theres a difference between a block pass and cutting a corner to horizontally block another riders line because that is the only thing you can do to stop them.
in most cases it is just racing, im a fan of both riders, but it was a take out. hes done it before and will do it again. if this happened to any of us on the track im sure noone would say its just racing, you would be salty because someone just took you out of the lead on purpose.
reed knew exactly what making a move like that would do, period.
It's beyond me how your referring to this as a takeout?
Geez, it's been said over and over and yet some folks still want to refer to this as a takeout...it wasn't.
Why? Because Bubba had a CHOICE as to what to do when Reed went through the door that Bubba left open. Bubba should have been aware of where Reed was at in order to be prepared to cut to the inside if he needed to. But, since Bubba apparently didn't feel it was necessary to guard the inside line OR watch for where Reed was at, then his second option would have been to NOT keep the throttle pegged.
I don't care what people think of the move, but it was clearly NOT a takeout since Bubba DID have other options that would have resulted in the two of them not going down had he chosen to do something differently. Therefore, there's absolutely no way this can be referred to as a "takeout".
What is it about this topic that opinions are such polar opposites....are some people just bigger Bubba fans than they are racing fans, or is there dislike for Reed so strong that they don't want to see things for what they are?