Cms slingshots start 1st race kw hits 2 boats
11-07-2014, 10:59 AM
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I would bet theres more friction on the website here then there is in the pits over this. Ruffled feathers I'm sure but at the end of the day no one (especially CMS) is there to bash there way to a win. Its racing and sh!t happens sometimes, unless you've been there you have no idea how quickly these things unfold (especially in KW) and your trying to dice your way through it. No picture or video is ever gonna put you in the cockpit. 
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11-07-2014, 11:16 AM
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11-07-2014, 03:10 PM
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just trying to toss a little more perspective in the mix here. Having been there a number of times the starts can be hair raising, i can remember thirteen boats wide in St Clair what a blast but straight as an arrow across when the flag went. KW can be a real crazy start. They mill you in groups beyond the harbor turn then you have to follow each other in circles till the pace boat starts to move (while inside a canopy with very limited visibility. Once that happens you have to try and all get in line in a very short run to where the course pinches in then opens up to the run to turn one. Its almost always some boats bunched up / some boats behind / some boats trying to find their best position / then the flag flys all while this is going on (i purposely tried to wright that in a manor thats hard to follow . . . . because thats what it is lol) . . . . its nuts . . . . but my favorite part of the race. I just focus on the starters arm with the flag in it . . . as soon as it even flinches its ON lol.
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11-08-2014, 12:49 AM
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Pretty clear from the picture they barged through the center, I see no signs of attempting to go around. Just because its racing doesn't mean you have the right to ram your way past someone, IMO they should have been DQ'd from the race, toddled out of the pits and sent home. KW has had to many tragedies to allow this type of **** to go on..
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11-09-2014, 10:05 AM
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No, I don't expect it to happen, the racing associations are having enough problems getting fans and teams to participate in the sport as it is. But there should be some form of disciplinary action available to the association in events like this that they can use to enforce the rules.
11-09-2014, 12:00 PM
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No, I don't expect it to happen, the racing associations are having enough problems getting fans and teams to participate in the sport as it is. But there should be some form of disciplinary action available to the association in events like this that they can use to enforce the rules.
