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3/28/2017 6:48am
3/28/2017 6:48am
This is the most ridiculous thing that i have heard for a long, long time.
I just listened to the Racer X race review and the Pulp MX show and they were talking about the AMA guy that starts the practice just like in any other series and they were discussing that the flag guy has a part in the carnage that goes on in the 250 practices.
This is by far the most ridiculous excuse that i have ever heard. If these riders can't control themselves because a flag guy waves a flag, we have a problem.
The bottom line is that any rider that starts a conflict in practice is an idiot and the flag guy can't possible have a part in the blame pie.
I just listened to the Racer X race review and the Pulp MX show and they were talking about the AMA guy that starts the practice just like in any other series and they were discussing that the flag guy has a part in the carnage that goes on in the 250 practices.
This is by far the most ridiculous excuse that i have ever heard. If these riders can't control themselves because a flag guy waves a flag, we have a problem.
The bottom line is that any rider that starts a conflict in practice is an idiot and the flag guy can't possible have a part in the blame pie.
And yes, he should've partied in Temecula more.
The Shop
I do understand that there are riders somehow get caught up in some kind of "race" for the first practice lap, that happens in every series out there from pro to local racing.
But what i meant was i think it's amazing that these high profile riders get caught in these situations(they have made themselves look stupid these last weeks), i would be furious if i would be their team manager or sponsor. And they have to be smarter than that. Just because the flag guy gets his 2 minutes of fame doesn't mean that the riders go all crazy and punt each other off the track, for basically nothing. And to use the flag dude as an excuse is ridiculous.
I've been at races where everyone is lined up in front of the gate and the flagger lets the riders out on the track one by one.
Also, I've watched the start of practices. If the flag guy flinches the tiniest bit, the riders are ready to launch. They watch him like a hawk, but I don't think he's to blame.
Pit Row
Personally, I vote for Le Mans starts for 2018.
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