Being a former race official in the pits, I can tell you that there are way too many people in there now on most nights. It is no place to have kids of any age roaming around. Even adults with "common sense" get hit and how about the driver who just got black flagged for something flying into the pit area. Or a driver coming in "hot" to the work area not expecting a child to be running free. NO WAY IN HELL! JMO.