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How are those big yellow track markers still a thing? The one that Anderson hit was completely unnecessary. Too bad there isn’t a riders union to voice against those stupid things. How many riders do they have to take out before they do something about them?
I'm cool with it.
And he thought he had to "Hit the SLED"!
Look, if he's gonna hang it out like that?
Well, he's gonna have to reel it in from time to time.
Shit happens.
And El Hombré ain't scared.
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Hollow plastic. Very light. Better than hitting a hay bail. They work.
It's simple, stay inside the track and don't hit the track markers.
You can litigate this to where we don't have racing because it isn't safe. Or, you can race inside the track markers. It's simple really.
at one time it was steel or wooden posts, sometimes with tires. sometimes not.
Then it evolved to haybales. which were softer to hit. but would end up getting pulled out into the track lane and/or busted in the track which would make a slick spot. also the covers or strings would get snagged and end up in the brake or sprockets and result in a dnf.
I always liked dirt piles, squared off with a skid steer or dozer on the track side. People would complain about those if their rider hit them too.
There has to be some deterrent for hitting this stuff. they are marking the boundries of the track.
Riders like anderson are always pushing those edges.
Watch him in the footage from thunder valley and you can see him running 5 foot off the edge of the rollers on the water truck lane. Yes. some of the yellow stake markers had gotten knocked down. but if you suddenly find yourself on a smooth line next to the track. you might not be on the track anymore.
anderson will use it anyway.
Roczen and tomac never did,
But you go one and come up with something that won't make a rider crash if they hit it with a bar end. but the riders will respect enough to not knock down or disregard, but will not cause them to crash if they hit it going 30 or 40 mph.
Maybe in a couple years we can have electronic sensors and individual shock collars that can give increasing shocks the further a rider gets off the track. but until then those soft foam rectangles are not bad.
I think it was the same track where you dropped off into strip mine where they mined lignite coal. Straight down, a dog leg and a corner and a hill climb up out of the pit.
Craziest track I’d ever been on if you could call it a track.
You're right, crazy theroy.
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EDIT: See post below. The marker was placed too close to the already developed rut late into the race. So maybe if he did see it, the rut he was taking all race was fine up until that point so he probably thought it would still be fine.
Then with about 12 minutes left of the moto, you can see the track workers putting it into the new position as Ken and Jason go by:
The next lap it's in its new position for the leaders, which is also the lap that Jason hits it:
The rut was already formed on that edge of the track (inside the Acerbis markers) so I think it was put into the ground way too close to the already developed line and actually was not a smart or safe move by the track workers.
Verdict: The large yellow marker was placed too closely to a developed rut 20 minutes into the race. Track crew is guilty!
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Josh-Gilbert-Meets-a-Met…
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/RJ-Hampshire,1403293#pos…
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