Bill Bader Jr. "we are going to open"

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Perhaps you will understand this and perhaps you won't. In this context greed is anybody willing to risk the life of another human being for the sake of a GD dollar. Do you understand that?

Sounds pretty cut and dried.
However , real life never quite adds up that way.
An owner /operator could push his rig right up against fed. hourly regs , in order to feed his family. He could still fall asleep and kill somebody. Was he being greedy?
The question is meant to be rhetorical. BN's opinion would , most likely be 180 deg. out of phase with MY's.

[BRETV]

I've been dealing with a company in India for almost a year now, talking with the employees extensively about what's going on there, and yes they shut the country down until May 3rd, so explain to me how a country with 3 times the population as the US and has millions and millions of impoverished citizens packed together on the streets with NO protection, NO testing and NO social distancing for the homeless and poor, but only have 10,000 cases and about 400 deaths. There would be thousands and thousands of dead bodies laying all over the streets, which is not the case. They are even opening up some the rural areas of the country as we speak. This is BS, our country better wake up and open up!!




Bret Velde
2003 FS/??

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by jwsamuel

Like the Smithfield pork processing plant in South Dakota. It is not a major city and was not a hot spot. Now it is a hot spot.

Numidia is not a hot spot but many of their regular racers are from NY and NJ. My town Elysburg, which borders Numidia, has Knoebles which is a huge amusement park with miles of campgrounds and a huge amount of their patrons are from the Philly and NYC area, so we could become a hot spot if they open. There's no easy answer to this mess.

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Sounds pretty cut and dried.
However , real life never quite adds up that way.
An owner /operator could push his rig right up against fed. hourly regs , in order to feed his family. He could still fall asleep and kill somebody. Was he being greedy?
The question is meant to be rhetorical. BN's opinion would , most likely be 180 deg. out of phase with MY's.

Scale seems to be a problem for you. Comparing a single truck driver to a cat who wants to pack in tens of thousands of people is a bit of a stretch. No, it's a hell of a stretch.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Scale seems to be a problem for you. Comparing a single truck driver to a cat who wants to pack in tens of thousands of people is a bit of a stretch. No, it's a hell of a stretch.

"Pack in tens of thousands" Sounds a bit extreme.

However , not my question..Therefore not an answer.

"Perhaps you will understand this and perhaps you won't. In this context greed is anybody willing to risk the life of another human being for the sake of a GD dollar. Do you understand that?"

Direct quote from BN..hence my question.

[Bart Kilraine]

thousands of people for opening....test n tune ..A points meet...give me a G.D brake !

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

This is just more of Bader grandstanding. There will be dozens of police cars at the Norwalk track if he attempts to open the gates. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he would get himself arrested just for the press. But you can bet your Stimulus check/direct deposit that the track will remain closed as long as the Governor wants it closed. All the rest of his stuff is hooey.

Actually agree with some of this.
But maybe it's actually "pushing the envelope" ,in a political sense.
Seems reasonable that they could run a Summit series race, within a month's time.
Huge seating capacity for very few, adequate precautions. Entirely possible to do, in my experience.
It may come down to a push and shove match, but I hope not.

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Actually agree with some of this.
But maybe it's actually "pushing the envelope" ,in a political sense.
Seems reasonable that they could run a Summit series race, within a month's time.
Huge seating capacity for very few, adequate precautions. Entirely possible to do, in my experience.
It may come down to a push and shove match, but I hope not.

10 people max. All the rest is fluff. Bader could care less about a Summit Race or a test'n tune. He wants the bucks that only a mega event can bring in and he ain't getting it until the Governor says he can. And as a side note most governors are now saying that there will be no large sporting events until fall of 2021.

[Michael K]

If a track opens I feel as though I'm capable of making a good decision as to weather I can attend an open air event safely or not. Heck, I could even wear a mask and gloves. If I had health issues, I'd stay home. I'm comfortable with making decisions for myself.

[Dano]

something to think on:

South Korea has probably the most comprehensive testing yet. As of today, 160 some odd people have re-acquired the virus. Some say it may have gone dormant, hence the "flattening" of the curve. Or a rush to "normalize"?True or not, shouldn't we err on the side of caution?