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Originally Posted by Lanky Turtle
There was no reason for the tire carrier to hold the tire at his side, knowing Dixon was pulling out from the next stall. I think he did it so Dixon would have to turn sharper out of the box and he ended up getting knocked down for it.
It was obviously a race out of the pits between Power and Dixon and the tire carrier thought it would be wise to make himself as wide as possible in front of an accelerating open wheel racecar.
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Thats exactly how I saw it. Watch the video, taking note at how casual the mech was walking back, and hanging the tire out on his side to make himself as wide as possible. Also note the angle his head was at, he was looking almost directly at Dixons car the whole time. It was quite blatant. Stupid bugger was lucky he wasn't hurt badly.
As Mike Hull said, it does set an interesting precedent. Perhaps Ganassi could send some of Dixons crew down to stand in front of the oppositions cars during the pitstops in the next few races to gain him track position?
Absolutley gutted for Dixon, he was robbed. The officials are a joke.