I was confused about this line as well, and I had pre-run Aftershock. Currie was behind me and took that line. All I could think of was Dave Cole saying everything was legal except the Casey Currie line. Forgot he was talking about Chocolate Thunder until later.
Me too Jon. I saw a UTV take that line while we sat behind 7 or so EMC rigs.
I decided....I didn't know if it was legal or not...and I wanted to run King of the HAMMERS...not King of The Bypasses....so I waited it out.
If you read the Pirate thread...the guy Walter or whatever who said he lost 5 hours behind UTV's is flat out exaggerating. There's no way...it just doesn't add up.
Think about it...they started close to 1hour ahead of us. They lost some mythical 5 hours...that's 6 hours. That means they only raced for 3...and that's not counting the time it takes for a UTV to catch them at the start and pass them. It's hogwash...
I waited about 2.5 hours for EMC rigs and about 15 minutes, TOPS for UTV's. It just doesn't take that long to get a 1500 lbs UTV over most of these obstacles.