Hello Chris, sorry but you might have got the wrong end of the stick?
What happened in 2WD was that I informed a driver that he had one of the top three in the heat behind him and the next thing there was a coming together on the concrete section before race control between said driver and the lapping/overtaking driver.
The overtaking driver had words with me at the end of the heat commenting that "next time can we have a referee on the rostrum". I obviously answered him in my usual caring, sharing manner.
At the 4WD drivers briefing Lindsay made it clear that whilst the referee has the option to call the quicker drivers through, it is up to the drivers involved to let the faster car go, the referee could not force them out of the way.
I also didn't ref round four because Phil Sleigh took over from Lindsay on heat two and he was happy to carry on so i let him.
All in all an interesting experience, in an ideal world we would have a team of independant referees but I guess that won't happen soon.
I don't think I am ready to take over just yet..........
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