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CortezBlue
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Ateo
I was out there watching on Saturday on Zoo Road. Took a group of friends out of Phoenix that had never been before and they had a great time.
However, I have to say, I laughed at your photo, Fire, Fuel and extinguishers, REALLY close together!! Yikes, it looked like a You Tube video in the
making.
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Ateo
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Ha ha Cortez. =)
Had to go back and take a look at the photo. There was no fuel in the dump in that picture. The gas was on the other side of the truck (not seen in
photo). I'm in the business of fueling safety so it's of paramount importance to me.
We were very careful - that's why we had the 3 extinguishers. For the 1000, the Baja Pits guys had over 500 gallons of gas, not one extinguisher, and
smoked cigarettes while fueling bikes.
Sounds like you had a great trip! Was it windy and cold at Zoo Road?
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willardguy
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sounds like an over zealous roger norman is trying to do too much too soon, what with this fuel mandate and these last minute rule changes.
its easy to say oh well lets get on to the the 500 but its gotta suck for the teams that invested so much here. 
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
Ha ha Cortez. =)
Had to go back and take a look at the photo. There was no fuel in the dump in that picture. The gas was on the other side of the truck (not seen in
photo). I'm in the business of fueling safety so it's of paramount importance to me.
We were very careful - that's why we had the 3 extinguishers. For the 1000, the Baja Pits guys had over 500 gallons of gas, not one extinguisher, and
smoked cigarettes while fueling bikes.
Sounds like you had a great trip! Was it windy and cold at Zoo Road? |
Way back in the 1970's and 1980's I was a Pit Assistant and then became a Pit Captain for several races for the Los Campeones Race Team pit service
(North San Diego County group). The #1 job and my first job with them was holding a fire extinguisher when a racer pulled in!
Carlos of Baja Pits typically has a good team, as we experienced helping him with communications at the 2006 Baja 1000 at El Crucero. I hope he
corrects the bad actions you saw.
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Ateo
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And let me better elaborate on my above post. The Baja Pits guys did a great job, but I didn't see any extinguishers. Maybe they were hidden.  . And the guy dumping the gas wasn't smoking but the dude standing close by was.
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