So was Carter Gray (65cc) DQ'd for jumping the finish?

This place was singing a different tune for the most part when they had the superminis race last year in Chicagoland and a couple kids got hurt.

https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/moto-related/kids-shouldnt-race-supercro…

If they were indeed told not to jump it, then the penalty is fair.

But the jump was spectacular, and I bet it makes highlight reels.

Was it this event last year that some kid cased a jump and it looked like he wouldn’t walk away? 

Agreed - if they were told not to jump it, then don’t jump it. Seems pretty clear..

But just your typical kid these days, they don’t listen…if they were told not to jump it, then it’s a good life lesson of consequences.

I think only the top 4 kids jumped the big double beside the starting gate where they came out of the outdoor/back section of the track back into the main part of the stadium.  Why didn’t they tell them not to jump that one too?

Canyon Richards was stretchered out at Chicagoland last year after he cased the finish line jump but he ended up being okay. He went on to podium a GNCC the next day if I remember correctly!

Wey’s was gnarly too

If they use the footage for the broadcast at anytime … then the penalty is BS! But if they were told not to do it then I guess fair enough… that being said there is no such thing as bad publicity and he will be fine with current and future sponsors i’m sure! 

Next they will say no taking the deep ruts because some of the kids can't 

Well, I suppose they should DQ Deegan then for jumping the quad in the rhythm section that nobody else could do…

Fine him 4 Capri suns or whatever the current juice box is.

If I was that kid's dad, I'm getting a picture of him hucking the jump blown up and framed, and having a trophy made that says "disqualified for being too rad"

I think it's time to scrap these mini races at SMX.  You invitethe best tlthe sport has to offer and then handcuff their abilities ? Time to move on.  

If this was a rule set out before the race they should have the Red Cross Flags out to not jump to remind the kids do not jump they're in a battle and going off instinct!

Dam if you do , dam if you don’t. It’s ok kids who break the rules get more attention 

another reason to race Off-Road/\Local Hare Scrambles. This is beyond bullshit. Even if they were told, if that was my kid, I'm telling him to send it little homie!

So how many you guys saying the penalty is bullshit are also the ones saying tracks are too fast/jumps too large,  450's are too fast, local tracks all need to be safer, and MX Sports needs flaggers that travel the country.....but now complaining a kid was penalized for jumping something they were told not to?  

Somebody already posted about last year's super mini races in Chicago and how this place lit them up for letting Superminis race on a track with those jumps?  Which side of the fence are you on? 

This sport is going down the drain.  

If you don't want the 65s jumping big doubles, then don't build the track like that. Top-tier racers are going to go fast, and that means doubling for some of them. 

If I were Carter Gray, I'd say, "Keep your trophy. I'm going to go find a triple to jump."

So the elite pros are doing the same jumps as 5years olds on 65’s.  So entertaining 

Just found what Cookseys next video will be about…

If you dont want them hitting the jumps, dont put them on the track.

If they told him you’ll be DQd if you jump it and he went out there and did it anyways while leading…then I’m already a big fan!

They should DQ the kids for not jumping it 

This is a good idea to remind them BUT still a form of censorship.  Surely it’s not their fault they are better than others.

Yeah Canyon Richard’s one was the one I meant. Made me feel a bit sick, it’s a kid. We don’t need kids stretchered off for riding too crazy on adult tracks. To me, telling them they can ride the adult track but must not double the finish line is fair. 

😂😂😂

Seems like the only reasonable take in this thread so far.  They were 11/12 years old.  Nobody wants to see one of those kids wad up on national TV.  Kids that jumped it after being told not to should have been black flagged during the race.  If they were given this direction before they race, no one would have done it.

People don’t remember those who follow the rules

This reminds me of a story @Patrick Evans  put on his instagram

He was doing one of the ktm 50 supercross races and was doubling the triple, and the AMA told him not to. Bubba came up to him and basically said who cares, jump it anyways 

jumping it and gettin the DQ was worth it, some of you being outraged over him being Dq'd are literally the same people that would be outraged if a kid got hurt there doing it.

my pops woulda told me if the opportunity presented itself and i wanted to jump it, go ahead and do it. winning the race and gettin 3rd overall because of it, woulda been worth it. gettin hurt on it woulda been my choice and he would take responsibility for it. i have a feeling they probably had the same conversation about it.

Some 35ish years ago, we were told not to jump the finish on 60's at an arenacross in Ohio.  Greg Rand jumped it every lap.  I don't think he was penalized.