Quote Originally Posted by Josh Henke View Post
I saw the bike crash and not come in. It was a confusing bit of circumstance. It appeared as such: rider was fine, bike started up, official who visited him at crash site told him to take off but rider thought that meant "you've been teched and you're good to go." His team told him to pit in as soon as they realized he wasn't coming in, so he came in.

I saw a rider come in for what appeared to be a required roll-thru and then they tripped 36mph on the radar on exit. Didn't see anything come of that. Didn't pay attention long to see if there was follow-up, didn't really care.

Thought it was a pretty good weekend. Few crashes, no red flag on endurance, and people generally seemed to be having a good time.
The rulebook says a crashed bike and rider cannot be teched on the race course; they must be inspected by a qualified official (meaning Nancy in registration isn't the official to look at your bike, but any official working the pits is) in the cold pits or on hot pit road. When I come upon a crashed bike on the track, I do my best to inform him or her to get the bike teched before re-entering the race. This communication is not always stated in words, though, because of circumstance, or understood because of circumstance. It's on the rider to know the rules, but officials always try to help when they can.

I talked to several speeders on the weekend, and had my own radar gun in hand. The CMRA's radar gun at pit exit was acting wonky, so some folks got a pass that normally wouldn't. They likely got a visit from an official to closely monitor speed, though.

I can't speak with regard to the official working on a bike. I'll point and advise and even try to catch a falling bike (that's a safety thing), but I'm not going to tape, wire or wrench on your bike when it's in for repairs. You gotta fix it yourself. The other officials are of the same direction.