I don't know where any of the rumours about porting have come from and I haven't heard any either.
I overheard two lads walking round looking at the bikes after the race and comparing tyres on all the Ducati's (not just DD's) but thought it was a mistake when they said "well this one's got Diablo Corsa's" but James had said the same thing (completely unsolicited) while he had been helping with Fordie's tyres next to Dom's bike, so I asked MW to have a (quiet!?) word with Dom, and it was me that also asked to make sure everyone's tyres were checked. It may well have been preferable to have spoken quietly to Dom about it but, despite my attitude on the board sometimes, I'm not confrontational and wanted someone technical to explain to him.
I didnt set out to get Dom disqualified, I haven't accused anyone of deliberately cheating, and I resent the tone of Doms initial message above implying so. I'm not the one that broke the rules and I feel disappointed that I have to respond like this. Dom, take it on the chin and come out fighting like you normally do, don't waste your time on making it personal.
The personal messages from your "friend" haven't helped anyone either Dom.
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Originally posted by domskidue
Rich was unaware of the vote (or whatever it was) about no corsas, and it was too late to change (and we haven't got an endless pit of money to "just go buy another one") so we had to run it.
How it was spotted I have no idea (it wasn't an official check as Mike Winter did one after ours was 'outted'), and personally I'm disappointed at the alleged source.
Rules are rules, and it was a risk, but that was all we had.
Sorry if it was outside the 'spirit of the series' but that wasn't the intention.
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Edited to include part of Dom's original post!
[Edited on 27-6-2005 by psychlist]