badassmav
Well-Known Member
No, you are desperate to discredit us, and I do not understand why. But, since you are yet another visually challenged member with an agenda, allow me to pry your eyes open with the facts.
Fact: If anyone that weekend benefited from a race being stopped before its scheduled distance, it would surely be the 9 TT's that were awarded full points for completing only 4 laps.
Fact:
The fastest trucks had to start at the back of the pack due to an inverted start, and did not get a fair chance to race on corrected time because the race was stopped after 4 laps, and trucks were not allowed to go out past that.
Fact:
If their race was allowed to run its full distance, finishing positions and points awarded would have been substantially different. Yet, I see nobody calling them cheaters, or accusing them of favoritism by the promoter.
Now, the facts, exactly as they happened in our race.
Fact:
When we started our car to go to the starting line, it would only go 36 mph tops. I couldn't figure out what the problem was in the time I had to work with, so I did some quick math in my head and concluded that if Marc could average 28-29 mph, we would be able to complete all 8 laps within the time of alotted to us.
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After agreeing on the game plan as outlined above, I sent Marc out, and told him to keep it in low gear so he would have more acceleration, to help keep the average speed to at least 28.5 mph.
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After the 3rd lap, with all 3 lap times being only seconds apart, I held up a pit board telling Marc that we were on par to finish, with 10-15 minutes to spare (a pit board because we had no radio communications between the race car and myself)
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When Marc went out for his 7th lap, he was still keeping the lap time average within 30 seconds max of each other. He completed 6 laps in around 1 hr, and 35 minutes, and was on schedule to finish the race with 5 -10 minutes to spare.
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At this time, word was getting around that SCORE, or someone approved by SCORE, was going to be giving trophy truck rides. Since you were there, you saw and heard numerous times, while our race was still being timed, Trophy Trucks tearing up and down the course, in the main pit area.
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Marc never came by on the race course after completing the 7th lap, because a SCORE official, whom I do not know the name of, held him at the start finish line for 5 or 10 minutes. Marc later told me he was getting pissed off because they wouldn't let him go back out, and the clock was ticking away the remaining time our class had to finish.
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Marc finally arrived back to our pits 15 or 20 minutes after completing his 7th lap, after being told by SCORE that our race was over, and the course was now closed.
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Marc's 7th and final lap was again within seconds of the rest, and he had ample time to finish all 8 laps within the alotted time, had he been allowed to go back out. There was no agreement or discussion between Marc and the finish line official relative to any favoritism. Like I said, Marc was getting pissed off at the official because they held him for so long. When he got back to the pits, he was visibly upset that they would not let him go out for the 8th and final lap.
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After lap 5 or so, we were the last and only car still running on the track. Stopping the UTV race at 7 laps had no effect on the final finishing order, or points awarded. We were ready to complete the 8th lap, and the car and time left was right to do so.
After reading the Facts, if you still want to label us as cheaters, or accuse us and SCORE of some malicious behind the scenes favor or agreement, then you are a man on a mission. You have an agenda. You don't like that we're winning, and you will say anything to discredit us.
Let me ask you this, "After we win the 1000, are you going to rear your ugly head again with more false accusations? Wouldn't the 2,000 miles of pre running, along with the 2 weeks time and 10,000 dollars Marc spent be indicative of our victory, assuming it happens? The fact that Marc has won the 500 and thousand on bikes, in trucks, and now in a UTV doesn't carry much merit with you, does it?
So then, why don't you just share the facts on why keep beating this drum that you have been beating since the end of the race in El Centro, so I can walk away from this mess you are creating, vindicated, whilst you just pipe down in shame.
. Clutches, axles, electrical components, shovels, ramps, I could go on forever, as I am certain our car will with all that crap on board.
