Crawling is for Babies

JThomas said:
Once again we have ignorance spewing like an exploding septic tank.
Who was drunk? Who is an idiot? Who is stupid and showing off? You need to think about the crowd you publically insult. Everyone there was more than capable of getting out of the way. Your opinion would mean more if you had more than a welded diff. It's like saying guns are dangerous, but never owning one because they look dangerous. Oh. I am a parent too.:flipoff2:
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Looks like the guy in the video was acting pretty idiotic to me. The crowd actually didn't have time to get out of the way if you will look at the guy with his hands on the buggy because he couldn't move in time. Also isn't this guy part of the crowd that was kicked out of the top truck challenge for breaking the rules and having alcohol in camp? Im just speaking from 12 years of experiences in the sport. I really want to take my son to some events but can't because of the fear of this kind of stuff. Wouldn't really be able to do my family good if im in jail for putting a bullet in some idiot for running over my kid. I just want this stuff to be safer for familys to go to. Im tired of seeing this kinda stuff shown likes its funny and it happening all the time. Truthfully its not funny and makes the sport look stupid.
 
Indy Will said:
And here we were...all having fun...looking at the pretty pictures...
Then this guy walks up...:shaking:
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Glad you were having fun. You can say what you want but im tired of seeing this crap. Its all fun till someone gets ran over and killed and then what happens? Wheeling spots close(and like we don't have enough problems with that) lawsuits and the sport is in the crossfire where it doesn't need to be.
 
cough . . . from a event organizers standpoint who has to put on stuff like this all the time . . .

its spectators, that tend to cause the problems - hear me out

people like myself sacrifice what they truly love to do in order to put events on for spectators (I mean heck I don't even have a Daily Driver, its broke and I can't afford to fix it because I put on all these events FOR YALL SPECTATORS)

Then come event time we buy all this insurance, go broke paying purses, advertising, security, whatever

spend a ton of time marking off areas with tape (standard insurance saftey regulation is 15 ft back from any action, I do this every weekend, thats what it is)

and then on high speed races such as this - where the course is so big you as an event organizer and all your staff and security that have you cannot physically cover that much area to tell people to stand back

and all the spectators like to go right past the tape, walk where they arnt supposed to, etc, etc

because they wanted a good view


I'm not defending anyones driving here or siding with anyone on the particular drivers decision to gas it towards the spectators

I am however simply taking this opportunity to ask please to the community as a whole:

think about that next time your at an event and myself or whoever is putting it on isnt physically in the spot your at to tell you to back up all day long cause you keep edging forward to get a better view and ignore the safety precautions we try to setup in the first place.

And I'd even give you a high five if you were staying in the designated areas and did me a huge favor and told whatever freakin yahoo beside you thats walking out right where they're not supposed to to stand back



Like I said from an event organizer standpoint I'm not pointing fingers at anyone and safety is of the utmost concern, no questions asked, but lets work together, if you see something not cool, tell the person to back up or get out of the way.

And if there is an honest saftey concern please inform the folks in charge, maybe they overlooked it.

(I will say, from my standpoint, as long as the 15 ft barrier that insurance requires is in place, I'm not going out of my way to do anything further, otherwise I'd do that all day and not be able to put on an event.)



Its a good thing I don't do this event crap for the money and have a bigger Goal in mind, cause I don't have any kinda play toy, don't have a DD, heck can't even go buy a new pair of jeans cause I just spent my last dime for this week paying off one of my staff



So maybe help out a bit at events with idiots in the crowd or raise concerns to the staff at the event, heck if you honestly helped out like that and told me something I missed I might even give you a free t shirt for catchin a problem before it happens, I'm everyones friend, so lets work together on it all :driver:
 
toyota231 said:
Also isn't this guy part of the crowd that was kicked out of the top truck challenge for breaking the rules and having alcohol in camp?
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No, he wasn't a part of that group. And they were not kicked out for having alcohol at camp.
 
toyota231 said:
Looks like the guy in the video was acting pretty idiotic to me. IT WAS A COPETITION, WTF? I really want to take my son to some events but can't because of the fear of this kind of stuff.Do you wear a bubble outside your house? Truthfully its not funny and makes the sport look stupid.That is an opinion that I feel you won't get much support on. See how many views the "crawling" videos get VS. some "rock bouncing" ones and report back:popcorn:
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Ricky I fully agree with you. I would love to help out with events but guess im just not hooked up with the right people to do so. Im just saying that everyone involved should be more conscious of what's going on. Whether it be the event coordinators or people there. Im not trying to be an ***hole Im just trying to help the sport be more family friendly. I know plenty of folks that want to go out to events with the family but wont so im only trying to help.
 
10-4, yea i mean, the main issue with rockcrawling/racing vs any other type of event I do is the fact that there really isnt a way to contain the people, I mean honestly there isn't, look at the Baja issue that happened recently, there's just no good way to keep spectators away from harm unless there is an arena type setup with seating . . . .

which pretty much excludes all the off-road distance racing as a whole unfortunately, there's really no way around it, they could go to arena, but the racers probably wouldn't like that more than once or twice a year, then the rest of the time your still back into the same boat.
 
toyota231 said:
Looks like the guy in the video was acting pretty idiotic to me. The crowd actually didn't have time to get out of the way if you will look at the guy with his hands on the buggy because he couldn't move in time. Also isn't this guy part of the crowd that was kicked out of the top truck challenge for breaking the rules and having alcohol in camp? .
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The guy you say, could not get out of the way, was JTHOMAS. He never touched his buggy. Me and juston wer standing beside him. Tim sold fatgirl over a year ago. You should know what you are talking about, BEFORE you start spewing :poop:
 
I prefer crawling myself with short burst of fast(or at least as fast as my Yota will go in 4lo :D) I just she it more fun trying to get over the stuff in your way a little more fun than holding it to floor and praying. Not trying to start anything but in my opinion yeah it was cool but it still should be takin upon the driver to realize what he is doing. Yes spectators are responsible too but there are two side of the equation.
 
I thought it was awsome!!!!!!!:driver::flipoff2:
I think its a damn shame you can't post up any cool videos anymore without someone bitchin.
 
Well. I guess we should all stick a cock in our mouth and not contribute to having fun, spending money, or competing.

This is a grown up sport. I would not bring my 4 yr old and stand in a dangerous area. I pay for my own health insurance. I hope the goverment does not take my right to put myself in danger away. But you... I am sorry you are not capable of having fun. This thread has the perfect name. CRAWLING IS FOR BABIES.
 
That shit was bad ass. We had time to move, we were also told before the COMPETITION started that where we were standing was usually where rigs ended up if they tumbled. We chose to stay there because that's where the cool shit happens.

As far as wanting to keep this a family event for you, take them to Mtn.City...I hear that with the increased fees it will be a desolate place and free from careless and wreckless wheelers.


Me personally, I like hittin stuff under throttle! Crawling use to be fun...but bouncing is where its at!

Side note: Stump said cock :flipoff2:
 
toyota231 said:
Ricky I fully agree with you. I would love to help out with events but guess im just not hooked up with the right people to do so.
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All you've got to do is volunteer. It's real easy... ECORS begs and pleads for help before every race. :shaking:
 
True ecors always needs help,

and we all know I like wide open stuff and those that that enjoy it as well,

lets back off on this guy, he voiced a legitimate concern and we are not here on this forum to bash each other (not talkin to you there Shawn you posted right as I did and beat me)

nuff said, we all know each other opinions, lets just leave it at that
 
This thread brings the awesome.
 
This died quick! Its unfortunate.
 
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