Joey Savatgy Docked to Eighth, Jordon Smith Leads the Points

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Edited Date/Time 4/30/2017 8:06pm
I just received a call that Joey Savatgy has been docked to eighth position. The Troy Lee Designs team placed a protest over Joey Savatgy's lack of re-entering the lane of the track he was racing when he crashed. He instead remounted in the next lane and continued on, thus gaining an advantage over Jordon Smith. With Joey being bumped to ninth, this places Jordon Smith up one spot and with the points lead at 160 points. Zach Osborne is second with 159 and Joey Savatgy third with 159 going into Las Vegas.

Note: the official ruling places Joey eighth, not ninth as I was originally informed.

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Holy crap, I bet Mitch needs resuscitating right now

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wfo4ever 4/29/2017 7:20pm
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I knew that was a wrong move by Savatgy. Could not believe he was even on the podium, then I remembered the AMA is in charge.
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mx617 4/29/2017 7:21pm
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Dang, that seems a bit harsh. I was thinking maybe 2 spots. Don't think it was that much of an advantage.
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lappedrider 4/29/2017 7:22pm
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Just watched the race on DVR and logged in here to see what happened with this. Looked to cut a large section of the track.
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kzizok 4/29/2017 7:23pm
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It was weird. You could see guys pass him, then next thing you know, he was magically back in front of them.
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PRM31 4/29/2017 7:26pm
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Well, that should make riders think twice. He finished roughly 40 sec ahead of 9th. Don't think he gained that much. A penalty was appropriate.
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ML512 4/29/2017 7:26pm
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slipdog wrote:
Zach-O by 10pts
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
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Big Daddy 4/29/2017 7:28pm
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Savatgy just lost 8 points with this. Now the score's Savatgy 158 to Osborne's 159 going into Vegas. Not a good night for the Kawie guys......
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slipdog 4/29/2017 7:28pm
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slipdog wrote:
Zach-O by 10pts
ML512 wrote:
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
My maffmaticks is a bit rusty. How far back is Zach, 2?
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djc 4/29/2017 7:30pm
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Wow. Honestly my initial though reading this was that sounds harsh. I would have guessed. To dock him three spots That being said it was hard to tell on tv how much he cut the track and how many positions he gained and so on by doing that so maybe it's justified.
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kaptkaos 4/29/2017 7:30pm
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I dont think Savatgy intentionally cheated, I think he made a bad mistake/poor decision in the heat of the moment and I also completely agree with the penalty, but I am not going to call Savatgy a cheater.

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ML512 wrote:
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
Do you think the AMA would have done something without the protest?
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ML512 4/29/2017 7:31pm
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slipdog wrote:
Zach-O by 10pts
ML512 wrote:
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
slipdog wrote:
My maffmaticks is a bit rusty. How far back is Zach, 2?
Sorry, I messed up...Jordon by one point over Osborne.
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slipdog 4/29/2017 7:32pm
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kaptkaos wrote:
I dont think Savatgy intentionally cheated, I think he made a bad mistake/poor decision in the heat of the moment and I also completely agree with...
I dont think Savatgy intentionally cheated, I think he made a bad mistake/poor decision in the heat of the moment and I also completely agree with the penalty, but I am not going to call Savatgy a cheater.
Agree, I've seen people do crazy things in panic situations without realizing what they were doing.
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slipdog 4/29/2017 7:34pm
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ML512 wrote:
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
slipdog wrote:
My maffmaticks is a bit rusty. How far back is Zach, 2?
ML512 wrote:
Sorry, I messed up...Jordon by one point over Osborne.
At least we still have 1 championship race for Vegas!
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Big Daddy 4/29/2017 7:34pm
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ML512 wrote:
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
slipdog wrote:
My maffmaticks is a bit rusty. How far back is Zach, 2?
ML512 wrote:
Sorry, I messed up...Jordon by one point over Osborne.
Yeah, me too. I forgot to move Smith up a couple of points. So it's Smith 160, Osborne 159, and Savatgy 158,....right?
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Feint 4/29/2017 7:34pm
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
So what are the point totals then? Someone post the top 3
Just a quick guess:

Smith: 160
Osborne: 159
Savatgy: 158
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kzizok 4/29/2017 7:34pm
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slipdog wrote:
Zach-O by 10pts
ML512 wrote:
Jordon Smith with the lead, because he moves up a spot. The protest was filed by the TLD team.
So, what I get out of it is the AMA/FIM weren't going to do anything on their own, and it took a protest to do the right thing.
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GoonSquad250x 4/29/2017 7:35pm
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
So what are the point totals then? Someone post the top 3
Feint wrote:
Just a quick guess:

Smith: 160
Osborne: 159
Savatgy: 158
Vegas is going to be good!
Chris_Cooksey 4/29/2017 7:36pm
4/29/2017 7:36pm
I wonder how the punishment was determined? I would have docked him the time it takes to complete the section. If that put him in 9th, then good. I was thinking more like 5th.
Black Diesel Bomber 4/29/2017 7:36pm
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
So what are the point totals then? Someone post the top 3
Feint wrote:
Just a quick guess:

Smith: 160
Osborne: 159
Savatgy: 158
Okay, if this is correct Osborne wins. KTM/Husky had a huge night by overcoming some heavy point deficits.
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yak651 4/29/2017 7:37pm
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Hooter's chick is smiling right now...
Motocross83 4/29/2017 7:37pm
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Right decision. Silly silly move by Joey, ffs he must've known all eyes were on him..

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