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

[Highside Hustler25]

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!

Whoa doggie! Can we not use the "R" word? I prefer to be mentally challenged.

[weatherman85]

Def No for me. You’re just pro longing everything from getting back to normal. How is it unconstitutional? The very same constitution grants states the power to order shelter-in-place and other measures. You can’t just take a piece of the constitution and ignore other parts.

[gator 49]

Anyone that would jeopardize not only their life but the lives of others to go to see a race now are mentally challenged. Get real people, racing will resume soon and life will go on, for the ones that live.

[Jerky]

Definite no for me....high risk 11 year drives all my decisions, not just this one. Plus the average sanitation of most dirt tracks and most fans at dirt tracks makes this a hard no for now.

[dirt crow]

I’d go now and just space out. By June, I’d go and not space out.

[weatherman85]

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.

I feel ya BTExpress on this. My wife is a nurse and has seen the frontlines here in Georgia. We haven’t been in direct contact for going on two weeks because of this virus.

[3 wide]

This is t going to be over quickly you can forget about going to a race ball game dineyworld theater or any thing similar to this they are talking 80 percent economy in the fall.

[over4T]

Much like BTExpress and a couple of others I have family members closely involved in this. Daughter does seminars all over the country for a national university for people in the nursing and related professions. Her travel schedule has completely been cancelled and she now works from home. Daughter-in-law is a psych nurse in charge at a walk in clinic for mentally ill people. Both of them say to take this seriously.

My race team consists of me, my son, daughter... when she's in town, daughter-in-law and occasionally a grandkid. Would I put any of them at risk so I could enjoy my weekend hobby? Definitely HE!! no.

For anyone who would, using the Constitution as reasoning, it's just unfortunate that my daughter-in-law doesn't do house calls. You need help.

[GEAR_HEAD]

For anyone who would, using the Constitution as reasoning, it's just unfortunate that my daughter-in-law doesn't do house calls. You need help.

The same could be said for people who want all of their freedoms taken away. There's no reason why healthy people can't get back to some level of normalcy. The elderly and those at risk can continue to isolate. Another great depression is more dangerous than the virus. That is a fact.

[Highside Hustler25]

I would have to think rural areas are at a much lesser threat to contact the virus.

[mcarter815]

I would have to think rural areas are at a much lesser threat to contact the virus.

All it takes is for one person to visit a city and bring the virus back to their small town. It then wouldn't take much to overload the hospital network I'm a rural area.

[Clayton_Wetters]

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.

So what's New York's excuse for being the worst place in the world right now. Guvnuh Coumo has locked them down and look where they are.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

So what's New York's excuse for being the worst place in the world right now. Guvnuh Coumo has locked them down and look where they are.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thecut.com/amp/2020/04/a-familys-fetid-week-with-coronavirus.html

This article will explain it. This fool spread her disease all over, yet has nothing to say but blame Trump.

[t3r3e3]

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.

Dude, come off of it. The evil government is not out to permanently take away your freedoms. In the short term, they’d really like it if you would chill out in place for a bit though. Without a vaccine, and with limited medical personnel and PPE, the only way to slow the spread is to keep the population isolated and limit interpersonal contact. It’s not some tinfoil hat conspiracy, it’s common sense use of the tools at hand. And those of you hollering about rural places running a lower risk, consider this: The rural health care system is generally less well equipped to deal with an influx of patients needing intensive care. Flatten the curve people; it’s the best shot we have at getting through this and seeing racing sooner than later. Don’t be a selfish prick.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

A tall curve gets us to racing sooner. But, there are a lot more burials. It bothers me when people say a flattened curve gets us back to normal sooner, that is false.

A recovered infection is equal to a vaccination. Social distance saves the lives of those with marginal survival odds and healthcare workers. It is a selfless decision. It may be the correct decision. It actually lengthens the process.