Mike, I made an ass of myself in impound and filled out the protest form. With the help from one of the stewards, looked in the GCR for the specific rule...
[FONT=Univers-Bold][SIZE=1][FONT=Univers-Bold][SIZE=1] C. Late Checker
[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Univers][SIZE=1][FONT=Univers][SIZE=1] If the checkered flag is not displayed at the scheduled end of the race
and the race is one or more laps longer than scheduled, the race is
scored as if it had ended at the scheduled length. As soon as the Starter
is aware that the checkered flag has not been displayed at the scheduled
end of the race, he may show the checkered flag immediately, if
both Timing and Scoring and the Operating Steward concur.
I then proceeded to apologize to the guys at the front of the vee pack that I might have screwed with my move at T10 and Pam from Polestar.
FWIW, Alex told me he did not see the checker either and white flag was still displayed. Right after the start finish, he slowed down and pointed me by, I thought he was pulling over so not to impact the points. My bad.
John
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