Last night in a heat race Jon Memmer took a bad flip down the backstretch which of course brought out a RED :redflag:. All the cars stopped on the track per Red flag rules, except Dave Darland who was involved in the crash and had a flat left rear tire. He completly disregards the Red flag:redflag:, drives completely around the track, almost hitting the ambulance that was trying to come on the track to get to the accident, then drives to the push off shoot, does a 360 and drives into the entrance to the speedway and finally stops his car. Then the Tri State Speedway official opens the gate and lets Darlands crew put a new tire on the car while under a closed red flag. Then they let him push back on to the track and restart like nothing ever happened.
My question is this, who's responsibilty was it to penalize Darland for not stopping on the red? USAC or Tri State Speedway?
I wonder how they explained that to all those 1st time visitors that were there last night who were sponsoring the event.
Unbelievable ..........
At least earlier this year at Bloomington when they told all the drivers NO HOT LAPPING during the line up for heat races or you will be put on the tail, they upheld their RULE and put Darland and Memmer on the tail of their heats for doing just that. Darland got mad, stopped on the front stretch and the flagman told him where to go. He loaded his car up and went home.
Thank you Mike Miles and Bloomington Speedway for upholding your rules.:respect: