important to note that he probably didn’t care about Osborne based on how he’s ridden every other rider this series and with the contact immediately before this incident. I also don’t believe contact would have occurred if Osborne didn’t jump slightly right to set up the block pass. It was still Forkner’s fault in my opinion, but we need to remember these important points.
Now, the final thing I will say is that when you’re a seasoned veteran like Osborne racing against teenagers like Forkner, you have to expect this sort of thing. They go for it, they let emotions get the best of them often, and these types of moves aren’t uncommon. On the 450, you can trust the riders not to do that. They have more control of both the bike and their emotions. On the 250, however, that’s not the case. It’s not something he can really be upset about when it happens when racing against inexperienced teenagers.
I have never seen an official call out or do a cross jumping.
Should they?
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