[Right Brother]

People standing close to racing vehicles are really foolish. Odd title, using the word ‘wounded’ instead of ‘injured’

[gunsequalfreedom]

The terrible heart ache that is taking place this morning in so many that lost loved ones. And the driver of the car, you have to feel for him also. The anquish he must feel even though it was not his fault.

[ecomcon]

There is a movie called Dust To Glory that chronicles the baja 1000 race where you will see crowds 10 thick right up along parts of the race course with race cars speeding by. One car loses control, and it’s disaster. You are an idiot to stand near a race course unprotected.

[Jack Hydrazine]

"The crowd was standing within 10 feet of the track with no guard rails separating them from the speeding vehicles.

"There were no barriers at all," Jeff Talbott, inland division chief for the California Highway Patrol, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise."

This was written to gin up more support for more regulations on the sport.

"He said that the driver, who wasn't named, was forced to run from the scene when the crowd grew unruly and some began throwing rocks at him. It was not clear why he lost control of the truck."

Here are Leftists blaming the driver for them standing too close to the track like a bunch dumba$$e$.

The CHP does not normally investigate crashes at organized races, but took the lead on this probe because of its scope and had set up a command center at the starting line of the race.

They don't have any jurisdiction but they decided to get involved anyway.

[Ronald_Magnus]

I’d be willing to bet that the closer people were standing next to the track, would be in direct proportion to the amount of alcohol they consumed.

[ßuddaßudd]

Mama told me not to play near the road for a reason.

[Richard Kimball]

Racing is dangerous, but particularly dangerous on streets.

Because of the fact that so much stuff is filmed now, that when people get injured the government pays for their treatment, and because we've pretty much accepted that the government has the right to regulate everything, we've become a much more risk averse society.

Anybody else remember the figure eight races, where the contestants played chicken at the intersection?