Great day at Paeroa" great racers and i take my hat off to the sidecars" they are double as mad"
got a few issues with the organisers though, and wonder about other peoples opinions"
i was standing near the hairpin when the sidecars were racing" a sidecar clipped a bale on the inside of the pin, and stalled i guess" other cars coming towards the pin could not see it, there were 5 marshalls standing right on the pin all looking at one another, when the crowd started yelling "Wave the FUCKING FLAG" The rider of the sidecar jumped out and ran back toward the corner, (only about 5-8 meters) and started waving the other cars down.
only then did one of the marshalls stick out the flag " he didnt wave it " he just poked it out, nothing else, furthermore, the marshall back further(coming of the back straight" didnt do anything
another time on the front straight i was standing near the pub right on the bend,
this is when someone crashed right at the end of the straight, i was standing next to a marshall he saw the person crash, and just kept looking,until again some of the people in the crowd yelled out.(including myself)
( i reckon ya might as well have put a blowup doll at every corner" it would have been more effective" at least they have a purpose!!)
now to the marshalls that put the effort in when it was needed, i take my hat of to you, you did a great job..(in the blazing sun)
i believe they really need to ramp up the safety aspect of this,
there are offcourse other aspects ie , sand or dust on the track etc, and some of the hay bales looked very average as far as protection,,,
my 2 cents
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