Give Respect Where It's Due

In the video of the press conference where DMG officials explain the penalty accessed to Josh Hayes, Dave Schwartz said "...therefore it was my mistake". You can't help but respect someone who admits their mistake then takes action to correct it. :up: Colin Fraser was given multiple chances to do the same at Laguna last year yet he continued to try to weasel out of the situation. :tut: Now us fans can see why the paddock is optimistic about the future.

 

Saw the race but didn't see the press conference. What exactly did he admit to? What was the mistake?

 

McGrath is a good guy with a lot of knowledge and I think he will continue to improve the series.

 

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=40138

 

Oops. Wasn't he the singer for Sugar Ray too?

 

So Josh hadn't crossed the start/finish before the red was thrown?...even if he had, would it actually count, as they revert back to the preceding lap, so it is like that lap never happened...hummm it makes my head hurt.

 

I'm still not getting it. So Hayes was mistakenly credited with completing the ride through w/ 1 second to spare and given the No. 1 starting position on the restart based on his race position on the lap prior to the red flag. That part I get.

How did McGrath "act on it"? Did Hayes get docked a few positions/points post-race? Last I saw he was on the podium being congratulated for the win.

 

Rule needs to be addressed...I would think if you crossed the S/F then you had served the ride thru,and then the red flies, the rider should be gridded where he was on the preceding lap..in the case of a RedFlag...not caused by said rider.

 

Doh. Didn't see the post or the link. Wow. Good for Blake.

 

Man was eager to get the bid'nzz done....

 

Lemme see if I can spell it out for ya Zippers

Hayes jumped the start and got a penalty for it. He was completing the ride thru when they threw a red flag. At the time they had made the determination that he had completed the ride thru and started him on the pole position when the race resumed and he won. After the race had been completed, they realized they had made a mistake and Hayes had NOT completed the ride thru before the red flag was thrown. As a result, they awarded the win to Young and with the penalty time added Hayes ended up getting 6th place instead.

 

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Thanks Deb - Yeah, I get it now. I have a tendency to start a post, get distracted, then finish it and/or post it up minutes later. So by the time I submit it, all kinds of other posts have piled up.

 

BTW. Mark McGrath was the singer for Sugar Ray. Good call by Dave and even better for owning the mistake. Last year it would have just been done and not explained

 

I'll agree here. These guy's have been at this a few years now!

It's a fair call! IMO

 

Josh hadn't completed the ride through when the red was thrown.He was about 20 feet from re-entering the track,red was flown,he was stopped.Saw that with my own eyes from about 50 ft away.

What got me <and many others on hot pit> was how did any AMA official miss the Pinson-BMW stunt show on the grid?I'm still shaking my head on that one