Would you go to the races now if the tracks were open?

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  • TerryM
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 3902

    #16
    Absolutely not ... unless it was tier parking. And only then if everything about it felt right. In other words ... 99% no. And that probably won’t change for a few months.

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    • Clayton_Wetters
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2019
      • 1069

      #17
      I would go but I would also not encourage anyone else to go, That would have to totally be their choice.

      Maybe not the right choice, but I would take the chance.
      Last edited by Clayton_Wetters; 04-04-2020, 09:25 PM.
      I'm a copycat wetter... 😎

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      • TerryM
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2011
        • 3902

        #18
        At this point, I’m just hoping to still attend my two favorite race weekends — the North/South and the World 100. That’s August and September, and I’m not at all confident about either.

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        • HoosierDirtFan
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2012
          • 22186

          #19
          I'd go. Maybe just wear a jock strap or a baseball cup over your face. The smell from that should be enough to kill some coronavirus.
          Nathan Stephens

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          • t3r3e3
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2007
            • 1962

            #20
            Easy no given the current reality. If you truly want racing to happen sooner than later, the best thing to do is limit contact with other people and slow the spread of this thing. Racing will start back up once the disease gets under control. As it stands now, it’s not worth the risk. Going to go the track potentially endangers not only yourself, but the other fans, the racers, the track workers, and eventually your family, friends you see, maybe your neighbors, and definitely the people providing those essential services you come into contact with on your supply runs. Racing, like baseball. football, or any other crowd-attended sporting event, just isn’t worth it right now.
            Last edited by t3r3e3; 04-05-2020, 01:26 AM.
            We'll miss ya Doc Watson...

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            • Krooser
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2012
              • 3117

              #21
              I’d be there in a heartbeat. I lived thru the tail end of small pox scares and 8 years of summer polio restrictions on kids. This is peanuts in comparison.

              My age and diminished health put me in the high risk category.... but I can take care of myself. A little sanitizer for my hands and don't sit next to anyone sneezing and hacking away and I'm good.

              Id rather be behind the wheel but spectating is still ok.
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              • TBSprintFan
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2016
                • 614

                #22
                Not a chance, I love racing but I love life more.

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                • Rocky
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 3218

                  #23
                  The only way it would be no is if I was somewhere where the hospitals are slammed and it's not why you think. It's actually because every now and then we have to send somebody to the hospital from a wreck, accident in the pits. Some other type of trauma related thing and if the first responders are overworked already that would be pretty uncool on our part I think. I mean (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) we don't get enough people at most of the races where we couldn't all sit 6 feet from each other like the CDC says, we could. I'm not really very sure what's going on at home right now and I had a quick second to jump on here. I miss my usual independent news sources.
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                  Shovel on a little more coal, then when we cross white oak mountain, watch 97 roll!

                  The problem is the gall dang motors.

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                  • dirtcrazy4u
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2017
                    • 3212

                    #24
                    And there you have it folks. It's the reason why we are still sitting at home. NO ONE LISTENS. So someone has to make that choice for little Johnnie because he lives in a hot bed where this virus is spreading but he thinks the government is out to get him. San Francisco's mayor shut that city down, and the results showed the spread of the virus lessened. The government, the president, there not the ones to blame. Look around, it's the ones that refuse to listen. I think I'm taking a flight to Italy and a cruise coming home. Cya at the racetrack when I get back.

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                    • kazual
                      Senior Member
                      • Jul 2014
                      • 1168

                      #25
                      Nope, not yet. And in this litigious society any promoter that did would be in danger of getting drug into court.
                      I hate time trials.

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                      • BTExpress
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2015
                        • 1208

                        #26
                        If you would have had this poll a few weeks ago I would have said no doubt I would go.....Now NO. My two daughters are working on the Front line at hospitals. One at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and the other at Dupont Children's Hospital in Wilmington De.....Both have pleaded with me to take this social distancing seriously given my age(61 in two weeks) and the fact I am diabetic. My wife and I worry about them every day as much as they worry about us...I am fortunate to be able to work from home. I've only been outside to work on my yard and take walks through my neighborhood...although chomping at the bit to see a race live.....I CAN DO THIS.

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                        • Cooter Davenport
                          Banned
                          • Oct 2009
                          • 331

                          #27
                          Well it's official...the results of this poll above just confirmed what I have thought about the intelligence level of a majority of 4m members....just plain retarded!

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                          • GEAR_HEAD
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2007
                            • 3107

                            #28
                            Originally posted by kazual View Post
                            Nope, not yet. And in this litigious society any promoter that did would be in danger of getting drug into court.
                            Ok genius, how can anybody prove they got sick at a racetrack? That doesn't make sense at all.

                            It's scary how many of you are drinking the Kool Aid and doing exactly what the fake news media mob want you to do, which is beg the government to take away your Constitutional freedoms. You should have paid more attention in history class so that you'd realize that's more dangerous than a virus.

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                            • GEAR_HEAD
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2007
                              • 3107

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Cooter Davenport View Post
                              Well it's official...the results of this poll above just confirmed what I have thought about the intelligence level of a majority of 4m members....just plain retarded!
                              Yeah, the Constitution and freedom are evil! Let's live in a locked down communist state forever. That sounds like fun. Stop watching the lefty fake news!

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                              • BloomerWon
                                Banned
                                • Dec 2019
                                • 2399

                                #30
                                The CDC and the media have become the all-knowing gods to many people.
                                Forget about it. Fear stops you from enjoying life.
                                Nice weather is coming and we are about to divide into two new factions, those that want to get out and enjoy life and those that are fearful and want everyone staying inside.
                                You can probably guess which faction I'll be in.
                                Human behavior is fascinating. The current mob mentality is fascinating. Human behavior to the lack of control is fascinating. A society in fear clearly becomes a herd.

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