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Re: Tkm Festival on Tv
Posted by 'SimonS' on 24 Nov 2009 @ 19:17

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I think the coverage did a lot to highlight why the future presence of cameras at every corner might lead to a lot of problems.

In the last lap of the Juniors, No 2 comes up on the race leader and pulls into an overtaking position on the inside of the corner.

No. 1 notices that he is there, and pulls to the far side of the track and then dives into the apex, cutting off No.2 who is visibly having to brake to avoid the crash (as well as make it round the corner).

I would think that this manoeuvre (while repeated a dozen times atr every race meeting no doubt) is strictly contrary to the 'allow room' legislation and given a suitably contentious competitor could lead to quite a lot of races sorted out in the office rather than the track.

Note, I am not questioning the standard of driving, and no contact resulted, but the availability of coverage must make this sort of thing 'worth the fishing trip' if the stakes are high enough and we have seen that some drivers regard any stakes, even a clubby as high enough.

Another point worth noting was the extensive use of the run off area leading onto the straight, with one head on shot showing that the front six runners were entirely off track on several successive laps. ( I think the new 'general legislation' that one isn't off track provided one wheel is close to a white line is a recipe for alternative driving, what is the point of white lines if you provide high speed runoffs and no penalty for using them?)

Otherwise the coverage was quite good, except the remark at the start of Elite Senior final as 5 karts left the track "Oh, he's got an onboard camera so I guess we won't be using that".

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Tkm Festival on Tv by 'DarrenC' (23 Nov 2009 @ 19:01)

Re: Tkm Festival on Tv by 'chriskasch' (23 Nov 2009 @ 19:02)

Re: Tkm Festival on Tv by 'Dunny' (23 Nov 2009 @ 20:26)

Re: Tkm Festival on Tv by 'Attack2001' (23 Nov 2009 @ 22:06)

Re: Tkm Festival on Tv by 'chriskasch' (23 Nov 2009 @ 23:00)

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Re: Tkm Festival on Tv by 'NorthernMunkee' (24 Nov 2009 @ 23:18)

Re: Tkm Festival on Tv by 'chriskasch' (25 Nov 2009 @ 21:38)

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