Well, actually it's not. As HenryW wrote above, Kolodziej's not really a gater (or at least his bike was not set-up for the gate today) but before that race he was passing other riders in all of his races, in one heat he came from 4th to 1st...So I'm pretty sure he'd have finished at least 2nd in his last race.
Not quoting the rest of your post as I simply DISAGREE with what you wrote