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Should he? Absolutely.
The Shop
He should be docked 2 positions. He finished about 1 second ahead of Chisholm and 2 sec ahead of Harrison. Cutting that part of the track saved him at least 2 seconds, so it's only fair to dock him back to 13th.
How long would it have taken him to turn the bike finish the whoops and take the corner like you are supposed to do? At least 5 seconds and i'm being generous.
Just because the bike was pointing towards the other lane doesn't make it okay to cut the track.
You guys who are saying that "he didn't gain time". Why did he cut the track then? Savatgy got docked places last year, Plessinger cutting the track was not as bad as Savatgy last year but to not give him any kind of penalty would be so, so stupid.
Pit Row
The rule is impossible to interpret since it's automatically an advantage gained by not having to renter where you exit. So now you have to interpret if they deliberately try to gain MORE of an advantage or do they do what the spirit of the rule is, which is just get back in the race as safely and quickly as possible. I'd say he did. He just got on his bike and rode back onto the track. Somehow, and this is why the rule is so poorly written, if he crashed at the beginning of the whoops and rode straight on to the next section, I'd vote to punish him. It's almost as if the rule is "what would any reasonably experienced motocross racer do?" In the EMS world, we call it "Standard of Care". If you get sued, the court will ask if any reasonable EMS provider certified at the same level would act in the same way.
https://youtu.be/xAhBa2zvAsY?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0
https://results.amasupercross.com/xml/SX/events/S1830/S2F1RES.pdf
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