2012 Dallas SX – LCQ finish line tie between Weston Peick (54) vs Gavin Faith (617).
The scoring monitors had Weston beating Gavin by 0.002 sec but an AMA official overruled the electronic scoring saying Gavin crossed the actual finish line at the base of the finish line jump.
The official said the big sign that says FINISH, and the spot at the top of the jump with the guy waving a checkered flag is not actually the finish line . . . it’s way back here somewhere at the base of the jump.
Gavin was able to line up for the main, earn some money and points and Weston packed up for the night empty handed.
The AMA should paint a white line where the actual finish line is so everyone else in the sport knows where to look next time. They do it for the holeshot at the first turn, why not for the most important part of the track – the finish line!
Visual Finish Line with a guy waving a checkered flag below a big FINISH sign with flames.
99.99% of people at the race or TV viewers thought to look here for the finish – including the racers!
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AMA’s actual finish line . . . an imaginary line before the visual finish line. At least put a white line or marker where the line is so there is no controversy. The racers deserve better planning and not kept in the dark about an official finish line that only the officials know about.
Hopefully something is brought up at the next riders meeting to where the actual finish line is located.
WHEELSPIN RACING 