MotoAmerica - Round 2 - Barber 05/19-21

at least they applied same rule to Jaret Nassaney in SS race. if nothing, they were consistent

 

Wasn't limiting comments to the US, and in the big picture things rank like this in relevance.
1 MotoGP
2 WSBK
3 BSB
4 AMA

 

Greg you can control an open tire series! I know I presented the concept to the AMA 20 plus years ago, and nobody listened. And since it's so stupidly simple to do I guess nobody wanted to try?

 

i'm no expert, but seems it would be way easier to control a spec tire series.. can one open series be controlled? can you control every tire mfg and every supplier that sends tires from those mfgs to that series? can you keep every racer from getting hands on a "special" tire from brand "X" ? maybe...

... but come on. It's tough to make a legitimate point that a spec tire series, is somehow less fair than an open tire series. at least across multiple pro level series (like moto GP, wsbk, bsb, MA, cev, etc).
And then there's the MONEY that is paid to each series, when there is a bid to be the spec tire supplier. I suspect this is a major reason for spec tires ?

 

Is the Supersport race available anywhere? I'm looking on Live+ but don't see it. All the other races from today are there but not SS.

 

Not yet

 

It's on there now

 

What a fucking shit show in twins cup. Goddamn not only are they gonna get someone hurt or killed with calls that fucking stupid but then the call on Gus not being allowed to restart is just utter bullshit. Fuck MA right now. They look like a bunch of fucking amateurs right now.

 

Rule says he can’t restart unless “actively participating”. But rule states attempting to restart and ride back counts as participating. He rode back to pits. I do not understand.

 

Race Direction told us that because Gus was on his knees at the moment the red flag was displayed he had withdrawn from the race, no longer actively participating. I asked "What is the time limit from when the flag is shown? Is there a 10 count? A 5 count? Because it looks like he picked up the bike in less than 30 seconds." They replied that they didn't use time and didn't want to go there. So I suppose if you high-side yourself to the moon on a wet track on slicks in a race where Race Direction ignores the dangerous conditions and doesn't stop the race you better be aware that a red flag has been thrown for some other reason and you better clear your head immediately and get on your feet, otherwise you're done.

 

It was a bullshit call and I can’t believe they didn’t have the discretion within the current rules to say that he was in fact competing. I might even suggest that rules require him as a competitor to take inventory of himself to make sure it was safe to continue on. I can’t believe they made that call, especially after not throwing the red flag in time.

 

seems like the "long supersport race" turned into a normal WSS race after that red flag... we just want 2 races in a weekend for supersport and not this endurance stuff that just pulls out red flags shortening the one race to a single normal race

 

I watched it a third time, counting out how long from the time he came to a full stop to when the announcer said there was a red flag. It was 5 seconds or less using the "one one thousand" method. That means that the call from race direction came earlier. I still think it was a bad call.

 

MA live + Superbike warmup was supposed to be at 9:35am EST and here we are at 10:11 EST and no live stream yet.. I've seen youth soccer leagues ran with better consistency

 

superbike up next. we are in central time zone

 

Yeah thats going to make motoa look bad.

To me it sets the precident that anyone who is involved in a wreck causing a red flag is not welcome to restart. From my spectators perspective it looked like they threw the red because 3 bikes went down in one corner. Traditionally theyd be allowed to restart.

Yeah motoA fucked this one up.

 

You sure about that?

The schedule clearly states CST.

https://snagfilms-a.akamaihd.net/df...te1images-tab.jpg?impolicy=resize&w=816&h=960

 

This got FUBAR'd up one side down the other.

Not stopping the race when both of the leaders are throwing their hands up for the rain is a mystery.

Rocco actually showed some maturity tho, said screw it and just slowed down to what he was comfortable with.

 

Yes, positive...
link on live+ says EST
https://www.motoamericaliveplus.com/schedule

 

They finally fixed it today, all thru until this am the schedule said EST.