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https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/02/05/whincup-fumes-prompted-unusual-race-errors/
I wonder who else had issues.
I wonder who else had issues.
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Pete05
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This is why I think the Supercar races that don't have a distance attached to them, should be timed races.The irony of a timed race going time certain.
The people calling for the clock to be stopped yesterday, fail to see the fact that a 12 hour race can only run for 12 hours. Not 12 hours & xx minutes.
As also happened yesterday, if a race has to be stopped & a resumption is unfeasable, then call it just as they did.
It would've been a sham & tokenism to the max for the officials to resume the race for a last lap or two dash for honours.
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- ScottPuss20
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The decision to declare the race early was justified. I know it robs us of a spectacular finish but these things happen. There was too much rubbish on the track and it would've taken quite a while to clean it all up. Still, at least Whincup wasn't given a chance to win. The crash is scarily similar to this one during the 2008 Bathurst 1000 practice:
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CodeRedR51
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Pete05
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For clarification:
A timed race see the leader shown the Last Lap board the first time they cross the start/finish line AFTER the countdown clock hits zero.
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Yellow lights like you see at NASCAR speedways could work.
Pete05
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That's what they installed at the crest before McPhillamy Park following the race stopping pile up in 1981.
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Also very similar to the DVS crash that claimed Mark Porter's life in 2006. Good thing that both the Audi and the Merc are LHD.
