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If you have ever pulled it is very hard to see the flag man unless he makes himself visible by stepping out a bit. Now as for a high HP SF  it seems like he could have seen anything especially in the first 75 considering the tires are spinning about 15 mph.
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I don't have any videos since I spent Saturday tinkering with camera settings, but here's a picture that I have [fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net] John Murray Two-time Pedal Pull World Champion Let's Go Pulling, covering the sport of pulling in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Watch LGP on YouTube Like LGP on Facebook 
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It wasn't just you, it has to do with the photo being from Facebook. My websites anti-SPAM filter doesn't like photos from Facebook because they are posted on a secure server (https vs http). When those photos get posted it can sometimes give people a 503 error. I've updated the photo to a link and it should work now.
Here are my four shots of "My Last Excuse" 
Personally I think it should have been a DQ. Don't get me wrong, it was an excellent pass, but it was an exceptional amount of fluid, and a flammable fluid at that. The last thing we need it diesel pouring all over the track in an indoor arena. Mike Ott did a great job on the starting line throwing the flag as soon as he saw something was wrong, in fact one of the photographers in the media area got a good shot of Mike holding the red flag out (I think it was Miles Krieger but I can't remember for sure). The shot was taken when the tractor was right next to Mike and the drivers eyes were already on the finishline, (just a few feet past John Murray's picture in the post above). At the finishline end Scott Doty couldn't see the fuel coming out because his view was blocked by the front tire, and Scott was watching the tractor and didn't see Mike throw the red flag. I also don't blame Dave Whelan, he was already past Mike Ott and couldn't see what was going on and he had a green flag at the end of the track. Here's my only complaint about the whole situation, the outcome. I think the show should function like a piece of machinery. Here's what I mean by that statement: on machinery or automated equipment there are emergency stop buttons, if one button gets pressed it stops the machine. There's no need to press two or three stop buttons. In that situation the one red flag for excessive fluid should have been all it took for a DQ. We don't need two red flags to issue a DQ. There should have been no need for a discussion between flagmen, the only discussion should have been to Dave Whelan telling him that you hate to DQ him but that's the rules and you look forward to seeing him there next year. It's one of those situations where a headset would have been handy. I've seen guys DQed for less fluid (both indoors and out). It's unfortunate when the run was clearly deserving of third and the fluid was deserving of last. That always a tough situation. Jake Morgan Owner, PULLOFF.COM Independent Pulling News This page is a free service. The cost is covered out of my pocket. It takes a great deal of time and a fair amount of money to keep this website going. Donations for: photos, classified ads, forum discussion, etc... are appreciated. Side Note: We are no longer accepting PayPal donations. They have changed their terms of service and stated they would fine PayPal users for spreading "misinformation" and "hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory". PayPal did not provide definitions for some of these vague terms. Woke corporate policies regarding "misinformation" could result in an automatic fine of $2,500 which would have been removed directly from the customer’s PayPal account. PayPal did backdown from some of their policies but quietly implemented portions of them in later terms of service. A financial institute has no right to monitor social media accounts or speech. This is unacceptable and I'll no longer do business with PayPal. |
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