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| | 9-29-2007 :: Night #2 @ SIMS Nationals
« Thread Started on Sept 30, 2007, 12:55am » | |
   
Congratulations to John McNeil on winning the SIMS National Championship title!
And congratulations to Max Eddie Thomas on taking the $2,000 this night!
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| | 4th Heat Race
« Reply #1 on Sept 30, 2007, 2:47am » | |
| TIME | #9's
LAPS | WHAT'S GOING ON NOW (just what I'm seeing on video tape) | | ... | ... | Before racing begins :: #3 is pulled to the infield while 3 track workers remove his right body panel which was flapping loose when he entered the track. | | 8:46:31 | ... | Racing begins as #1 passes the t/4 start cone. The starting lineup is :: 1-100 010-9 45-31 3 :: | | 8:46:33 | ... | #9 is in 4th as he passes the flagstand, & moves into 3rd as he exits t/2. | | 8:46:52 | #1 | #9 is in 3rd at the flagstand. #3 is right behind him in 4th. Exiting t/2 #3 cuts down across the nose of #31, causing him to check-up. Entering t/3 #31 bumps #3. | | 8:47:11 | #2 | #9 is still running 3rd as he passes the flagstand followed by #3. #3 is into the back of #9 on the back s/a/w. | | 8:47:30 | #3 | #9 is still running 3rd at the flagstand with #3 in 4th.
#3 is into the left rear of #9 exiting t/2 & bumps him up the track enough to pull up even with #9's left rear tire.
#3 stays in #9's left rear as he lays into him while repeatedly hitting his left rear tire.
#9 tries to hold his line entering t/3 & going thru t/3/4 but #3 muscles in below him & lays all over the driver's side of #9.
#9 does NOT yield his line to #3 & they are side-by-side thru the turn. If #9 wants to "retaliate" (as he is accused of doing), he has the perfect opportunity to just shove #3 down into one of the infield tires -- but #9 does NOT do that.
#3 suddenly turns sharply to the right across the nose of #9 as #3's right rear tire & wheel go their own way -- backwards on the track. It looks like #3 might have hooked his right rear tire on the #9 kickrail, but can't tell for sure. The loose tire bounces off the front of #45 as he's coming thru the turn & goes back home to #3, where it bounces off the hood of his car.
This action by #3 puts #9 into a spin towards the infield in front of oncoming traffic. #9 manages to steer away from #3 & he narrowly avoids hitting the t/4 tire -- & #31 & #45 do a good job of avoiding #9 as they pass him while he is trying to regain control of his car during this melee.
| | 8:47:53 | #4 | #9 is passing the flagstand, unaware that #3 has lost a tire. | | 8:48:04 | ... | The caution lights are on & the flagman is reaching for the black flag. The driver of the #3 car is out of his car on the track dancing around & making an assortment of hand motions at #9 as he passes by. #9 can plainly be seen giving #3 a thumbs up -- the closed fist is visible thru the front window opening of the car. You can also see #9 put his hand back on the steering wheel. | | 8:48:16 | ... | #9 is shown the black flag as he passes the flagstand while under caution. Bennie's hands are not visible in the window of the #9 car, nor are they being held anywhere outside the car, BUT -- we are later informed that the flagman has claimed that the driver of #9 salutes him with his middle finger as he drives by the flagstand. | | 8:48:42 | ... | #9 is leaving the track while the driver of the #3 is continuing to do what we heard described as "the pee-pee dance" in the infield and on the track while making an assortment of hand motions towards #9. Getting out of your car on the track & performing in an "unsportsmanlike manner" on the track is supposed to be an automatic DQ. | | 8:49:05 | ... | #9 is exiting the track, thinking forward to the B-Main where he will have to try to qualify for the A-Main from the very back. To be continued (yes, there's more) . . . |
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| | Load 'em up!
« Reply #2 on Sept 30, 2007, 3:02am » | |
By the time I get to our trailor, there is a man standing there who claims to be a law enforcement officer of some sort, and he is threatening to arrest Bennie if he does not load up his trailer immediately & leave the premises. He is yelling at me as he claims the "owner" of the track told him to get us out of the pits, but the "officer" refused to give us a name of WHO it was.
He said the "reason" for making us leave was because Bennie was black-flagged, & then got out of his car on the track -- which Bennie did NOT do, but even if he did -- since when do racers get uninvited or arrested for that?
Bennie is thinking he needs to get ready to run a B-Qualifer, and "suggests" to the officer that he cannot make him load up & leave for a black flag on the track. The officer immediately gets on his radio & calls for backup. Last time I looked there were 3 officers standing on the door of our trailor, & 2 police cars were parked nearby. [I had made a passing comment to the yelling officer that he might need "permission" to step into our trailor, & he was still standing on the door outside the trailor when I left.]
Two track workers with radios are standing there & trying to raise someone on their radios to find out what is going on, but I don't think they ever got a response.
