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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JCA" data-source="post: 49383" data-attributes="member: 173">I like the way FRT (Fud) marks his pits. He has boundary markers through the pit to keep all racers on track. The boundary markers are on wood stakes placed a distance apart all the way down pit row. On the same wood stakes he places cards that inform the racers that if you pass the stake outside the race boundaries there is a speed limit. He then places a white (flour/chalk) line a "safe distance" from the race course and no pit/camp vehicles are allowed to set up inside of that line. Vehicles can cross the line and cross the track but they can not set up the pit/camp across the line. Safer...yes - full proof...no. This is also covered (re-enforced) at the drivers meetings. The speed limit is self enforced. I have seen people use spectator videos to show the infraction. I have seen complaints lodged and when enough complaints are lodged a warning or action taken. I have seen one team owner pull another team owner to the side to discuss it and yes I have seen the immature throw what ever is handy (fire extinguisher, chair, rocks) at the vehicle approachWe preach and preach that you do not sit on the outside of a turn but yet the racers set up there pit on the outside of the curve in pit row at Barstow all the time???One thread says there is not enough access for the spectators at US races and then others say there is too much spectator access at MDR???When I race the San Felipe 250 I probably get booed more then cheered when I come through zoo road. I go through there way slow and cant wait to get a mile or two up the road where the spectators are not that much of a problem. At this years San Felipe 250 we all saw the video showing the McMillin buggy nerfing another 1 car all the way through that section. A lot of people commented on how awesome that was. I thought it was a classic example of abusive nerfing and a class in how not to pass. Where was the guy in-front suppose to go? Pull into the crowd and take a few people out? A couple more hundred yards and the crowd is not as big a factor.Moving the pits back wont work without a boundary being set. The area would just be used as a new line.I do not think a team can go out there and start putting up ribbons and signs for rules that do not exists. Everyone posting ideas helps me form what I believe to be a viable suggestion. I will then either write the promoter or call them. I do not see why the entry would have to go up all that much to improve the situation.I would be glad to pay a extra to make sure my family didn't get killed while sitting in my pit while I was racing.On a side note. I suggested that the entry fee be raised a little to ensure that trash roll off bins are available at every race. To get people to do the right thing you have to make it easy.J.C. AndrewsAndrews Racing<a href="http://"> www.andrewsracing.com</a></blockquote>

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