LMA Finale

These days, the finale jump in Lights, Motors, Action looks like this:



But I seem to remember much more of a fireball. In fact, it once looked like this:



Assuming this isn't just a case of unfortunate timing in the photos, what has changed? I have a guess. Wasn't there an injury or two in the past year? Could the toning down of the fire be a side-effect of those injuries? Did they tone down the show?