RD 2 Shannons SK Championship

[quote author=csystems link=topic=1692.msg18799#msg18799 date=1345026494]
The facts are, that the whole superkarting start and saftey car restarts were brought under close scrutinee by the race stewards after a protest lodged by Sam Zavagilia in race 2 Sunday morning on another 125cc competitor.
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Get your facts straight if your going to point the finger and name people Craig.
Your son tried passing me 2-3 times under Yellows during the race and each time I waved at him to prevent him from getting [u]disqualified.[/u] He then passed me before the start/finish on the safety car restart which again is an offense to the rules.
I didn't lodge a protest, (a protest costs $500 or $1000 at nationals), I simply went to the steward and asked for the matter to be looked at. If your son obeyed the flag rules, you would not have anything to worry about.

I also know that you/Tim tried to counter act your penalty by saying I was too far back in the queue, well "tough titties" mate, they have the video footage and if I did something wrong I would have been penalised too, WHICH I WASN'T.

I did not raise anything about distance, you guys did, so if you want to lay blame about the officials watching in regards to distance, YOU GUYS are responsible for Gary's penalty.

If you have an issue with this, you could have been a man and approached me at the track instead of hiding behind a keyboard.

An apology right about now wouldn't go astray. If you can't do that just proves the fact you guys are [u]sore losers[/u] and trying to defame me.

Next time, maybe have your 125GP engine in front of my piss ant Stock Honda to avoid your son making mistakes.

Get a life!

Wow, all this finger pointing must be good for our sport. :-[

Well, Sam you are right to put your version of the event forth, and thanks you for your such kind concerns about tim's welfare in reference to the yellows...
The symantics of whether you put money up or not is I suppose is not the point, you fronted the stewards, to raise the issue , not us.
If this was such an issue and concern for you, then why did you not approach us directly and talk to us before making your way to the Stewards room. We could have discussed it in the pits... rather than with the stewards... That was your choose.. not ours.
With reference to the restart distance after the saftey car re-start in that race, your obvious tactical experience in superkart racing shone though. I will explain that to other 125cc gb guys backed up behind you as well.

No one for a minute doubts your driving ability or the performace our your equipment, and from the records i saw, the fastest lap was set by Reddy 1.17.2 , next fasted was Tim 1.17.3 , you were in the low 1.19 , and that time is amazingly quick give the horsepower differnce of those engines..

Sam, I do have a life thanks, and yes we learnt a lot from that meeting about what it means to compete... I just hope this may serve a lesson to us all about the outcomes of our actions.

Craig/Tim,
Obviously you guys don't know or respect the basic CAMS flag rules and penalty's involved at Australian Championship level that keep ALL competitors safe on the track. It is double important to respect these when we have different classes mixed in with great speed differences.

The facts are that Saturday afternoon there were many passing under yellows and the officials were already onto us, Clint knew about it but failed to address it to the Superkart group.

I spent a total of 40 sec in the tower simply requesting the infringement to be looked in their own time, [u]that's it.[/u] Next thing you know your charged for the breach in the rules. Do the crime, serve the time.

If your upset over your weekend, you should be pointing your finger toward your mate in #20 instead of the hype you typed above. I think #20 hit everything but the track with his super doper braking abilities over the weekend, the reason why your son had to avoid him parked in the middle of the corner which landed Tim buried in the gravel and possibly swallowed rock in his engine.

Furthermore Craig, I noticed you just joined the forum, welcome to the forum to simply name and blame me over your/Tim mistakes. What is the saying, whenever you point your finger, there is always 2 pointing back at you.

Well Well.........

Popcorn anyone...? I'm settling in for a big one
Pass me another Crowny would you Cookey.........and please no SHOUTING....!
No offence intended.

[quote author=PIL007 link=topic=1692.msg18832#msg18832 date=1345175153]
Well Well.........

Popcorn anyone...? I'm settling in for a big one
Pass me another Crowny would you Cookey.........and please no SHOUTING....!
No offence intended.
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GOT TO SHOUT TO BE HEARD OVER ALL THIS NOISE. SURE YOU DON'T WANT A CORONA PIL ?

HEY PIL.

DO YOU KNOW IF THEY DID FUEL TESTING AT QUEENSLAND RACEWAY?

How can one competitor be 40 seconds faster than the field on one lap and make up one position on the same lap?

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/08/2012.QR1.R16.I
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/08/2012.QR1.R16.L

He spun, restarted himself, then the safty car came out on that lap.

[quote author=csystems link=topic=1692.msg18869#msg18869 date=1345327092]
He spun, restarted himself, then the safty car came out on that lap.
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Okay, thanks. So that allows you to make up 1 place in the field before the control line on the restart? What about the other 4 or 5 that made up places as well. Did they also have the same problems?

No wonder Superkarting is getting a worse name in motorsport.

[quote author=The Ex Cook link=topic=1692.msg18870#msg18870 date=1345334504]
[quote author=csystems link=topic=1692.msg18869#msg18869 date=1345327092]
He spun, restarted himself, then the safty car came out on that lap.
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Okay, thanks. So that allows you to make up 1 place in the field before the control line on the restart? What about the other 4 or 5 that made up places as well. Did they also have the same problems?

No wonder Superkarting is getting a worse name in motorsport.
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The timing guys at QLD Raceway left a lot to be desired.
What about the kart in Race 1 that pulled in the escape road out of T3 and waited there, then proceeded out toward T6 to take the chequred flag. Did not complete that full lap and should have been DQ, but was counted which affected the poduim results.
After the Race 2 infridgements is when I decided to visit the tower for investigation.
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Don't blame those for doing the right thing, blame those for doing the wrong thing.[/u]

Hey we were on Speedweek today.

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to see the Racetech van being used as a background for a tele interview at QR very nice product placement there Ant ;)

Haha awesome ;D