[Wichita-SCCA] Last Weekend HPT

[Rocky Entriken]

Maybe not that far out an idea.

At the risk of someone whining that solo ain't road racing, let's look at what the racers do.

Corner workers get training. in MiDiv, they must attend a "crash & burn" school every other year to maintain a national license (that requirement just got extended to grid workers). Those people learn how to do things ranging from firefighting to emergency medical response. A few even have gone on to take additional training on their own to be certified as EMTs. Yes, they have ambulance and doctor on site for races, but they also have people out on the corners ready to be a knowledgeable first responder before that ambulance gets there. 

What if a solo group had a few key people so trained? That might be adequate response to the "sky-is-falling" worries from tracks, lawyers and insurance carriers.

While I heartily disagree with the need for ambulances, fact is the track (and its lawyers) is truly doing not much more than trying to permit this motorsport activity within parameters they are familiar with and comfortable with. Education and preparation may achieve more than objection. 

--Rocky Entriken
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  From: Webmaster 
  To: Wichita Region SCCA. 
  Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:52 AM
  Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Last Weekend HPT


  Sounds like we need to have the club buy an old ambulance, and get some members to pass some medical courses, and we can start generating $1000 a day for the club.

Guy Roberts 
Webmaster at wichitascca.org 
#41 - 1994 Polo Green Corvette

  Dave Whitworth wrote: 
No dog in this fight, and I realize it is fun to attack HPT for allowing us to play there at all, but...
 
In St. Louis, we autox at Gateway International Raceway.  They have been attempting to add an ambulance for several years.
 
So far, we have been able to talk them out of it by showing the SCCA safety plan, our own additional safety plan, meeting the safety chiefs, and providing a good "tenant experience".  Eventually, the insurance company will win and we too will be forced to use an ambulance at Solo events.
 
So, I think this is becoming a racetrack CYA move everywhere, especially at HPT where the relationship seems strained at best.
 
DaveW

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From: wichita-scca-bounces at wichitascca.org on behalf of Rocky Entriken
Sent: Thu 4/19/2007 12:29 AM
To: Wichita Region SCCA.
Subject: Re: [Wichita-SCCA] Last Weekend HPT


It is my understanding the ambulance was required by HPT's insuror. Which makes it no less stupid and IMHO SCCA itself should be leaning on both HPT and its insurance agent/carrier to bring some sanity to the situation -- not the least being that HPT as site owner is covered by SCCA's liability insurance. This is nothing more than a way to create income for the insurance carrier by forcing its customer (HPT) to meet requirements that are neither standard of the industry nor supported by decades of data. 
 
Have accidents ever happened (even fatalities) at solo events? Of course they have. Is the incidence of such accidents high enough to warrant such precaution? Not even close. I would bet that the incidence of accidents per 1000 persons is higher for people crossing the street, and we don't have ambulances parked on every street corner. 
 
--Rocky Entriken
 

	<snip>
	 
	I really wish we had a site that nice, but I'm glad we don't have to 
	deal with the lot fee.  Most of the price increase from last year is due
	to having an ambulance there for the whole day.  That is just
	ridiculous.  I'm still upset because I'm paying for a stupid ambulance 
	and it's personnel to sit around all day waiting for the nothing that
	will happen.  What a waste of their time and my money.  I understand the
	requirement was made by the site owner and there was no talking him out 
	of it - but I don't have to like it and I do have the right to complain
	about it.
	
	-Brian Meyer
	
	

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