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Post by busterbell on Jan 24, 2017 9:14:20 GMT 12
Like most contact sport's the intention is to hurt the opposition. It is the drivers responsibility to assure his compatibility with the vehicle and their choice as to what risk's they are willing to commit too. The only course of action to prevent injury is not to show up and race........
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Post by speedwaynut on Jan 24, 2017 9:26:38 GMT 12
Like most contact sport's the intention is to hurt the opposition. It is the drivers responsibility to assure his compatibility with the vehicle and their choice as to what risk's they are willing to commit too. The only course of action to prevent injury is not to show up and race........ I would hope that the intention was to disable the opposition vehicles, rather than hurt the opposition. |
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Post by nottosure on Jan 24, 2017 11:37:19 GMT 12
I see a number of contributors asking about 6th drivers for named teams. I hope there aren't any. I'm no health and safety expert but I believe the practice of 6th drivers jumping into unfamiliar cars with non-customised seats is out-dated and dangerous. As a sport we've already admitted Superstocks are going too fast for full contact racing in individual races so why expose 6th drivers to unnecessary risk of injury? This is not tiddlywinks. There are only two Superstock Teams events where the sixth driver is required and the same promoter runs them both. Just as it was with the teams numbers situation there is no need to await an AGM, the promoter can institute a local rule. The time to do it is now before someone gets hurt. But Percy, I could see you now, writing in your meeting wrap up, should an injury and/or car damage occur in a teams race, meaning a team is forced to run with only 3 cars "that the promotion isn't giving the paying spectators value for money." |
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Post by busterbell on Jan 24, 2017 13:42:49 GMT 12
Like most contact sport's the intention is to hurt the opposition. It is the drivers responsibility to assure his compatibility with the vehicle and their choice as to what risk's they are willing to commit too. The only course of action to prevent injury is not to show up and race........ I would hope that the intention was to disable the opposition vehicles, rather than hurt the opposition. I can't imagine a boxer explaining to his knocked out opposition that he is really sorry and wasn't his intention to hurt him......... I get what your saying, but injury is a by product of being in a contact sport. Hopefully if the tigers can scramble some sort of team together that they come across a team that might be to scared to hit them, let alone hard! |
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Post by percy on Jan 24, 2017 15:04:52 GMT 12
I see a number of contributors asking about 6th drivers for named teams. I hope there aren't any. I'm no health and safety expert but I believe the practice of 6th drivers jumping into unfamiliar cars with non-customised seats is out-dated and dangerous. As a sport we've already admitted Superstocks are going too fast for full contact racing in individual races so why expose 6th drivers to unnecessary risk of injury? This is not tiddlywinks. There are only two Superstock Teams events where the sixth driver is required and the same promoter runs them both. Just as it was with the teams numbers situation there is no need to await an AGM, the promoter can institute a local rule. The time to do it is now before someone gets hurt. But Percy, I could see you now, writing in your meeting wrap up, should an injury and/or car damage occur in a teams race, meaning a team is forced to run with only 3 cars "that the promotion isn't giving the paying spectators value for money." It's just like going to a football game and a player gets sent off in the first 10 minutes. I've reported on some 3 vs 4 teams races and I don't believe I've ever commented the promotion was not providing fans with value for money. In fact one of my favourite teams racing memories was when a 3 man Kihikihi Kings took on a 4 man Palmerston North Panthers at the Superstock Teams Nationals. (Happy to be corrected if it was 4 on 4 but my recollection is 3 on 4). |
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Post by fordracer on Jan 24, 2017 17:48:28 GMT 12
Yeh that is correct an the proudest moment of being involved in any teams race. EX proud KK Teams Racer .
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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 24, 2017 21:14:26 GMT 12
The best practice with 6th driver is for them to try the seats in all cars and allow for adjustments time permitting but I also agree there should be 6 cars per team allowed instead of 5
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Post by busterbell on Jan 24, 2017 22:05:21 GMT 12
have the tigers rung you yet marty??
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Post by mudman on Jan 25, 2017 16:26:25 GMT 12
For as long as i have been watching teams racing very rarely has a 6th driver been required and in the instance that they have been utilized the vast majority of the time they are left on the in field. at the end of the day theyre all big kids who know what they are getting themselves in for and as long as they sign the card what fears do snz have about it?
Although i do agree that 6 car teams with 4 on track should be our future since we are in this age of health and safety and with the potential for head injuries and the potential harm they can cause, once upon a time the all blacks toured with 20 people total now they have over 30 players due to the evolving physical nature of their sport.
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