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deadlo
4/14/2021 7:37am
4/14/2021 7:37am
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4/15/2021 4:03am
Mcadoo’s crash was insane, and I actually was not against him restarting with everyone else. This got me thinking though...
Knowing red flag = restart with everyone else, do you think we see an over exaggeration in the future if a rider in the points chase has a minor crash? Similar to a flop in the nba. Just lay there a little longer hoping for the red flag.
This would absolutely be poor sportsmanship, but with a championship on the line in a tight points chase I could see it happening.
Knowing red flag = restart with everyone else, do you think we see an over exaggeration in the future if a rider in the points chase has a minor crash? Similar to a flop in the nba. Just lay there a little longer hoping for the red flag.
This would absolutely be poor sportsmanship, but with a championship on the line in a tight points chase I could see it happening.
The Shop
This is found in the general offenses and penalties.
pg 57: 20. Causing or attempting to cause a race to be stopped. At
the sole discretion of Race Direction, a rider who is judged
to have intentionally caused a red flag may be excluded
from restarting the event in question.
Short answer: No, because any flop would result in the rider being excluded from the restart.
*edited to update with 2021 rulebook link
1) He would have no guarantee that the race will be restarted.
2) He risks extreme personal injury.
3) He's putting his fate in the hands of AMA officials, instead of taking matters into his own hands and racing forward.
This world is insane
I clearly stated it wasn’t done by mcadoo on purpose, nor has it probably ever been done purposely. I also wasn’t saying a rider would purposefully crash anyway, but if they were to crash and know they lose the championship anyway, I could see someone laying a little longer to see if a red flag gets thrown.
Didn’t Jeff Alessi shine a laser in a rider’s eyes... I mean dude it’s not that crazy to imagine someone exaggerating a crash when they 100% know they will be out of the championship if it isn’t red flagged.
In flattrack where they know the pack will be around again in about 15-30 seconds depending on track length, it happens because if they go down, they will be lapped before they can get up and get the bike started. In the two rounds completed this year, a few guys went down and were seemingly pinned under their bike until the red flag came out and voila, they got up, dusted off and made the restart.
Every situation is not a slippery slope.
Pit Row
Was fun to watch though!
Hell of a ride though.
Edit: no wasn’t early enough in the race
However this situation was different, they couldn’t get McAdoo safely off the tunnel jump with riders racing through. It appeared they tried but the guys were still coming through hard.
No foul on McAdoo’s part. Gutsy ride by him.
They’re just gonna down vote you and say you’re not core moto enough.
At the end of the day you are 100% correct. This is just another extremely subjective rule that should be made changes. If you cause red flag you can still race, but you have to start last, or something for Christ’s sake to avoid pulling a holeshot and getting third after lying on the ground for minutes on end where most people would just dnf.
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