Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

This e-mail is in reference to the Toyota 200 “results.” My name is Scott Jensen – AMA Superbike #61. On Sunday I was scored as finishing 6th place, on Monday I was scored as finishing 9th, as of Tuesday I was scored as finishing 16th, and now in the “final results” I am scored in 13th.

After repeated calls to the WSMC head office and several conversations with different officials, they had a discrepancy in the number of laps that I had completed (they showed me as being lapped on lap 30, 32 and 37). My crew had scored me as completing 77 laps (my Mychron lap timer still has the laps and times on it) which would have placed me inside the top seven somewhere.

WSMC told me on Monday that I had completed 76 laps, on Tuesday said I had completed 74 laps, and now show that I had completed 75 laps, each time saying that this was the definite result. I have repeatedly asked for the lap chart of the race, the lap times of the top 10, the winner, or even just for myself, which WSMC never supplied to me to verify the results.

Being a privateer and funding my own race program the $1000 difference is very substantial. If they are unable to score a 200-mile race, then they should not hold a 200-mile race!

Scott Jensen
AMA Superbike #61
Phoenix, Arizona