How safe are you at night in the pits!

Wade Mahaffey · 02-24-2010, 08:56 PM

wow! Jim that deserves a thread all to itself. If you followed me, you would be heading underground somewhere ie tunnel, drainage pipe etc. You could truly what-if this thing to death. If it was a twister in the daytime that I could see comming, I would try to determine/project the path of travel. Then I would steal the closest pit bike and HAUL ***!!! I do have moto-cross skills!
I have no experience and/or training in this matter. That senario could be a disaster at the track or anywhere else. The thread here is about preventing and mitigating events and/or situations. I would be extremely rich if I could prevent a storm.

Also I wanted to add that we narrowly missed a MCI (Mass Casualty Incident) in Pheonix
last weekend by a few feet either way. If that tire would have made it's way into the stands, racers with EMS skills would have been pressed into action as well as some regular Joes. It would have taxed even the great Fire & Rescue Department of Pheonix.

The heart attack save in the pits in Gainsville last weekend had a positive outcome, only because it happend on day shift. If it would have happened at night with any delay......

Wade Mahaffey

02-24-2010, 08:56 PM	#21
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 18 Times in 8 Posts	Re: How safe are you at night in the pits! wow! Jim that deserves a thread all to itself. If you followed me, you would be heading underground somewhere ie tunnel, drainage pipe etc. You could truly what-if this thing to death. If it was a twister in the daytime that I could see comming, I would try to determine/project the path of travel. Then I would steal the closest pit bike and HAUL ***!!! I do have moto-cross skills! I have no experience and/or training in this matter. That senario could be a disaster at the track or anywhere else. The thread here is about preventing and mitigating events and/or situations. I would be extremely rich if I could prevent a storm. Also I wanted to add that we narrowly missed a MCI (Mass Casualty Incident) in Pheonix last weekend by a few feet either way. If that tire would have made it's way into the stands, racers with EMS skills would have been pressed into action as well as some regular Joes. It would have taxed even the great Fire & Rescue Department of Pheonix. The heart attack save in the pits in Gainsville last weekend had a positive outcome, only because it happend on day shift. If it would have happened at night with any delay...... Wade Mahaffey