We had also heard the Healey drivers were relieved of their wallets while they
were out. They were just up the hill from the Triumph compound.
We feel 100% secure at CVAR at Texas World Speedway (but don't take silly
chances like leaving a wallet out in plain view). We don't have the spectator
crowd that the Mid-Ohio event drew, however. It's a damn shame when someone has
to spoil our hobby like that. It just goes to show you need to be cautious no
matter where you go.
Keep Triumphing,
Susan :)
Don Marshall wrote:
> >From talking to a Sheriff deputy and one of the victims (a very pleasant
> Porsche driver), there were a number of thefts in the paddock. We met the
> Porsche driver at the gas pumps and he'd been relieved of his money and
> credit cards while out on track. And no, I didn't ask him if he'd pawned
> his gold chains to buy the gas. Apparently this has been going on for
> several events and they brought in both uniformed and plain clothes cops to
> try to catch them. Actually, we used the Deputy to call a locksmith to
> "break" into Bob's truck after he locked the keys in it. Very helpful, I
> thought. Cheers, Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
> To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
> Cc: <Rikrock@aol.com>; <FOT@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 13:56
> Subject: Re: Ohio picture needed
>
> > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Since the Mid-Ohio Gestapo has come to be mentioned...
> > > Was anybody but myself offended to see a public employee on full duty on
> > > private property and did anybody else think the Security at Mid-Ohio was
> > > somewhat heavy-handed? I respect that they are trained to deal with
> full
> > > scale professional events with thousands of spectators but they struck
> me as
> > > way beyond appropriate for a club event. Just my opinion...
> > > Steve Smith
> >
> > Rumor had it on Friday AM that there were reports of pilfering in the
> > paddock. I have no idea what was taken, but the internal security people
> > were really busy all morning on Friday warning people to lock things up.
> >
> > But as far as the Sherriff thing goes... I never saw that before at
> > Mid-Ohio. As long as nobody got hurt or stuffed in the can, I'm okay with
> > a bit of presence.
> >
> > Besides, maybe the local sherriff department had budget cutbacks and they
> > were looking for a little spending money for their own race cars...
> > hehehehe
> >
> > C ya,
> > rml
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