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capri man
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posted 06-03-2003 09:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for capri man   Click Here to Email capri man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
borrowed this from another drag race site!!

"Got run over from behind last weekend in the pits,as I was headed to the restroom by 8, yes eight, 10 to 13 year old girls piled on a four wheeler. Never heard e'm coming. Surgeon says major bone reconstruction in my lower leg, held together by a steel plate. Possible damaged vertabrae in lower back.Twelve to fourteen weeks in a brace coupled with many more in rehab. No one that was there that day has called to check on my condition. Thank God for Percocet. Looks like my Summer is pretty much planned out. Folks, If you take these things to the track, dont let your kids use it as their personal playground!!! Luckily none of the little girls were hurt."

sounds like a lawsuit about to happen!

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Moneymaker
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posted 06-03-2003 10:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I see that sh*t all of the time.
KIDS on golf carts and ATV's driving like animals. If you say something to the parents most tell you to mind your own business and they are just blowing off some steam. I guess that's what the teenage girls were doing north of us during the hazing deal too. "Just blowing off some steam!"

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mustangboy
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posted 06-03-2003 10:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mustangboy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That really sucks Mike.I've just recently got into the sport of Atving and hope to have my little guy racing one soon.You constantly hear of the stupid way that people injure themselves on these things,riding drunk,no helmet,the list goes on and on.This is the first time I've heard of a pedestrian being run over though.Where were these kids parents?I don't know how they could make it up to you,there probably isn't a way,but at the very least they could show some concern for your condition A good heartfelt "I'm sorry" from them all might be a start,although it won't replace your pain and suffering and a whole summer lost.

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posted 06-03-2003 10:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mustangboy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oops I missed the part about you just reading this.I'm glad your ok.

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capri man
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posted 06-03-2003 10:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for capri man   Click Here to Email capri man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
oh, it wasnt me mustangboy. it was a racer named david clapp from kentucky.
at our track if you dont have a drivers liscense you dont ride ANYTHING!! of course some of the adults dont need to be riding anythg either!

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ironbullet
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posted 06-03-2003 11:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ironbullet   Click Here to Email ironbullet     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
at our track more people have been hurt on 4 wheelers than in race cars , its pretty common actually about once a month.

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kid vishus
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posted 06-03-2003 12:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kid vishus   Click Here to Email kid vishus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That's one of them rules that tracks NEVER enforce. I have yet to be at a track that doesn't claim they have a rule that does not allow anyohne without a drivers license to drive any motorized vehicle. But I have also never seen it enforced. Perhaps if the tracks would enforce the rule and make the consequences severe to the parents (throw them all out without a refund and take away any points earned at that event), maybe then the irresponsible parents would pay attention to what thier spoiled kids are doing. But, we all know that wont ever happen.

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Fastymz
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posted 06-03-2003 01:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fastymz   Click Here to Email Fastymz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
mike I dont get it,how any parent can look at that and say thats ok.

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johnmustang
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posted 06-03-2003 01:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for johnmustang   Click Here to Email johnmustang     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kid vishus:
Perhaps if the tracks would enforce the rule and make the consequences severe to the parents (throw them all out without a refund and take away any points earned at that event), maybe then the irresponsible parents would pay attention to what thier spoiled kids are doing. But, we all know that wont ever happen.

If the track itself was sued for not enforcing the rules, it may be a wake-up call for them. Parenting does not stop when you leave your front door, that is why we have so many spoiled brats out there in the world that only get a "time out" or a "lets talk about your feelings speech ".

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capri man
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posted 06-03-2003 02:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capri man   Click Here to Email capri man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Fastymz:
mike I dont get it,how any parent can look at that and say thats ok.




some children can do NO wrong in their parents eyes scoop. that is what helps keep our jails full and our lawyers rich!!!

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Ryan Wilke
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posted 06-03-2003 04:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ryan Wilke   Click Here to Email Ryan Wilke     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kid vishus:
That's one of them rules that tracks NEVER enforce. I have yet to be at a track that doesn't claim they have a rule that does not allow anyohne without a drivers license to drive any motorized vehicle. But I have also never seen it enforced. Perhaps if the tracks would enforce the rule and make the consequences severe to the parents (throw them all out without a refund and take away any points earned at that event), maybe then the irresponsible parents would pay attention to what thier spoiled kids are doing. But, we all know that wont ever happen.

Reminds me of when I saw a Jr Dragster come wheeling around the corner in the pits and dang-near was crushed by a racecar pulling out! Those things are soooo low and most of the folks let their kids drive them rather than be towed back,,,, this kid was just plain LUCKY not to get hurt - unlike the frontend of his flattened Jr Dragster!

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Ken&Shell
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posted 06-04-2003 08:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken&Shell   Click Here to Email Ken&Shell     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sad Story. Just think if it was kid that this group of girls ran over. The consequences could have been even higher. People dont understand the danger over loading an atv can be. We have one and both my boys ride them, with respect, although they are both under the age restriction. But NEVER at the track. I get on my sons when they bring their bicycles.

At the track I raced Sunday, I saw a ton of Jr's driving themselves back to their pit. NOT a very safe thing at all. No one seemed to even notice or care.

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SG236
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posted 06-04-2003 08:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SG236   Click Here to Email SG236     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was listening for the last call for ET-1 for our final time run saturday night. The announcer said speed limit in the pits is 15 MPH. I saw several four wheelers with both kids and adults flying through the pits.

A few years ago there was a young girl around 12 that was killed at Huntsville draway just running between the trailers into the path of a dragster going way to fast in the pits. I will never forget that night.


Terrible

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jkilroy
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posted 06-05-2003 11:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jkilroy   Click Here to Email jkilroy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Don't you just hate to hear stuff like this? This poor guy's body is never, ever going to be the same.

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KJ JONES Racing
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posted 06-05-2003 03:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KJ JONES Racing     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Man! That really is a suck story! Sorry to hear about someone getting jammed up like that, and he was only trying to have a good time at the race track!

My stomach gets in a knot every time my wife rolls away from our pit on her Yamaha scooter. Not that she's fast, or unsafe...not at all. Just that accidents happen and I don't want her hurt, or anyone else...and I definitely don't want to have to worry about trying to reimburse somebody for there couple'a grand in "custom" paint or something, if her scooter ever connected with a race car! Yikes!

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