DOT/State Police @ Topeka

[GRIGGS]

Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley

And you can only have the right amount of moonshine for personal consumption

Wouldn't wanna get caught with too much.

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by GRIGGS

Wouldn't wanna get caught with too much.

is that possible?

[DIAPERMAN]

Ok here is the story.Me and Pat were on Topeka Blv I was on the phone with customer and looked up and saw Police behind us .I pulled over on Ornsby Rd the first thing the officer ask me was where is your DOT # .I told them I did not have a clue what they were talking about. # 2 question was WHO IS YOUR SPONSOR, I replyed we did not have sponsors.# 3 question does your car have Decals on them.#4 question can we see the car ? I said yes and went and opened trailer side door,they looked in ans saw Contingency decals and said OH these are your Sponsors.I replyed NO they give us some kind of prize .#5 Do you haul your race fuel ? I replied no just 5 gal for generator #6 can we see Registation for Camper and Trailer .I went in motorhome to get it and Female Officer followed me inside and ask #7 Does your Sponsor pay for all this nice stuff? My reply was NO this is on my Dime. My motorhome and trailer are registered Private About that time a State Police officer showed up and ask Pat if these to girls were giving us a Hard time Pat replied to him and said they are about to make your weekend really busy. At that point The State police man gave me my paperwork back and said Have A Good Race And Mickey is 2 1/2 gallon too much

[Mickey Whaley]

I like women in uniform that give you a hard time. 2 1/2 gallons will make me mad at a 4 day race!

[cicero819]

Racers beware, ignorance of the law is no excuse just a good way to fill their state and city coffers with your hard earned dollars. In my town our treasurer reported that the surplus of 5.9 millions was due mostly from new fines that hadn't been previously been given. You would think that NHRA would work with the DOT and State government to help the racers, considering the influx of money in their area. Maybe this is something Divisional Directors should look into. Maybe making sure that the State Police Commandant is the next Race Marshall for the upcoming event,lol CR

[DIAPERMAN]

actually I got a hold of Track Manager and they got the DOT stopped So thanks to Topeka track looking out for us racers

Oh Mickey you would like these officers and you know we ran out on day 3

[Chris1529]

I'm confused, was it DOT, State Police, or local Police that were stopping people?

[Sean Marconette]

What gets me is the revenue that racers attending a National or Divisional brings to the local area, and that is how someone with a different state or county license plate is treated? I don't get it? Glad to here the track got involved.

Sean

[FED 387]

It seems to me that at any National race the Track MGR and a Rep. from NHRA would have the sense to get together with the traffic(law) enforcement groups and go over things like this to not only prevent opportunistic law enforcement people from basically HARRASING arriving racers or going on witch hunts to enforce traffic laws---sorta co -ordinate what rules will be strictly enforced and to keep things moving along smoothly

[Bob Verwold]

Originally Posted by FED 387

It seems to me that at any National race the Track MGR and a Rep. from NHRA would have the sense to get together with the traffic(law) enforcement groups and go over things like this to not only prevent opportunistic law enforcement people from basically HARRASING arriving racers or going on witch hunts to enforce traffic laws---sorta co -ordinate what rules will be strictly enforced and to keep things moving along smoothly

This is a great idea, but I can't see law enforcement thinking past what they will get out of this. As far as NHRA ........well
In the long run their just hurting future business, hand out a bunch of high dollar tickets and next year that many people won't show up.