Round 3: Lake Havasu

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Originally posted by d kelley
I also slammed some guy who cut in to me while being TOWED ON THE TRACK DURING THE RACE in the sand whoops right before the water. It got me stuck and cost me a podium finish in open B.

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I think I may know the guy who "cut into you". Was it the 181 '06 450R? Were you on a blue YFZ, getting stuck sideways on the track?

If so, that was a friend of mine who was getting towed out, opposed to sitting in narrow trails in the way for the whole race. We have the whole incident on video... you had plenty of time to see him, and see that he was getting towed. You actually rode behind him for a little bit, then it looks as if you were trying to pass him, before clipping him. If you would have settled down for about another 10 feet, he would have been out of the way for you to keep going. Instead, you rear-ended him... not sure how that would help that situation at all, especially considering he was getting towed. So, he didn't cost you the podium finish.. your impatience cost you the podium finish.

well the thing is that a person should not be being towed on a race course in the middle of a race that is still going on, they need to get their bike off the track and wait until the race is over because this kind of stuff happens, it seems like it was the impatience of your friend or maybe the sweep rider who was eager to tow him, but I've been broken before and had to push my bike off the track and wait until it was over unless I was right near the pits and didn't have to be towed on the actual track during the race, sounds like it was a mistake on the rider who towed him, you know damn well if this kind of thing ruined Eichner's race it would be a different story. But the thing is that it is a race to the checkers and why should someone have to work their @$$ off to better their position and gain time on the person behind them only to have to wait behind a vehicle being towed on the track, loosing all the time you worked hard to gain on them, it's like punsihment for someone else breaking down and it's not right so, I think that if you're broken you shouldn't be towed until after the race is over unless you can do so without interfering with the track and the race itself.

yeah and I know what you mean cause it's a race to the checkers so you have to do your best but when someone who isn't even in the race anymore is holding someone up who is racing it's just not right. He should have moved his bike off the track (I know it was a tight track in some spots but ANYWHERE on the track could accomadate 2 quads if the broken one was push off to the side except maybe in the S-turn section but then it wouldn't be an issue because they wouldn't have to be towed on the track) anyways they should have waited to tow him like they have always done in the past, your impatience kind of screwed you up but that's racing I guess, I mean I got around Waters in Open A and wanted to put Gillespie behind me and in front of Waters to hold him up and I got impatient and jumped down next to him and tried to pass and he stuffed me into the tree, maybe not even on purpose maybe cause he was tired and couldn't control his bike in the rough sand when I did that (cause I could tell he was riding tired) but it happened and screwed my points but that's how it goes, we'll just have to ride more with Josh and get our skill up and show them what's what and check out and not look back. :macho

DKelley,

When are you guys going out next to ride at the tracj you were telling me about. As I am typing this I just realized I should have just PMed you, but this will do.

We are going out to Overton on Saturday. I can't wait!!