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| | The Office
« Reply #3 on Sept 30, 2007, 3:26am » | |
I leave Bennie et al in the trailor talking to the officers -- while I go to the "office" (with my video camera) to find out why an "officer of the law" was sent to our trailor to tell us to load up & leave simply because of a black flag during a heat race -- & to "try" to have a discussion with the 3 track officlals that I find there.
It turns out that, among other things, Bennie is being accused of retaliating against Lee for the way Lee rough-drove him the week before. [Click :: HERE :: for my comments on "that" race.]
I had not had a chance to watch my video yet, but tried to explain that from what I thought I saw during the race -- that Bennie did NOT "go after" Lee, but simply refused to yield his line to Lee when Lee tried to bully him out of his spot. I offered to allow them to see for themselves, but that offer was declined.
I am told that both #9 & #3 were being black-flagged for the heat race -- but then I am informed that we have to leave the premises because the flagman is claiming that Bennie "flipped him off" or "shot him the bird" or "gave him the 1-finger salute" or whatever term you want to call it -- & that THAT kind of behavior will NOT be allowed at Thunderbird because there are children in the stands.  [No comment!]
I have learned the hard way that it sometimes pays to keep the video camera rolling even during the cautions, and I HAD done so again tonight. I beg their pardon while I rewind the tape, and can clearly see that Bennie's hands are NOT visible anywhere in the window or on the deck or outside the car as he passes the flagstand when he is shown the black flag -- but they decline my offer of showing them my video so they can see for themselves & form their own opinion.
I am basically told that the flagman's accusation -- truthful or not -- will be allowed to stand as gospel -- period. . . .
All for now -- but maybe I'll write more later.
P.S. The coconut cream pie at Denny's tonight was pretty good -- even on top of all that dust & sand we inhaled & swallowed while at the track! V.E.
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| | Morning notes
« Reply #4 on Sept 30, 2007, 10:58am » | |
Morning Notes :: Looks like an autumn morning here at our shop in Ellis County, Texas. The dragonflies are out in abundance again today. Anyway --
Bennie was asleep when I typed the above timeline, etc. And by the time I left the office at Thunderbird, Bennie was sitting in the parking lot waiting for me. So I never went back to our trailor while it was in the pits. I found out this morning that there wound up being a total of eight "officers" at our trailor -- all of this commotion because the flagman "claimed" that Bennie shot him the bird! I have to wonder how many are called out for something really serious!
One of my questions to the officlals last night was whether the "no shooting the finger rule" applied only if it was supposedly aimed at an official, or if it applied to anybody that did it to anybody while on the track. I was told that it applied to "everybody" who did it to "anybody."
I then asked if Lee was being asked to leave the track at the same time we were -- because he did the one-fingered salute to Bennie while out of his car and standing on the track. I was told that nobody saw that happen. 
I made the statement that I found it very difficult to understand how the flagman could claim he saw one black-gloved finger inside a dark cockpit on a racecar, but NOBODY saw Lee do any such thing while out of his car performing his antics on the track. I was told that Lee was none of my business, and that he would be dealt with. We have since been told by numerous people that Lee was NOT made to leave the track.
The final words said to me before I left the office were that we (Bennie & I) needed to find somewhere else to race (besides Thunderbird). Soooo . . .
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| | Contradictions!
« Reply #5 on Oct 1, 2007, 12:32pm » | |
Reposted here from Friday nights comments because this incident is VERY similar to what happened with #9 & #3 -- except the ruling was the exact opposite in this case!
Comments regarding #23 who is DQ'd for rough driving in B-Main #1 on Friday Night :: Entering t/1 on the final lap of the race #23 gets a run on #8 on the very bottom of the track as #8 pushes up slightly entering the turn & leaves an opening. #23 & #8 are running side-by-side thru the turn & as they are exiting t/2. I am zoomed in on these 2 cars, & cannot see #23 pushing up at all. Coming out of t/2 it looks like #8 is cutting down on the #23 as the nose of #23 can be seen being shoved towards one of the tires in the infield -- which kicks out the rear of his car -- which gets into the rear of #8 -- & then #8 starts a spin towards the infield. If #23 had stayed in the gas, #8 would have been spun completely around. But #23 is obviously out of the gas & #8 does NOT turn completely around as #23's actions actually allow #8 to get back straight on the track without a complete spinout.
Based on the "reasoning" behind this ruling regarding #8 & #23 -- #9 did not do anything wrong in the incident with #3.
On the other hand, based on the "reasoning" in the incident between #9 & #3, then #23 did not do anything wrong in his incident with #8.
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| | Retaliation?
« Reply #6 on Oct 1, 2007, 1:18pm » | |
One has to wonder why #9 is accused of "retaliating" against #3 for something from 9-22 -- when nothing was done on 9-22 about what #3 did to #9 -- so apparently none of the track officials thought #3 did anything wrong -- and #9 has NOT talked to ANY of the track officials about what he thought about the racing on 9-22. Hmmmmm . . .
Though I was told (while in the office) that #3 was also being DQ'd for his behavior during the heat race, I see on the posted results that he is NOT listed as DQ'd . . .
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