The spectator was identified who died this morning due to injuries sustained after being hit by a vehicle participating in the Baja 500 off-road race.
The Municipal Police report indicated that the victim was identified as Jorge Armando Vital Files, 39. A minor named Marco Antonio "N", 11, was
injured.
Originally posted by bajadogs
Some day this has to stop. Disgusting.
This will take extra volunteers to keep spectators away from sections of the race course where accidents such as this one have a higher probability of
happening. I have not read anything in the English-speaking media about this - yet.
Originally posted by bajadogs
Some day this has to stop. Disgusting.
This will take extra volunteers to keep spectators away from sections of the race course where accidents such as this one have a higher probability of
happening. I have not read anything in the English-speaking media about this - yet.
Originally posted by bajadogs
Some day this has to stop. Disgusting.
This will take extra volunteers to keep spectators away from sections of the race course where accidents such as this one have a higher probability of
happening. I have not read anything in the English-speaking media about this - yet.
Volunteers or just let Darwin figure it out
Exactly!!!! There are consequences for our actions-------who in their right mind would be in a position to be runover by a race car unless they
really did not care much what happened as long as they got that thrill??
Originally posted by bajadogs
By the time it gets regulated for safety you may as well race in the US. The glory is gone. Disgusting.
Disgusting? Only in the more populous sections of the race course would this need to be regulated for safety.
How would the sponsors go about that?
It will happen again and again.
Disgusting. Again and again.
For starters, SCORE could hire volunteers (preferably from the local communities) to ask spectators to stay a safe distance from certain
turns, etc. I know how hard it is to police events - I helped run a Jeep club once.
Originally posted by bajadogs
By the time it gets regulated for safety you may as well race in the US. The glory is gone. Disgusting.
Disgusting? Only in the more populous sections of the race course would this need to be regulated for safety.
How would the sponsors go about that?
It will happen again and again.
Disgusting. Again and again.
For starters, SCORE could hire volunteers (preferably from the local communities) to ask spectators to stay a safe distance from certain
turns, etc. I know how hard it is to police events - I helped run a Jeep club once.
Death sucks... and none of us can avoid it. The only question is when. Hopefully we have some choice in that and rather it be to avoid danger or enjoy
danger, it is a choice we can make.
The most dangerous part of our racing has been watching out for spectators (and what they do). Some do stupid things, to include endangering the
racer. Over the course of a desert race, policing spectators is impossible to do. In the most crowded area and where traffic is a concern,
policing (police or volunteers) does occur.
I hate to see this kind of thing happen, as the sport, not the spectator gets the black eye. Same happens in many sports, sad...but disgusting?
Originally posted by David K
Death sucks... and none of us can avoid it. The only question is when. Hopefully we have some choice in that and rather it be to avoid danger or enjoy
danger, it is a choice we can make.
Well stated, David. I wish I had said that.
I think we all remember the Race trajedy near Barstow a few years ago when many were killed and injured---------and the blow-back against the Race
Sponsors from the people in general--------Races are dangerous, and even more so when you choose to stand or sit near the race-course, a personal
choice.
Our hearts go out to the relatives and friends of these death and injuries in the Baja 500, and elsewhere-----THEY are the real victims I am thinking.
My son, my son-in-law, and my brother-in-law were there at that race (one of them a racer--Brady Turner) and I worry constantly until it is over. I
still have no feedback from them.
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