I don't have a particular dog in this situation and I wasn't there, but maybe I can shed some light and history on how the race winner decision came about.

Last Summer there was a similar slide job that took place at a POWRi track that knocked a rookie driver from the lead position and the punter went on to win the race. At the the next POWRi race , Race Steward Jim Siner, one of the founding fathers of POWRi, announced at the drivers/owners meeting that if you intend on doing a slide job, you must clear the car you are attempting to pass. BTW, this is also stated in the POWRi rules on their web site. I'm a little fuzzy on the penalty, but it seems to me that if the slide job resulted in illegal contact, that the attempted punter would be sent to the tail. In looking at the results, it appears that Brad Loyet was awarded 11th place which would validate what I just stated. Thus, if Loyet committed the infraction as determined by the Race Steward, he can't possibly win the race according to the rules which were clearly stated (I assume) before the race meet began. Thus, by default, Brad Kuhn was declared the winner.

Knowing Jim Siner, I'm positive that this was reviewed in the DuQuoin drivers meeting prior to the event. I know that I've heard it several times myself in the past year. So, the bottom line is that every driver/owner/crew member was warned about the slide job rule and the consequences that would result if there was illegal contact.