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Topic: Victorville, CA Fairgrounds Helmet Law - Attention Sprint Car Teams
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May 26, 2008 at
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ATTENTION: To All Teams Competing In Next Saturday's Open Sprint Car Show at Victorville Auto Raceway (May 31st.)
The Fairgrounds Management Has Mandated That All Crew Members and Drivers That Ride ATVs (Quads, Three Wheelers, etc.) On The Property (Pits, Track, etc.) Must Wear A Helmet While In Operation- NO EXCEPTIONS.
This Mandate Also Extends To Any Teams That Will Compete With The Victorville, CA Sprint Cars For A Regular Program.
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May 26, 2008 at
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Now this is a little crazy! - you don't need to wear a helmet in Callifornia when riding a Harley on I-15, but must when riding a 10 mph quad in the pits.
While I can understand the safety and insurance aspect of this mandate, I think that a quad speed limit of 5 MPH would be just as safe and just as easy to enforce.
So my question is, will there be enough push trucks in the pits, at the cars, to help get them to staging? Not everyone car park their race car at the track opening.....
Chuck.....
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May 26, 2008 at
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May 26, 2008 at
11:25:22 AM by KOP
As Chuck said, this is crazy! Maybe the fairgrounds management would prefer that some just stay home  . Talk about being law suit skittish...ACK!
Wonder if they will soon require all officials to wear a fire retardant suit too???
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May 26, 2008 at
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"you don't need to wear a helmet in Callifornia when riding a Harley on I-15,"
California law says it is manditory on all roads no mater what make of bike you ride. As far as the fair board......ppppfffffttttt
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May 26, 2008 at
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May 26, 2008 at
12:00:27 PM by race88
This looks like a kneejerk reaction by the fairgrounds manager,but we brought it on ourselves.Crewmembers regularly were hot rodding on pushers last year and the track operator seemed unable to stop it ,so now OVERKILL.It doesn't say S.F.I or DOT approved so grab a whatever helmet you got laying around and deal with it.After all Perris and Ventura are always threatening to take the pushers away from us for the same abususes so it's not suprising.By the way Fire retardent suits on track safty crew members is a sound idea,check out Perris's safty team next time your at their track..top notch..and suited up
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May 26, 2008 at
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Maybe the ATV riders should show up with these on......LOL
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May 26, 2008 at
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For $20,000 to win, I would want my pusher to have a hans device too.
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May 26, 2008 at
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At least Al Boner is prepared!
Jeff Kristensen
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