can anyone confirm this? i just heard from a friend over the weekend that went regardless of whos throwing the event, passenger ride alongs are strictly prohibited....

someone please tell me this isnt happening


thanks

 

wtf?! how gay is that!
well i guess i cant drive your car and show you how its done right while you ride shotty huh ben?! dont worry, we can try and rig a camcorder

 

lol

waddup bro what it do?

 

really?! wow this is the first time I'm hearing about this... confirmation anyone?

 

Depends on whos throwing the event, and also what class driver your considered under.

 

wazup ben!? man trying to get my ride out of the impound still... same ol' shyt

 

NASA had another fatality at Willowsprings and the track is REALLY skiddish about that happening with a passanger. The driver who was killed was in a mini cooper that rolled quite a few times. The driver was not in his restraints when he came to a rest.

For now, it looks like instructors only in the right seat.

Here is Ryan's/NASA's posting:
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=22368

 

Man that really suck. I had been to a few track dates, as bystander and passenger. I guess from now it just watching at the sideline for me

 

wow... turn 9 bites again. that sucks, sorry to hear that turn 9 claims another victim.

 

Buttonwillow anyone?

 

I heard the accident was on big willow not streets.

 

Not true, ALL passengers are banned from ride alongs at Willow Springs, unless it is with an official instructor with the event organization.

 

 

Pretty much all instructors are allowed passengers or to be a passenger, but like I said depends whos holding the event and if they consider you an instructor I think they still allow it on certain private events, but it looks like no more passengers at public events.
Found this video on youtube i think its of the crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGIQ85maG2w

 

Nope wrong video, that's a wheel to wheel race. The event where the Mini Cooper driver was killed a few months back was a NASA HPDE, and he was driving a NEW Mini... Not a vintage one shown in the video. Besides that's showing a crash on turn 1-2 from Castrol Corner going into Rabbit's Ear. The fatal accident happened on turn 9.

 

wrong video, that was from 2006

 

passengers are dead-weight anyways, even on the street! LOL

 

Speed Ventures allow passengers depending on the track and advance permission is needed. I believe Streets of Willow (the track) does not allow passengers for certain events:

http://www.willowspringsraceway.com/...ion/rental.asp


However, I brought a passenger with me on Streets of Willow a few months back on a Speed Ventures event. I wasn't stopped, the workers checked my passenger for a band and just told us "No hand-held photos or videos are to be used."

I haven't been back to Streets since March, so I'm not sure if they tighten up the rules again.