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1/29/2022 10:22pm
1/29/2022 10:22pm
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1/31/2022 10:53am
I don't get these guys time and time again going around the track for no reason. Coop could've so easily went straight and rolled the whoops like he should have, and lost for sure one position, possibly 2 whoever was behind Dean.
Thrasher did the exact same thing last weekend there was an opening right in front of him and he skipped the whole rhythm section.
Thrasher did the exact same thing last weekend there was an opening right in front of him and he skipped the whole rhythm section.
The Shop
If that is not an 'advantage', as the rulebook states, then every rider should start doing something similar. Without grabbing a screenshot, it looked like he was full gas before he gets on the track.
He hops up well infront of deano.
Chose to roll down the side to compose himself and make sure everything is good.
He does that superslow knowing he was a fair way infront and allows deano to close right up on him then he joins just infront of Dean.
If he went the whoops he would have been further infront.
He literally let Dean catch him.
His crash was onto of the built up corner. If u rolled into the drop off then pinned it down it. Your run at the whoops wouldn't be far off normal speed.
Webb rode along the side of the track.
In sx the safety card will always win. If he said he had to make sure nothing was broken. It's a valid excuse.
And the rule is to re-enter the track as soon as possible but in doing so not gain an advantage.
So technically the re entering the track part can be crossed out. And they could make the rule just not make an advantage while off track.
Pit Row
12. Failure to re-enter the track at a point as close as practical to the point at which the rider left the track; and in so doing gaining an unfair advantage.
Did he re-enter the track as a point as close practical? I am not sure starting the whoops from where he fell would endanger other riders as per 4.15
4.15 On-Track Regulations a. No rider may ride in such a manner as to endanger life or limb of other riders, officials or the public
The regulation state, from my first read, that the unfair advantage is not gaining time over competitors, it's just not entering back at the closest practical point (4.15 means practical means safe) .
He voluntarily left the track, and then skipped a section. This is contravention of the rules in my view.
12. Failure to re-enter the track at a point as close as practical to the point at which the rider left the track; and in so doing gaining an unfair advantage.
That's not 2 key points that's just 1.
And in doing so.
The rule only applies if u make an advantage.
If u fail to re-enter the track at a point as close and don't gain an advantage it negates the whole rule.
U can ride whole sections along side the track as long as u don't make an advantage.
Should've gotten at least -1 spot in the results.
Hell, friese should have skipped the whoops the last two laps. If he just stayed in second, there wouldn't have been any reason for the AMA to dock him.
If i'm a team manager for any of the other top teams i would've done it.
The only different is the ruling. Color me surprised, inconsistency from the AMA.
When webb started riding again. Wilson was only half way into the corner.
After the whoops Wilson was right on webb.
So facts show webb lost time in that section. So he did not gain an advantage.
Webb also rode in a slow and safe speed off track.
He was on the track when he crashed and remounted.
Voluntarily left the track to avoid the whoops.
From that starting position he’d have gone slow as hell through them and Deano would have completed the pass.
That’s gaining an advantage no matter how you cut it.
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