Good "no Call" From Atlanta.

[Terry Keeley]

Classic no call here at 25 sec, great job guys!

Thanks for posting Jeff!

 

[Don Ferrette]

Terry are you saying there should have been a call??

 

[Darin Jordan]

Unless I'm missing something, I don't see where there would be a call, unless the boat who overturned the corner from way on the outside had taken out the boat on the inner lane. Looks to me like the guy on the inside was lucky the outside boat didn't take him out of the race, in which case, I would have made a call against the outside boat.

What am I missing??

 

[Terry Keeley]

Terry are you saying there should have been a call??

No, No!

Just saying it's a good "no call" = no call made where there shouldn't be one.

Seen that same situation many times get the lead boat a lap or DQ when the other guy runs up his roostertail...

 

[Darin Jordan]

Terry are you saying there should have been a call??

No, No!

Just saying it's a good "no call" = no call made where there shouldn't be one.

Seen that same situation many times get the lead boat a lap or DQ when the other guy runs up his roostertail...

Phew... OK... I agree!

 

[Don Ferrette]

Terry are you saying there should have been a call??

No, No!

Just saying it's a good "no call" = no call made where there shouldn't be one.

Seen that same situation many times get the lead boat a lap or DQ when the other guy runs up his roostertail...

Ok cool as I totally agree the one boat went wide and ran up the wake as he tried to get back into the lane.

 

[Mark Bullard]

Terry there was a call on that race. I was the black & yellow that the other boat ran under. I was DQ for cutting him off. This event had some the worst calls I have every seen.

 

[Terry Keeley]

Terry there was a call on that race. I was the black & yellow that the other boat ran under. I was DQ for cutting him off. This event had some the worst calls I have every seen.

Oh boy, didn't hear that on the video...

 

[Gator 340]

Bad call then now granted Mark you were drifting out looked like to me but hell that other guy was trying a classic ten to one and ran up behind you. His stupidity is not your fault.

 

[Ray Sametz]

Got my seat.

 

[Mark Bullard]

If you watch all of the video you will see me start to bring the boat into shore at the end. I was in second and chasing first.

 

[dwb2620]

While the inside boat drifted to the left a little bit on the straight, the outside boat was cutting in across several lanes and rode up the inside boats rooster tail. Should have been a no call.

David

 

[Ron Jefferson]

Can I share the popcorn Ray?

 

[Ray Sametz]

Can I share the popcorn Ray?

Can't edit, or I'd add more seats.

 

[SayMikey]

It looks different from different vantage points.Id give the guys in the tower a break and hope they were watching it unfold. Based on the video I might have nailed you as well. But again the tower has the best seat in the house.

 

[Don Ferrette]

We can sit here now scrutinizing the crap out of the video and actually after going back and watching it a frame at a time it takes on a new look. If you pause the video and cursor though frame by frame things start to look different than when the video is running normal speed. From the 22 second mark if you go one frame at a time you can see the inside boat break significantly left at the 24 second mark, you don't see it anywhere near as good "at speed". Look at the wake trail from the boat in lane one and the outside boat in question and the wake trails are almost parallel compared to the boat in the middle. Yeah the outside boat did over drive the corner a little but now I'm thinking they made the right call and my first judgement was wrong. The eyes in the tower almost always have the best view but regardless keep in mind it's a tough job no matter what and nobody is perfect. I've been in the tower many times over the years and while I feel I've done a fairly good job there have been calls I've missed too. With that being said something that has always bugged the crap out of me is the ones who want to constantly complain about the job the CDs do while never taking a ride in the big chair themselves. It's a thankless job but I think everyone should see what it's like and they may look at things differently from then on.........

 

[SayMikey]

Well said Don

 

[maddog]

Bravo Don

 

[stan simpson iv]

I like the Orange and Carbon boat that was last for the start,making a fast lap for the start...then he pulled an OOPPSSS in the first turn,maybe next year...

I enjoyed the racing,and everybody I got to spend some time with,just was not my day...I think D3 made a good showing. I hope to see all D3 Nitro guy's make the River View a good event...JMO

 

[Hydro Junkie]

I took my turns as a turn judge last season and learned very quickly that everything is a judgement call, just like balls and strikes called by an umpire. Just like an umpire, unless it's clear cut, there will always be those that will question why a call is made.