Fence sitter - it was a comment about look-out originally - and I'm sure that particular crew was an aberration and that the rest of the force wouldn't behave like that nowadays......
Wasn't that race originally between a FJ and a Wessex or something? Parking brake on at 1999ft, brake off and up to 2000ft in a bat of an eyelid? Old age and treachery versus youthful enthusiasm?