Re: [RC] 'Grand Prix' style finish is not endurance - SandyDSA
In a message dated 6/23/2007 8:31:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
donhuston@xxxxxxx writes:
Grand
Prix is not endurance nor is a Grand Prix style finish an interesting
concept. That type of finish automatically eliminates this flat track
style horse race from being an endurance race. The only thing about this
horse race that in any way resembled endurance as I have experienced it
was the distance and the idiotic grand prick finish got rid of that.
Riders 14-20 did not earn a final time at Gate 5, they got pulled. Don
Huston
uh - yeah, Don, I thought "to finish is to win", but if they do not
allow the opportunity to finish...it must be some other creature because it
certainly isn't endurance. What the heck is going on with these orgs and
peeps??? Can't they just enjoy the sport without getting into the Frankenstein
concepts? Shoot, even track racing doesn't have a cut off time - not that I know
of anyway, short of when the stands are being swept perhaps. This type of event
doesn't interest us at all but what DOES interest me is why - or if - this kind
of event is interesting to the rank and file endurance riders. Just all very
weird.
