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How do you explain the portion that says they can't gain an advantage and that you can gain an advantage without gaining a position? He canceled out his mistake by cutting the track. Had he let Osborne by and waited a few more seconds, this thread would have never been created.
Personally, I think the intent of the rule is to avoid situations where the rider exits and then re-enters gaining positions or obvious time advantages. This is a best efforts by the rider kind of thing and is evaluated by the race director. I don't feel it requires a level of precision from the rider that would take a team of physicists and statisticians from MIT to determine the most probable exact amount of time and relative position had the track exit not occurred. Most rational people can determine if the rider was intending to gain any significant advantage, certainly with enough precision for purposes of having an effect on relative finishing position in the race.
As others have said, Jmart clearly would have been passed by Osborne after going off the track, makes sense that he should have dropped in behind Osborne when reentering.
DC
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5/29/2013 9:54 AM
Edited Date/Time: 5/29/2013 9:55 AM
While it's not really customary to post fines, I will be glad to do so here to give Reagan his/her satisfaction:
HANGTOWN: Mike Alessi ($250), Ken Roczen ($100), Blake Baggett ($100), and 30 warnings (no fine) for running outside the markers.
THUNDER VALLEY: James Stewart ($250), and 4 warnings (no fine) for running outside the markers.
That's $700, total. I was off by $200, which is $24,300 closer than the original poster implied. The money goes to the Asterisk Mobile Medical Unit.
There will be extra discussion at this week's riders meeting as well as added scrutiny by race officials, both in staying within the markers and also how to proceed when one goes off the track.
DC
MX Sports
In MX, of course a guy would have an easier time on the mule road alongside the track than an actual rutted up track full of mx obstacles.. I can run times with Dungey around a national track, if I get to ride the access road.
With all the law makers here writing amendments to the rules means that team manager in the future will need to have a Harvard Law degree.
Pit Row
Put me against Marc Marquez on a road course and I have no hope in the world no matter how many corners I cut (which sounds really harrowing in itself). Meanwhile, if you asked me to average 25 mph like Eli, but on the obstacle-free graded utility lane near a national track... Hell, a novice-class rider could probably do that on an XR100
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