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5/30/23, 1:30 PM |
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Ericson's argument of the one lap shootout on cold tires was a bit of a stretch; don't they come out on cold tires into heavy traffic after every green flag stop? No one has ever said that was "unfair" or "too dangerous". Granted, he was a sitting duck but Newgarden would have been too had the tables been turned. Maybe he shouldn't have been in such a hurry to get the lead on the restart and held off until the backstretch, then he wouldn't have gotten into the lead and would have had the advantage after the reset. All in all, I have no argument with how the finish was handled; they did a true 500 miles and finished under green. Best of both worlds.
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5/30/23, 2:22 PM |
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5/30/23, 2:24 PM |
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I don’t know which way is proper, but as as entertainment value, they made the right decision in my book. I was actually surprised they didn’t throw the red a lap earlier. Thanks be to God no one got in the way of the tire!
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5/30/23, 4:32 PM |
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Thanks for the thoughts, men. No one is completely right, and no one is completely wrong. Just nice to chat about all sides of all of the issues.
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5/30/23, 4:49 PM |
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Is it actually written in the rulebook that the race should go red near the end and not yellow? Hard to see justifying this if not. If that is the rule they want then put it in writing.
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5/30/23, 6:27 PM | #27 | ||
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No matter how specific your rule book is there are still judgment calls to be made and they made on a wide range of dimensions from equity to entertainment value
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5/30/23, 6:48 PM |
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Not really all that specific. Either you stop the race within 10 or not. Thats why you have rules because they are specific.
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5/30/23, 8:11 PM | #29 | ||
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Okay. Take a stab at writing that rule.
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5/30/23, 8:34 PM |
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Oh no. Not getting me to write some rule that I don't agree with. I say every lap of the race should be treated the same unless otherwise stipulated.
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