Yamaha's Taylor
Kiser Response to Titan GNCC Two Position Penalty
Adam McGill, Donald Ockerman, and
Taylor Kiser Penalized for Line Selection
Lafayette, TN (5/6/2009) - Upon
further review of video footage from lap one of
the Titan GNCC Racer productions officials have
concluded that three XC 1 Pro riders ventured
more than the allotted 25 feet from the marked
course boundaries, and as a result have been docked
the number of positions that they gained in the
incident as well as an additional “penalty
position”.
The riders shown on the video Adam McGill, Donald
Ockerman, and Taylor Kiser went on to finish out
the race in 6th, 4th and 1st place positions respectively,
and now after these adjustments will receive final
scores of 9th, 7th, and 3rd in the XC1 Pro class.
When asked of his feeling on the incident and
resulting penalty GNCC #6 Taylor Kiser had this
to say. “It’s an unfortunate situation
for me to have a win I worked so hard for taken
away, but I agree that something needed be done
and I feel the race officials have made the right
call.
Late in the first lap I was following Adam and
Donnie into a ravine section of the course when
Adam made a hard left hand turn into an unused
trail. Donnie and I instinctively followed his
line and we reentered the worn in trail a short
distance later and continued on to finish out
the lap.
It was not until having completed that same section
of track on lap 2 and actually riding the original
marked course that it occurred to me that the
line I had taken on lap one while following Adam
had been more than 25 feet outside of the course
boundaries. I wish it were possible to go back
and redo that first lap because I honestly don’t
feel that the few seconds and one positioned I
gained had any bearing on the eventual outcome
of me crossing the finish line in first place.
That being said I take full responsibility for
having taken the line and am in agreement with
the penalty issued to me by Racer Productions.
I take with me a valuable lesson from this incident
about choosing my own lines, and will focus all
of my efforts on preparing for the fast approaching
Mountain Ridge GNCC where I hope to put my Houser/Ohlins
Yamaha YFZ450 in the center position of the victory
podium.”
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