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Post by XR2 Baz on Aug 21, 2007 12:35:35 GMT
Daram and suspense, I'm intrigued! Seriously, I hope everything and everyone were OK, sounds a bit ominous if you can't tell us anything about it.
Baz
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Post by Charlie on Aug 21, 2007 12:54:09 GMT
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Post by Mike Hogg on Aug 21, 2007 13:01:47 GMT
Ok, that looks a lot more serious than I thought. I'd appreciate it if we keep the speculation and so on to a minimum in that case, please guys - looks like there's an ongoing situation that the MSA are dealing with.
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Post by awsponsor on Aug 21, 2007 13:34:09 GMT
I am informed by a reasonably reliable source that what happened in broad terms was as follows:
In the second race because it was very wet the Fiestas did one exploratory lap under a safety car but the organisers deemed the conditions too bad for the race to continue. The drivers disagreed.
However despite stopping the Fiesta race the organisers then let the PickUp race proceed. Not unnaturally this annoyed the Fiesta guys 27 or so of whom proceeded to jump the pitwall to protest by preventing the start of the Pickup Race.. Alledgedly - there was also some "disagreement" between the Fiesta guys and some PickUp team members..
As a consequence the second PickUp race was also abandoned.
I gather John and Nick were not involved in wall jumping exercise presumably because they'd taken the opportunity to push off to the bar which in my opinion was probably a very smart move.
Either that or neither of them could make it over the wall ;D
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Post by NS-R on Aug 21, 2007 14:25:10 GMT
That's pretty much the scenario - I don't want to comment either due to the current investigation from the MSA...
I will confirm however that neither John, Dan Rose or myself were involved in the protests...it made the Heathrow protests look civilised...
Regards, Nick.
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Post by Blair on Aug 21, 2007 14:55:54 GMT
A bit shocking, but I can sympathise with the drivers who did!
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Post by Mike Hogg on Aug 21, 2007 15:12:42 GMT
As strange as the official's decision sounds (in what way would the trucks run better than Fiestas in the wet?) what it appears the Fiesta drivers did is totally unacceptable - they took that too far.
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Post by Blair on Aug 21, 2007 15:14:21 GMT
Trucks were on the oval, Fiestas on the infield I think ?
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Post by Mike Hogg on Aug 21, 2007 15:15:43 GMT
But again, racing on an oval with concrete walls inches from the trucks in the wet...?
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Post by Catriona on Aug 21, 2007 15:30:21 GMT
Not used to this much drama from club racing! Sounds an intriguing situation; I can well understand the Fiesta drivers being unhappy, but yes, the protest was taking it too far; glad to hear Nick and John weren't involved. Very wise of you not to comment either, sounds a bit of a mess all round.
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Post by TheRealDC on Aug 21, 2007 16:26:48 GMT
Whoa! Just read the press release and I have to say that is pretty astonishing. Can you imagine that happening at Knockhill? What those folks did was stupid and downright dangerous. No matter how pumped with adrenalin you are, there is simply no excuse for putting your own and others lives at risk by acting in such an irresponsible manner. Did no-one consider visiting the Clerk of the course? Nick - I don't know if I'd want to race with people who have that little regard for their own and others safety ...
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Post by jxr242 on Aug 21, 2007 18:09:32 GMT
Dave,
My understanding is that the PUTs (or anything else) were not on track at the time as I believe they were just lined up in the pit lane so no real safety issue but as I wasn't there I can't really comment. On track the I have always found that the guys are pretty clean and have no problem racing with them.
John
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Post by TheRealDC on Aug 21, 2007 19:21:14 GMT
Hmm - I guess I just read the report that way Ach well, no doubt it'll all come out in the wash ...
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Post by Blair on Aug 21, 2007 19:44:26 GMT
Has this ever happened elsewhere ? Not something I've heard of before!
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Post by NS-R on Aug 21, 2007 20:10:26 GMT
DC - there wasn't anything anywhere near on the track at the time - the PUTs were still in their garages.
The other safety issue not mentioned is the fact that the leading cars were all told different things regarding how the race was to be started - now that is dangerous...
Still, agree re clerk of the course - that's why we didn't get involved...
Blair - I've never seen anything like this happen before - matter now with the MSA.
It will be interesting to see how the 'media' reports it in tomorrow's Motorsport News and Thursday's Autosport...
Cheers, Nick.
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