new hazmat rules

[Joe Pinkston]

Originally Posted by ItsyBitsySpider

The Green Police were actually standing on top of trailers and using Binoculars to locate "infractions" at Gainesville this weekend.

This could very well be the beginning of a bunch of new fees and taxes for racers and race tracks.

There were a group of kids going from trailer to trailer asking for used parts and autographs.... give them your used oil filter and/or empty brake clean cans!

Standing on top of trailers using binoculars to patrol the pits? I guess the next obvious question would be who's trailers were these people standing on top of? I could only imagine the response they would recieve if they asked most racers if they could use their trailer as a observation platform.

I guess we will really find out for sure where this is all going in Oct. when the Div. 2 LODRS makes it's way to Silver Dollar. With Gainesville being a NHRA owned facility and being in Alachua county, probably the most politicly liberal counties in Fla., I might guess this is the location for the extreme. Knowing what I do about politics in Alachua county I would say the only reason Gainesville Raceway is still standing after 42 years is solely for the revenue that the Gatornationals bring to Alachua county each year.

Shelly, do you think that maybe those kids going around asking for autographed parts could be a set-up by the Green Police? Maybe that is common around the alcohol pits, but I don't recall it being remotely common in the areas we usually are pitted in. That would be idea, a kid come back with a used oil filter, empty oil bottle or a empty brake clean can with someone's signature on it. It might be a "far-fetched" idea, but maybe not.

The more i read posts like this makes me kind of glad I chose to sit out this year. Hopefully after the 2010 ellections there will be a return of sanity and reasonable thinking in our country and our racing community.

{Disclaimer} I do not intend to or advocate pulling the plug on a oil pan and dumping oil onto the ground, but I do believe 99.9% of the racers in this country have the common courtesy and human decency to do the right thing on their own without government dictation.




Hey Dan Moore, you're #1.

RIP Mark Graham

[ItsyBitsySpider]

Joe,
the real Green Police.... in action. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. A year ago I would have thought it was a joke.
(I think they were on top their own trailer)

I don't want to get paranoid. The kids seemed like adorable drag racing fans that just wanted some keepsakes. They were carrying around a little box of spark plugs and a signed fly wheel when I talked to them.

And I agree, most of us are very careful caring people when it comes to keeping our pits and race tracks clean and hazmat free.

Why can't we take our oil and junk home and dispose of it properly there? Because then the jerks that sick the Green Police on us won't make any money with their fees and taxes. I can't wait to see what a fiasco the Gators are going to be.
We miss you Joe, but with 7 crashes at Bradenton and the terrifying incident with Bart yesterday..... I'm wishing I stayed home too.

[Mark Schmidt]

If Forrest Lucas ever wanted to be a hero...here is his chance.

[JR fuel]

Ok why can't we take our old oil and filters home with us?

[Freddie]

Originally Posted by JR fuel

Ok why can't we take our old oil and filters home with us?

At Bradenton you could... but I am hearing at Gainsville, you had to pay for the disposal of it there???? I did not go t Gainsville....

Kinda odd that the NHRA owned track makes you pay more fees?????

[MOVEMAN]

Dear Sir/Madam,
I understand your firm will be the provider for hazardous materials disposal at the upcoming NHRA race at Gainesville, FL. Since your website is unavailable, I need to know what we, as racers, will need to be concerned with and the costs to us because this is some sort of new way of the sanctioning body "passing the buck" along to the racers!

First of all, I always used the designated containers that the track provided to dispose of our waste oil, however as the operator of a mechanical shop, I sometimes wondered if the barrels at most tracks (not all) were a safe and approved method of containing such waste! What do we need to have at our pit area (if anything) in order to bring our waste oil (if we even have any during the race) to you for disposal or to transport back to our own shop where we have approved storage for such waste? ie: I change my oil (7-8 qts.) and filter at track ! If I bring the oil and filter to you, what is the procedure and cost?

Any further specific advise will be appreciated!

Rich Price

STILL WAITING!!

[Rick Bailey]

Lets just sit back and see what goes on @ Atl. and then the Gators.

[Mark Schmidt]

I've never been checked by the DOT or Green Police. How much do they look at and do they have to have reasonable cause? I got pulled over several years ago in Airzona, but they checked my trailer for illegals...go figure.