www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/tyler-ohara-michael-barnes-nola-xr1200-pass/#comment-224758 (//http://)
Video included in the article ^^^
O'Hara would've/could've won the Vance & Hines XR Showdown prize for first in the championship ($25,000), plus, $3750 (Vance&Hines/Harley-Davidson purse) he would have collected for the race win, minus the $7500 he will earn for finishing third in the championship.
Tough pill to swallow for Tyler I'm sure, he is a standup guy, so not a malicious move. I don't agree with "The Pass", but I love to see the battles even if it crosses the line every now and then.
Hard to imagine how he might think that would play out any differently than a relegation to last.
Sounds like Hayden commentating, Tyler what a turd what did he think was going to happen.
Quote from: Novelo on October 08, 2012, 08:38:51 PM
Sounds like Hayden commentating,
That's Scott Russell, he has forgot more about racing then anyone here. This crash pretty much ended his career.
Scott Russell Crash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6MIBaC2My0&sns=em#)
WTF was he thinking?
They both have Flat Track backgrounds. Flat Trackers will routinely put their hand on a rider to let them know they are beside them, so "don't put me in the wall" when they are drafting in a tight pack.
O'Hara claims Barnes was moving back towards him so he put his hand out to let him know, but the video shows it was clearly a grab of the arm. I don't think he pulled back on Barnes, but he was clearly shocked and backed off the throttle out of dumbfoundedness then anger.
Tyler looked a little sheepish on the cool down lap.
Didn't Kenan Sofuoglu punch somebody (Foret?) going down the front straight in a WSS race this year?
Quote from: BastrdHK on October 10, 2012, 12:14:24 AM
O'Hara claims Barnes was moving back towards him so he put his hand out to let him know,
[laugh]
OK