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Originally Posted by Hoofless_Wonder
That sort of brings into question the integrity of the finish, that's for sure. Not only for charting purposes, but what about the photo? Isn't the timer supposed to be tripped by a photo electric beam at the finish? It looked like someone manually stopped the timer, and the display popped up.
Brings back memories of the infamous "short trip" race in the fog, which was "won" in near track record time.....
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/Jo...65948d9a762105
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I don't think the photo finish camera and the timer are tied together in any way.
It's just sad really. I get it, shit happens, but how are these things not caught?