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Steve Williams · 03-19-2013, 09:23 AM

Here is the deal. If I understood what he told me correctly on the phone, was that he staged very shallow. Stage light flickered. Something not real common with LED lights. He let off the brake and moved in a touch deeper. Problem is that once the brake is released, the shift timer is activated. The timer shifted the trans into 2nd. There is not enough time to pull it back into low, get back on the brake and reset the timer before it is time to go. This explains the small movement. Stuff happens. No conspiracy theories here. Better to be the last round runner up than to be the first round runner up. I didn't really want to explain this as he felt pretty bad. He has won 9 of these things, so he knows how to get it done. Regardless of the outcome, Steve and Bob are my heroes. The 10th will have to wait a little bit.

03-19-2013, 09:23 AM	#2
Steve Williams Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 352 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I don,t like spiders or snakes Here is the deal. If I understood what he told me correctly on the phone, was that he staged very shallow. Stage light flickered. Something not real common with LED lights. He let off the brake and moved in a touch deeper. Problem is that once the brake is released, the shift timer is activated. The timer shifted the trans into 2nd. There is not enough time to pull it back into low, get back on the brake and reset the timer before it is time to go. This explains the small movement. Stuff happens. No conspiracy theories here. Better to be the last round runner up than to be the first round runner up. I didn't really want to explain this as he felt pretty bad. He has won 9 of these things, so he knows how to get it done. Regardless of the outcome, Steve and Bob are my heroes. The 10th will have to wait a little bit. Last edited by Steve Williams; 03-19-2013 at 09:25 AM.