How to lose $21,000 in the last corner!

[BastrdHK]

www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/tyler-ohara-michael-barnes-nola-xr1200-pass/#comment-224758

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.

[triangleforge]

Hard to imagine how he might think that would play out any differently than a relegation to last.

[Novelo]

Sounds like Hayden commentating, Tyler what a turd what did he think was going to happen.

[derby]

Sounds like Hayden commentating...

scott russell...

[kopfjäger]

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

[DanTheMan]

WTF was he thinking?

[BastrdHK]

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?

[Triple J]

O'Hara claims Barnes was moving back towards him so he put his hand out to let him know,

 
OK