A shitty situation at Gingerman

[Plarposaurus Wrecks]

I think the fight was started by a WERA rider...  Just kidding!

I didn't bump anyone last weekend. Cut off #49 a few times, but no bumping. :D

[Jeff]

Ok now more about the fight. What happened?

Okay, we'll say that expert rider "A" was pushed off the track on Sat by AM rider "A" while battling with AM rider "B".

Expert rider "A" patches his stuff up and comes back out later in the day on Sat only to have his front fender come off and act as a skidplate for the front tire while going into T7 (right behind me I might add).  There's crash #2.  By now you can tell, Expert rider "A" is having a pretty rough weekend.

On Sunday, Expert rider "A" again pieces his stuff together and goes out to do battle.

Late in the day, Expert rider "A" goes into T11 only to meet Amateur rider "B" at the apex who ended up running Expert rider "A" a bit wide and into the sand.

Well, that was about all that one man could take, and he got a little agitated as you can imagine...

[Sobottka]

I didn't bump anyone last weekend. Cut off #49 a few times, but no bumping. :D

well... we didnt bump cuz i kept backing off!!!  had i not... we'd be bumpin. no worries it was still fun!

[Plarposaurus Wrecks]

There ya have it folks, from the man himself. No bumping, but I did catch him starring at my girlfriend's ass more than once. :D

[251am]

I watched this race and was confused by the re-grid after the red flag too. Brian had the lead at the half-way point. Leader crosses the line at the half-way/crossed flags point, and a red flag ends the race at the positions held. Where in the rule book does it state that EVERY racer in an event has to be across that half-way point for it to be officially 1/2 way? Is it just a RD call?       

[KBOlsen]

In a 7-lap sprint race, the crossed "halfway" flags are shown (as a courtesy) on the 4th lap.

In order for a sprint race to be called "complete", ALL riders must have completed the half-way point (in other words, the leader would have crossed the start/finish line and would technically be working lap 5).

[G-reg]

Maybe a rule change suggestion?  After the first rider of a race recieves the halfway flag, if the race is red flagged at any point thereafter it can be deemed complete?

[endoracing]

Not that it would have made a difference since I was in last place anyways .. but when I came off the track I didn't know if the race was over and the people on hot pit were waiting for the next race or if they were re-gridding for a restart. It sure felt like the race was half over.

Since I'm pretty new to all this, I decided to leave the track because if it was the next event, I didnt know how I would have known before they released everyone for the warmup lap. Someone there to direct us would have been nice and I woulda got to run a few more laps.


On a side note; I didnt see the red flag until I was pretty deep into turn 11 ... I made the turn onto the front straight and it hit me that I was right at the track exit and I could have gone straight off. Not to make excuses,  but this was the first time I've ever gotten the red flag with about half a second to decide if I should exit.

My question is, should I have exited ? as I did my long jackass lap around I was thinking that it may have been the right thing to do anyways to complete the corner, since someone behind me might on the outside not have seen the flag... but at the same time, someone on my inside might have seen it and decided to go straight.

I felt like an idiot as I went around the whole track again and can't decide if it was the right thing to do or not =/

[Plarposaurus Wrecks]

You're an idiot because you go to OU, not because you kept going on the red flag.

Never, neeevveeerrr deviate from the line you're taking unless there's an incident right in front of you. Be it a red flag, a rider that was bumped off the track or anything you care to think of - there might be someone coming up on you quick, especially if you're towards the back - and he's depending on you to maintain your line. (Hopefully, he's maintaining a proper line too).

The victory lap was not a jackass move, you may have plowed into someone if you stood it up to pit in.

Nice to meet ya, by the way. 

[r1owner]

You're an idiot because you go to OU, not because you kept going on the red flag.

LOL!

Never, neeevveeerrr deviate from the line you're taking unless there's an incident right in front of you. Be it a red flag, a rider that was bumped off the track or anything you care to think of - there might be someone coming up on you quick, especially if you're towards the back - and he's depending on you to maintain your line. (Hopefully, he's maintaining a proper line too).

The victory lap was not a jackass move, you may have plowed into someone if you stood it up to pit in.

+1

[endoracing]

nice meeting ya also, and yeah OU sucks ;P

thanks for the answer.. it wasnt a matter of standing it up, it was  that I was braking at the end of the back straight.. all I had to do was not turn in and I would have been heading back to the pits...

[Sobottka]

but I did catch him starring at my girlfriend's ass more than once. :D

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