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I would like to sugest a change to the rule for being disqualified for leaving the course-

If you accidentialy leave the course and finish the rest of the track- if you still have time remaining to the d.n.f. you should be given the option of going back to where you stuffed up and redoing the track in the time you have remaining-

It seems a bit on the chin, when you do the majority of the track( and sometimes a lot more), to be given zero points for a stage, when someone who may break their truck in the first 100 meters of the stage can still pick up 20 points.

Just a thought?

have to agree with you on this Tim much in the way of if you leave something on the track the clock keeps running till you retreave it or take the penalty ..

I agree as well it does seam wrong to dns when you turn the wrong way. best to give the option of 20 points or go back and take longer time.

Sounds like a pretty sensible option to me.

yea fair enough. Places like mamakus would make trying to go back to the peg pretty hard without doing the whole stage again, but places like norwest, whangarei, taupo, would make it much easier. It will push your finsh time up but its better than a DNS

What about if you go off the track (miss a gate) you get a 10 point penality (same as hitting a peg), but if you go back and complete the track brfore entering the finish box, you get to post you time.
However you you don't go back and complete the track and enter the finish box, then you get a DNF as you haven't completed the stage and get awarded 20 points? (but no penalty)

I agree, and I think the marshals should be pro-active in alerting competitors when they miss a gate so that you don't unnecessarily put all your gear on the line only to have to go back and do it all again.

We'll get this put on the list then.