Prodrift Rd 2 Afterthoughts

[grimix180]

was a great wknd dennis healy proved how much of a huge loss he is to the sport was unreal jamie russel was on fire up till he blew his box some good action on sat taut the non seed standard was poor apart from a few drivers who were flyin it taut sunday was a great day team drift was savage and team ni made the day awesome fair play to chris brady really showed us wat he can do i think james deane was robbed he clearly bet colfer and was made run again and i think the alan and gavin thing was handled well by just startin again james runnin outta petrol was a bit unusual lol. had great fun doin a bit of panelbeatin on friday with duct tape and cable ties lol

[<Shane>]

Pissed off now I couldn't make it. Been the first one in a long time that I missed. Sounds like it was good!

[dR Dan]

Is this ProDrift's official word on it from a starting marshall judging it or just your opinion Dan? Genuine question

Firstly anything i say on here is my opinion and not that of Prodrifts unless i state otherwise..

However as 1 of the 2 marshalls at the startline and being 1 of only a few people who saw the incident 1st hand i just gave the exact details of what happened..

As i said im not saying its right or wrong i just felt if there was going to be an argument id inform everyone of exactly what happened..

Id like to think i get on well with all drivers, Especially the pro as they'v been around awhile so i dont take sides in this kinda thing..
Me and Alan had a good chat at the end and he knows this too..

I firstly have a massive issue with the Lenihan v Sinnott decision. First of all it is always said to us that it is a NON CONTACT SPORT. Cars are to start a battle side by side to a certain point (cone) where one car leads and the other falls behind to follow. The following car is to mirror the lead car.




Should he not have been behind Alan.




First of all its up the the lead driver to take what line he likes and the following driver should adapt to the lead drivers entry speed. Gavin should not have been beside Alan in the first place. He was in the total incorrect position for initiation and the marks can be seen on Alans front wing & we all saw his front bumper falling off. Contact from following driver. 10 Nil simple.

The judges gave a 10 nil decision & then because of complaints the decide to rerun it all over again. Sher if we look hard enough we will find pros & cons in every run. Does that mean we are gonna rerun them all again just because one party is not happy.

Like i said Wez i honestly dont know whos right or wrong and im not even going into it to be honest...

Just giving the facts dude...


Thats because 75% of the competitors didnt bother their arse to be ready on track at 9am for the first group.

Agree 100 per cent... I was at the line for 9 and there was only a handfull of drivers... If youv to keep stopping it to leave more cars up it can become a safety issue as lets say if it kept happenin and i missed 1 and released the cars there could be a huge chance of a head on just on initiation.

Most drivers are pretty good and the likes of Wez, finbarr and so on are always there raring to go but u'l always have the stragglers holding everyone else up.

[1jsoarer]

@ pddan, suggest to the pd crew ta get a big screen for scores and entrys for city west!!

[ontherack]

@ pddan, suggest to the pd crew ta get a big screen for scores and entrys for city west!!

Agree can't see why it hasn't been done here before, and will only make it more exciting to watch, as you get know exactly whats going on. I m sure it not too hard to do and have a few ideas on how it could be done easy enough. I will help with it if they want

[Amy G]

Agree can't see why it hasn't been done here before, and will only make it more exciting to watch, as you get know exactly whats going on. I m sure it not too hard to do and have a few ideas on how it could be done easy enough. I will help with it if they want

It costs money thats why they don't have one!

[ontherack]

It wouldn't have to be a huge screen, something like a 19" screen would do, like 100 euro. I would nearly even loan them a screen if they would do it! Place it at the back of the judges' tower pointing down. They could also just announce over the PA system they already have, surely that would be grand, and use a screen at th back with the scores of the last few or the top scores so far, kinda like the D1 qualifying league table.

[damo86]

you can hire them out for peanuts these days same as the ones on the motorways

[Mick K]

It costs money thats why they don't have one!

To be fair Amy they take so much out and put nothing back into events,Simple thing as a guy on a mic on a saturday and a decent screen for scoring is very badly needed,How many €20 went through the gate yesterday and they cant afford a screen for 2 days????

[Aidan Hogan]

I would have much rathered watch more of the trains for the day for €20
Thank god we had a bbq (even though health and safety didn't agree) cause hearing how much that chipper was was just unbelievable !!