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I'm going down in turn two, sprawled out across the track. I won't be able to stand up and I'll scream in agony as Doc Bodnar's crew reaches me.
When the red flag flies, because obviously I can be killed by the oncoming race traffic on lap 2, I'l gingerly get to my feet, check my appendages and a miracle will occur.
I then will go on to holeshot the main event restart and win the title.
When the red flag flies, because obviously I can be killed by the oncoming race traffic on lap 2, I'l gingerly get to my feet, check my appendages and a miracle will occur.
I then will go on to holeshot the main event restart and win the title.
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If the race director can't tell the difference, he'll be doing it all wrong.
And thus far can anyone name a single time that it's been intentionally exploited by a rider in the way you are inferring?
Anything?
Now suddenly it's a huge issue?
Just one of many things that need fixed. If you cause the red flag then you should start on a second row on the restart, backwards, wait 5 seconds or whatever. There needs to be consequences for wadding it up
People are losing sight of the real issue here because they are so caught up in the emotional argument of defending Macadoo's badassery...we all know Macadoo is a badass and he did nothing wrong and the rules allowed him to restart. But that's the issue, there's a problem with that rule. You should never be awarded for making a huge mistake in racing. Mistakes should cost you points and championship titles. Macadoo made a huge mistake and it should have cost him the championship, but he was rewarded by the lame rule that allowed his huge mistake to be erased as though it never happened...and a second chance for a "do over".
I don't think anyone has an objection to allowing Macadoo to restart last place on a staggered restart with a time delay, or allowing him to restart from the gate with a time delay after the other riders have completed a lap (similar to a drive through penalty). He should have to restart where he was when the race was red flagged. This would be fair and would not rob the other riders of points and money, and in this case potentially huge money for Cooper and Hunter.
All the tough guys defending his badassery are arguing that if he would have crashed in another part of the track that they wouldn't have thrown the red flag....well yes that's correct and that's the point we are trying to make. No red flag and he either would have DNF'd or gotten up to finish near dead last to maybe grab a point or two and the results would mirror the performance.
This rule totally screwed some other riders who did not make a huge mistake and it should be changed immediately to force a time delayed restart.
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"Badassery" aside, trying to change the rules in the fly is equivalent of taking the ball and going home because you don't like how things played out. Fyi, I was also thinking, "no way they should let him race" when I heard him pleading his case at first.
As for changing the rules, yes it should be changed as soon as they possibly can to stop rewarding a rider for making a mistake and erasing it with a re-do. If they have to change it after the season is over then so be it, but it should be changed for sure.
Not sure why people make up impossible scenarios in their minds just so they can be pissed off.
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