Straight and to the point, I don't like Pedersen or Crumpy but Pedersen shouldn't have been excluded in Heat 19. Ok he did go wide, but imo Crumpy saw an opportunity to take advantage of that and thought he could cut back in and shoot straight up the inside. Pedersen wasn't quite as far ahead as Crumpy thought, and by coming in he touched the dirt deflector. Not a major impact but as usual Crumpy knows best and by laying it down he knew he could get Pedersen excluded. Hence the fake limping afterwards!
Hancock & Nicholls however just goes to show how to control a race. As Nicholls said, he could quite easily have fallen off in order to exclude Hancock, but he was there to race and that's what he did. So unfortunate that he did fall eventually so close to the finish. Nicholls will get there, it's just a matter of time.