Windham Gets His Points Back

[2smoke]

Just read on Transworldmotocross that a three member AMA board overturned the original decision and Windham got his points back. Its all good.....now lets get back to the racing....its been so good this year and the title is still wide open.

 

[fender92883]

Click-->www.amaproracing.com/releases/r04-windhamoverturned.asp

Kevin Windham Points Penalty Overturned

02/10/2004

A three-person appeal board organized by AMA Pro Racing has decided to overturn the points deduction penalty assessed to Kevin Windham. Windham had been docked 10 points by AMA Pro Racing MX/SX Series Manager Steve Whitelock for an incident involving fellow rider David Vuillemin at Round 2 of the AMA Supercross Series. In the opinion of Whitelock, Windham engaged in unsafe and unsportsmanlike riding by intentionally making contact with Vuillemin on lap one of the main event. The contact resulted in Vuillemin being pushed off the track nearly colliding with a photographer standing nearby. Vuillemin, who had the early lead in the race, remounted and worked his way back through the pack for a eventual seventh place finish.

The appeal board found that while points penalties are with merit and necessary, Windham’s actions in this case did not violate the AMA Supercross/Motocross Rulebook.

The appeal board voted 2-1 in favor of Windham.

:yeehaw: Way to go K-Dub!!! Now get out there and WIN SOME RACES! :aj:

 

[TheGrinch]

Nice. Well this means they definately have to give Langston his points back to for the incident with Bryne.

 

[XR3J]

:thumb:

 

[YZBlitzRider]

Windham does'nt have a chance against Reed anyhow. A large percentage of racing is mental. It's obvious from the evidence that Windham is not a a rider of excellence nor a winner. His apparent tatics are not what champions are made of. Life goes on.

 

[MXFastGuy]

Glad he got his points back. I still say it was a dirty move (jmo, let's not beat that horse any more), but taking points away was wrong.

 

[Jon K.]

:ohmy: I am completely amazed. :ohmy:

 

[super rat]

I would have bet the farm that the AMA would not give the points back. I'm sooo glad that they did the right thing.

 

[2smoke]

Windham does'nt have a chance against Reed anyhow. A large percentage of racing is mental. It's obvious from the evidence that Windham is not a a rider of excellence nor a winner. His apparent tatics are not what champions are made of. Life goes on.

Ahhhh Im a Chad Reed man.....but I still think thats a big call to make on KW. Not a rider of excellence???? Man...... his big toe displays more rider excellence than my entire body.

 

[MrMXer327]

Harsh YZBlitzRider... How many talented riders never won a title during Jeremy's years? Heck... very few even won a race. Just because they never won a title, doesn't make them "not riders of excellence"

 

[Senior KX Rider]

Thumbs up :thumb: to the AMA for doing the right thing. and KW is most definitely a rider of excellence whether or not he can beat CR for the title :moon:

 

[Chili]

His apparent tatics are not what champions are made of. Life goes on.

The first part of your statement is so asinine I won't even bother to comment on it, but this part of the quote leads me to believe you've never seen a "worthy" champion in your life. KW's "apparent tactics" are the same ones that have been applied by MX/SX champions for decades.

 

[dirtbabe]

DITTO Chili!
HELLO Has this guy not seen how KW has been racin' end of last yr. and this year! :flame:

 

[jgeaux]

Windham does'nt have a chance against Reed anyhow. A large percentage of racing is mental. It's obvious from the evidence that Windham is not a a rider of excellence nor a winner. His apparent tatics are not what champions are made of. Life goes on.

KW may not beat Reed at supercross, but he will surely beat him outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the true champion is crowned. I like Chad Reed but if you have seen the Great Outdoors II, CR admitted he did not have the speed of RC or KW. I quess that makes CR a rider of non excellence

 

[mx547]

To me the outdoors is where the true champion is crowned

agreed.

i would guess that blitz is a honda hater. i can't imagine any other way that someone would say something so stupid.

 

[Reesknight]

Great!! Hopefully now the riders will quit riding so conservatively. Let the block passing resume!! :yeehaw:

 

[JuliusPleaser]

Excellent outcome. I wonder if the 90% negative public opinion had anything to do with the reversal?

 

[nikki]

It's obvious from the evidence that Windham is not a a rider of excellence nor a winner. His apparent tatics are not what champions are made of. Life goes on.

You are an idiot.

K-Dub busts his femur, thinks about hangin it all up, and comes back 1.5 years later to beat RC straight up (several times) outdoors. If you haven't noticed, no one has been able to do that since Kevin did it back in 2001. Not to mention that Kevin set the fastest lap times at almost all of the nationals in 2003 and some of the 2004 SX'es as well. Pull your head outta your ass, dude. K-Dub and excellence and winner are all one in the same.

I got this from another moto board - from someone who talked to Chuck Miller after the appeal:

Quote of the year: Miller to Windham after hearing the news, "I feel like we just won the Supercross Championship!", to which Windham replied, "We just might have!"

GO K-DUB!!

 

[dirt bike dave]

So far in his career, KW has won 7 x 125 outdoor nationals, 12 x 125SX races, 8 x 250 outdoor nationals and 8 x 250SX. He's in the top 20 in all time major AMA wins (which do not include 125 SX).

BTW, KW won a regional 125SX title twice.

There are a heck of a lot of 'riders of quality' that are well behind KW on the all-time win list, including Chad Reed.

Also wanted to add that Windham has a USGP victory and was AMA rookie of the year.

 

[Ol'89r]

It's obvious from the evidence that Windham is not a a rider of excellence nor a winner. QUOTE]

Blitz. It's obvious from your statement that you don't have a clue. :ohmy: Anyone that makes the main event in SX is a winner and a rider of excellence. :worship:

It looks easy from the grandstands. :think:

Thank goodness the AMA came to their senses. Now, we are back to square one. Go Kevin. :thumb: :thumb:

Ol'89r

 

[truespode]

KW was also the first (and I think only) active 125 SX rider to win a 250 SX.

Ivan

 

[BEEF706]

Glad the AMA did the right thing, hope they do it for Lanston too. I think they might wanna take a good, hard look at Whitlock, not a fan so far. As for yzputzrsider, buy a clue ( don't think he'll get one any other way) and give the ridres their due. I'm not a Reed fan but he is awesome on a SX track, KW has his speed at SX and much more outdoors.

 

[XRpredator]

KW was also the first (and I think only) active 125 SX rider to win a 250 SX.

John Dowd :thumb:

 

[truespode]

That's right... I was even at the Charlotte mudfest that Dowd won the 250 race on.

DOH!!!

Ivan

 

[Milk]

You are an idiot.

That's why I love that non-opinionated, quiet, bashful, slow talking young lady! :)

You rock Nik.