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3/7/2018 9:05am
Problem: I don't like fixing things in SX that aren't broken, but the tough blocks are broken, and have broken several riders over the years. If a footpeg gets within a foot of the damned things, the thin plastic cover reaches out and latches on.
Solution: Print the sponsor logos on thin - but rigid - plastic sheet instead of the plastic bag type material they currently use. Something like 2mm thick should still be malleable enough to fold when a rider lands on it (and not injure the rider), but stiff enough that a footpeg will slide along it instead of immediately pulling the block onto the track and/or the rider to the ground (or flying through the air as we saw with Peick and Ferrandis this weekend).
Preach this Matthes; they heard you on the nets, even if they call them "catch fences".
Solution: Print the sponsor logos on thin - but rigid - plastic sheet instead of the plastic bag type material they currently use. Something like 2mm thick should still be malleable enough to fold when a rider lands on it (and not injure the rider), but stiff enough that a footpeg will slide along it instead of immediately pulling the block onto the track and/or the rider to the ground (or flying through the air as we saw with Peick and Ferrandis this weekend).
Preach this Matthes; they heard you on the nets, even if they call them "catch fences".
And I agree, they could be improved.
The Shop
that on the next lap it had pushed out a couple of inches?
Pit Row
They are there for a reason.
Everyone is racing with the same tough block placement. Those that try to push the envelope might pay off. Both ways....pay off shavin a few tenths. But then pay off with a huge get off.... risk vs reward.
What happens when a NASCAR driver nails the wall?
The turns that feed into the triple generally have 2 routes - inside or outside. You're essentially saying don't use the berm ever. Using the berm going at speed you're going to end up a foot outside of the tuff blocks on a good lap. On a bad one you're right next to the tuff blocks and on a horrendous one you catch it and fuck shit up.
If this problem happened to one person that night I'd say you all who say 'don't go outside; problem solved' have a point. That one person clearly fucked up. I happened to multiple people and now we have even more riders out of the season. There's clearly a problem. And it's not just a problem with one or two riders. The sport can't exist if 3/4's of the top 10 get wiped from racing season after season.
Problem is there is no actual data to support either argument.
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