Hammaker, Ferrandis earn penalties in Nashville
Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Villopoto discuss the position penalties given to Seth Hammaker and Dylan Ferrandis in Nashville.
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Seth Hammaker, on, on, he, he finished third, but then, he was docked two positions, for that.
And then the other penalty, and, and we're gonna watch it right here, the other penalty was Dylan Ferrandis in the 450.
But this is when Seth goes, for a wild ride right here.
Good thing that he wasn't hurt.
The bike just absolutely pummeled him, all over him.
So when he gets up, we're watching it right here, RV, and watch Simonson go by, and then he cuts through there on the inside of that disc, okay?
So he gained a position technically, because he was behind Simonson when he got back going, and then got up, cut the disc, where the f- track marker is on the inside and, they didn't like that.
The race direction didn't like that.
So there's Simonson.
What's your take on that?
I mean, you know the rule, but- Yeah, the rule is the rule.
Penalty is the penalty, right?
cut i- like, when he got up, yeah, he went inside the disc.
it doesn't look like, you know, maybe it doesn't look like from, from, from this position or our position like, is it warranted that, that penalty.
But when you, when you do make that the pe- like you said, the rule is the rule where you lose two positions.
Yeah.
So, before, like, before we went live on, or not live, but before we started recording, I said, "Oh, I would've thought it would've been one position, and just give him the Simonson deal."
But the rule in the, in the book is that if you gain a position, you lose two.
So, you know, could you as y- you know.
Like I said, there's a lot of guys like, "Oh, he just went inside that disc."
Okay, well still, th- that is the rule.
That's the penalty, and you gotta, you gotta deal with it.
I think that I think what Ferrandis did was way gnarlier than what Hammer- Hammaker did.
Yeah, so race direction, reviewed, Hammaker for a track cutoff, or for a track cut after crashing in a corner.
It was determined he gained advantage and a position while off track.
He received a two-position penalty, one position gain plus one for the offense.
Hammaker moved from third to fifth.
That's why Simonson ended up getting third.
Talked about Simonson, I said the great thing about it, yeah, he had some help there with the penalty from Hammaker, but he's been riding well enough to take advantage of something like that.
So yeah, there's a penalty there.
And then, and then let's switch directions, RV.
let's go to the 450.
So the race direction reviewed the rider number 14 for a track cut exiting the sand section.
It was determined he gained an advantage while off the track.
He received a one-position penalty, moving from fifth to sixth overall.
I saw that.
We had it on the broadcast and I said something like, "Uh-oh."
Even Stu was like, "Oh man, I don't- Yeah I don't know if the officials are gonna like that."
He was only p- he was only penalized, one position, for cutting the track.
He cut way more of the track.
I don't know, man.
Like- It was based on he'd gained, he'd gained an advantage, not a position in that current moment.
Right.
Like, if, if Seth, let's say, would've just flipped around, he was facing backwards, if he would've spun around, and then entered the berm, he would've for sure been behind Simonson.
and you know, once they met, Simonson got up next to him, they went through the whoops, and then Seth ended up actually, k- holding that position.
So I could see where they got that penalty from and the, the, the Ferrandis was just, it gained an advantage and no, no position.
So when you gain an advantage, it's one position at that point.
