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Old 04-23-2007   #1
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Default Re: 2007 Gathering West is a GO! - Read UP!

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Safety: I'm not in favor of doing a Pony Express style deal involving roll bars and harnesses etc based on speed classes. Let face facts, even a stock Z can see 150ish in a mile and there really isn't much difference between a 150mph crash and a 180mph crash - neither is going to be pretty. Also if we start requiring race car stuff we are going to chase a lot of people off.
FYI- Y'all can't imagine the hoops Ron has to jump through and negotiate to get us privileges to use a runway @ Nellis AFB. The bases main concern is safety and liability. We have to show proof of insurance for our group in the range of $3 mil I believe. They also don't want any bad press about an accident or even death with an event. It is the bases requirement for safety, not necessarilly ours.............

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Originally Posted by Locobob
One big thing I'd suggest is marking the finish line better,
Funny thing for me was at the previous Gathering West where we had drags at Las Vegas Motor Speedway I couldn't see where the finish line for the 1/4 mile was. I figured that when I was near the fire truck and ambulance I must be done. Duh

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last year it was pretty hard to spot at over 170mph.
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Some of us didn't get to 170...
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