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John I agree with you. Safety is just too overlooked. The HPDE and Auto-X I did with the local BMW club was a joke. My cousin showed in an M helmet and no one said anything. After 3 runs I get in his car and he still had his radar detector on the windsheild. Plugged in. With instructor at his side for at least 15 laps. An overly enthusiastic vette driver that was spinning his car out way too much in auto-X tried to pass too early going into the straight, lost it and slammed into the wall. Halfway into my session I was informed we must flag. How? they round up all the guys like cattle, throw them in the back of a pickup truck, and take them around the track. We had group 4 complete novice class, flagging. I am at the end of a hairpin turn, behind a few tires, on the grass, flagging for cars flying past me. 70 MPH and about 15 feet away. In the wet. I am asking myself... when did I sign up for this shit? It was one of the most unprofessional events I had been to. These are the guys handling my safety.

<blockquote data-quote="TURBO2GO" data-source="post: 1210370" data-attributes="member: 14678"><p>John I agree with you. Safety is just too overlooked. The HPDE and Auto-X I did with the local BMW club was a joke. My cousin showed in an M helmet and no one said anything. After 3 runs I get in his car and he still had his radar detector on the windsheild. Plugged in. With instructor at his side for at least 15 laps. An overly enthusiastic vette driver that was spinning his car out way too much in auto-X tried to pass too early going into the straight, lost it and slammed into the wall. Halfway into my session I was informed we must flag. How? they round up all the guys like cattle, throw them in the back of a pickup truck, and take them around the track. We had group 4 complete novice class, flagging. I am at the end of a hairpin turn, behind a few tires, on the grass, flagging for cars flying past me. 70 MPH and about 15 feet away. In the wet. I am asking myself... when did I sign up for this shit? It was one of the most unprofessional events I had been to. These are the guys handling my safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="TURBO2GO, post: 1210370, member: 14678"] John I agree with you. Safety is just too overlooked. The HPDE and Auto-X I did with the local BMW club was a joke. My cousin showed in an M helmet and no one said anything. After 3 runs I get in his car and he still had his radar detector on the windsheild. Plugged in. With instructor at his side for at least 15 laps. An overly enthusiastic vette driver that was spinning his car out way too much in auto-X tried to pass too early going into the straight, lost it and slammed into the wall. Halfway into my session I was informed we must flag. How? they round up all the guys like cattle, throw them in the back of a pickup truck, and take them around the track. We had group 4 complete novice class, flagging. I am at the end of a hairpin turn, behind a few tires, on the grass, flagging for cars flying past me. 70 MPH and about 15 feet away. In the wet. I am asking myself... when did I sign up for this shit? It was one of the most unprofessional events I had been to. These are the guys handling my safety. [/QUOTE]

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