Ajstratton@aol.com wrote:
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>I have seen brakes practically on fire by folks trying to
>warm tires with the rotors.. (Done on public roads, not the
>event site for those worried about image we may project)
Let me be the first to say that the above behavior is *worse*
than tire warm-ups in a remote corner of the site. Why???
Because you've got the general public seeing CARS WITH NUMBERS
ON THEM doing stupid things on the streets. The neighbors of
your site see that kind of behavior first, because it's NOT
behind a fence but rather right in their face!
Another issue that we have to deal with is attracting "moths"
whenever we have a competition locally. A "moth" is somebody
who was drawn to the site by seeing the event going on, and
then decides to do something stupid as they leave. They think
that it's cool to lay down two strips of rubber for 1/2 mile.
Of course, us drivers all think that they're morons. The problem
isn't a matter of event safety, it's public image. They're
driving cars recklessly on the streets near our event. We're
driving cars "recklessly" (to them) on the site. Therefore,
the guy who just left 10,000 miles of mommy and daddy's tire
life on the pavement is one of us by association. It doesn't
matter that they never signed our waiver, drove in our event,
or even entered our site. Their behavior reflects back upon us!
Oh, thanks for reminding me about something from Topeka that
I completely blanked out. Did anyone catch the class/number
of the blue Neon doing the burnouts and brake locks in the
paddock??? I don't think that it was a DS car. If anyone knows
who it was, let them know how lucky they were that I was
preoccupied at the time, because they would probably have been
ejected from the event if I had time to find a safety steward.
There is absolutely no excuse for that kind of moronic behavior
at nationals.....
-Arthur ("10 MPH *under* the speed limit near the site" edition.)
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