Originally Posted by Need For Speed:
Yeah, you're right. 
You have to walk through the pits to get to the trailer.
In a trailer there are things to trip over, things that are sharp, etc. - just like in a factory
In a pit area there are vehicles going in different directions, with the drivers thinking about what they have to do/where they have to go...a kid suddenly darting in front of them isn't on their mind. - just like in a factory.
A driver is focusing on set ups, what the track is doing/might do, etc, etc, etc (AKA doing his job), and doesn't have time to babysit. - just like anyone else working their job (unless it's daycare)
Yep, nothing similar there at all................
I played with my Hot Wheels, played in the dirt, and snacked as a munchkin too, at Eldora, Limaland, New Bremen, Salem, in the infield at Winchester, etc. And then I went in the pits after the races were over. Just like a lot of other kids!
I've had to travel 5 states away from home with my job, for a week at a time, home for 1.5 days, then gone again. Did I miss my wife and kids, yep, like crazy....called them every night. But they couldn't go with me and stay at the motel, or sit in the factory's parking lot, or hang out by the tool boxes while I worked.
Do what you want, but to act like a kid is completely safe in the pits is a joke.
BTW Mr Pollock: Any lawyer worth his salt will tell you a waiver isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
Besides, like I said earlier to Mr. Nunn, why make people sign a waiver (supposedly meaning you have no INS coverage), then charge almost 2X the general admission fee to get in the pits? If it's not for ins costs, then what's it for??? And since it's for ins costs, why sign a waiver???
Anybody with a brain knows that these track owners/promoters have to have ins coverage on any person within the gates either in the stands or pits....WAY too much liability (AKA -LAWSUIT-) not to.
I don't know Jerry, Amy, or their son from a bale of hay, but of all the times I've seen Jerry racing, I've absolutely never seen him late getting to the car cause he was "babysitting". Good grief, you all are absolutely mental when it comes to this stuff.
Comparing a racetrack to a factory is beyond weird. Sure, danger is involved, but pretty sure a kid playing in a trailer is just as safe as doing it at home. Pretty sure Jerry and his crew aren't going to have his son hold a damn air hose while they are mounting up a tire. Like I said, I don't know Amy or Jerry from a bale of hay, but I commend them for being a family, in a family sport. I can't blame them for doing that, nor can I blame the thousands of other families across the country for the same thing.
Amazing that good parents get **** on, but the parents that ARE letting kids run around get off scott free. All because he's a small child?
Also, in a lot of cases, tracks pay insurance depending on how many people are in the pits. When I promoted a few races in 08, that's how the deal was for us, and each person on those sign in sheets and waivers was accounted for.
And to say those aren't worth the paper they're printed on is garbage too. Those forms are an "at your own risk" form, and the only way around that is negligence from the track. Prove that, and maybe.
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