I wasn't there but....
I've been listening patiently to both sides of this discussion as someone who one day hopes to race with and against you all and thereby teach my son about competing and sportsmanship. First I want to say I completely agree with Mary's earlier comments.
I think generally we have placed so much emphasis on the outcomes of these competitions that the letter of the rules rather than the spirit of the rules is what becomes important. I watched with my son the other day a Ryder Cup match from earlier days when Jack Nicholas picked up the coin of a competitor thereby conceding his 4 or 5 foot putt and halving the entire competition. Some of those individuals who are on one side of our current discussion I'm sad to say would have said Nicholas was an idiot because he was completely within his righta and playing by the letter of the rules to make that other player make his 4 or 5 foot putt. I'd like to think (and I am overjoyed with the same conclusion my son came to) that perhaps that situation embodies what this and all competition is about. Winning yes, absolutely, but not at all costs. If you lose, don't go running to the rulebook to see where you've been wronged. Accept that all competitors had the same conditions and congratulate the winners. Accept that Mark did his best to ensure a fair race and don't ask him to "prove it". Is it any wonder why it is getting harder and harder to find volunteers for anything these days. With all the crap that comes with the job, up to and including questioning of integrity, pretty soon people we will ruin this for everyone but the lawyers.....
I hate the direction this thread took after the well-deserved congratulations of all those who did such an admirable job putting it all together.

End of pollyanna rant.