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Leaving the track is a HUGE mistake in a race and should be treated as such. There is a simple solution, re-enter the track where you left it.
Circle back around to where you went out.
Penalize consistently. Anyone and everyone. Strike the fear of DQ in them and in this instance he fades hard right and falls in line. Instead of inside advantage. THAT huge of a mistake off the start isn’t deserving a 3rd place around the first turn. He shoulda checked up and followed the banner on the correct side. That’s a slap in the face to every other competitor on that gate that stayed on the track at an important part of the race.
That start blows. They got the property. Fix it some. Heavy advantage on outside of the gates. Far right sx. Far left mx. Make it like redbud or something.
And deegan knew he couldnt let Cochran get away because he wasn’t catching him from the back. But such is life. Hard lesson learned, don’t make mistakes. But don’t cheat your way out of a mistake because you can’t hustle down and catch Cochran from 40th. Because maybe the fierce competitive nature inside of him woulda flipped a switched and he could of made an epic charge from the rear to beat Cochran. But we will never know.
Joining in 3rd is the real issue and I'd say he did the correct thing. At that point its in the officials hands to decide if they dock points or positions, as the racer you do everything you can to gain positions to limit the docking.
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Whether he backed off enough is subjective.
Been a ref, so been there - done that, and on the overhead video it looks bad, the ground level it is borderline, but considering the event, level of competition, etc....I'd go with pro rules and in pro rules, he complied.
If that was RC4, JS7, ET3 or MM25 it'd be called ok
There would be zero issue if it was in the 2nd turn and he cross rutted, chopped the throttle and came back on in the place he left at safe time and place on the track.
It simply comes down to AMA rule book, if it has a provision for the start. I would be surprised if it does.
By the AMA not setting a precedence, that means it is ok to do no matter who you are.
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