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Without the medic having no track awareness this doesn’t happen.
Let’s be real. The medic was rushing to check on a downed rider that wasn’t moving. His priority wasn’t crossing the track safety.
Macadoo is racing a dirt bike. Even at a slowed down pace, this all happens in the blink of an eye. It’s unfortunate but not worth getting riled up about. I’m sure AMart has no hard feelings toward the medic or macadoo - so just let it go, it’s racing.
When the medic saw a red flag he assumed it was safe to jump out there, not knowing that the top 5(?) didn't receive the red flag.
Wackers didn't do anything wrong, he was going plenty slow (same pace as rider in front AND behind him) and going where he was directed to.
If blame has to be placed, it should be on the AMA.
They need to allocate some of their profits to a better flagging system.
Bottom line is if he had of obeyed the flag properly, he could of avoided the medic. Very lucky that no one was seriously injured.
The medic has every right to assume that a rider who’s just rolled a whole section wouldn’t try to get into race speed while going around a down rider. On lap one to boot, as though McAdoo was running out of time to keep in touch with the rider in front
Surely there were enough signs to suggest that perhaps trying to get into full race speed around a downed rider isn’t the best idea.
I understand that at normal speed things are happening fast, but the safety crew set up a really bad situation. AMart is down in the upper corner of the turn, the tough block was not dropped protecting AMart and the medical crew, the safe exit was blocked, the track safety guy is on the inside of the turn (a useless position), and then the medical crew guy runs onto the course with his back to traffic... what could go wrong. Also why is the other track guy picking up the bike instead of helping to manage the situation.
Maybe Daniel could have an interview with the safety crew and talk about steps to improve managing problems on the track.
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You can make up all kinds of what if's that don't matter, reality is what DID happen.
What DID happen was 1 rider fucked up and came into the scene too hot, not exercising due caution for the flag that he ADMITS he saw.
He literally did exactly what you're supposed to do. Asterisk should make their own rulebook "don't run in front of traffic".
Here is a little something about racing not many around here even have a clue about. When your racing the guy in front of you it's common to expect him to react to a situation and you follow that lead. That's just the way it is done. I am sure I will get told how worthless I am for trying to educate the dumb and dumber here.
You just said that "the track was closed." It was not to the 5 leaders. They had not seen a red flag yet. So your whole premise is based on something that is not true. They saw a red cross flag and were doing exactly what a red cross flag tells them to do. Slow down and not jump anything.
Then you say ""you follow that lead" and that is exactly what Macadoo did. He followed Cooper into the corner and took the exact same line as Cooper at the same speed. What was the difference? A medic stepped in front of Macadoo that I am fairly certain he was not expecting the medic to do that.
I don't even understand the outrage. Had the Medic not assumed the leaders knew a red flag was thrown on the other side of the track at the finish line I am pretty sure he would not have stepped in front of Macadoo. And Had Macadoo known there was a redflag waving, again, on the other side of the track, he would have slowed down.
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