well I'm no friggin attorney

[Clark]

and i aint in the insurance business either...butt I'd be willing to bet that IF the family of the deceased sprint car driver sues Tony Stewart for wrongful death, win or lose it will be the end of saturday nite racing in hometown USA.. I am betting that insurance would either be impossible for a promoter to obtain or it will be so damn expensive that it will be unaffordable which would mean that the cost of admission would be waaay too expensive.

[MP]

Very good point, and a good chance it may well turn out that way.  Would be a sorry thing to happen.

MP

[cookiedough]

I bet you are wrong.  People will come to racing events since sponsorship will give away all kinds of free or reduced ticket prices as they always have done forever.  It's a multi-billion dollar industry that won't go away just because of a lawsuit even so tragic as this one. 

Insurance companies pay out millions all the time this one will be no different. 

[MarkT]

I don't think so.  Too much money and fan interest.  The governing body (NHRA?) issued a new rule: no getting out of the car until help arrives if you are in a collision / car is disabled.  That's all about CYA - no doubt on their liability (and the track operators) while it appears for driver safety.  The young driver killed - his move was all about testosterone and the racing culture - was not a thought-out move but all about cajones and race rage - and he paid for it with his life.

[Patrick]

Ahhh, they [ NASCAR] just made another rule. Just add a new rule and everything is fixed. 

[Rams]

Ahhh, they [ NASCAR] just made another rule. Just add a new rule and everything is fixed. 

Sarcasm aside, you are correct.   A new rule won't do squat.    But a little common sense would have gone one hell of a long ways to avoid such a stupid situation.     I'm willing to bet even the deceased young man would have agreed (prior to his stupid decision and demise) that getting out of a car would be a dumb decision.

[Jess Tolbirt]

make a new rule to make up for lack of common sense.

[T-Bird]

Our local dirt track closed a year ago.
It was used many times by Bill Elliot for
practice. The track was owned by Joe Lee Johnson
former nascar driver and winner of the first
Coca Cola 600. After he died several years ago
different people tried to operate it, but just
didn't have the coin to keep the track opened. It was
auctioned off a couple weeks ago. It is next door to a
Ford & Kia dealership, so I would bet it will be some kind
of auto store.  Sad to see it go

[Clark]

yer right T bird.. I am not referrin to the sprint cup races..just the local yocal tracks that dont make much if any money in the first place..wtih no corporate backing.. plus there are waivers signed by the drivers at all tracks and there are rules already in place.. with the number 1 rule being DO NOT unbuckle your belt until told it ok by a track official UNLESS you are ON FIRE on some other extenuating circumstance.. if these waivers dont hold up in court then ITS OVER..insurance companies wont touch the hometown dirt tracks

[Pappy!]

make a new rule to make up for lack of common sense.

Almost sounds like Politicians.........