WERA at Barber ths weekend

[2wTraveler]

Anybody headed to Barber this weekend for the WERA races? I know it will be raining, but the say they will race rain or shine. I figure I will ride out there sometime in the AM and head home when it gets too soggy. It's only 1.5 hours each way.

[cmn1771]

Im sad to say,2 people were killed on the track today.  it was around 10:30 this morn .
I live nearby. I rode out there just minutes after it happened.

story
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/post_57.html

[2wTraveler]

Gosh I hate reading stuff like that. I still think I'm headed out there tomorrow. RIP

One thing though:
"Barber Motorsports officials today said the man who was struck by the cyclist was not a track employee as has been previously reported."<---snipped from article.

If you are not working there and not participating in the event, stay the F--- off the track! At the risk of sounding cold hearted here, that guy KILLED somebody today!

[leeo45]

It sounds like the guy was a corner worker at the event, just not an employee of the track.   Not many other details have been released.

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=36634

[2wTraveler]

Ok, the corner worker I could see. The first article made it sound like he was a spectator that decided to run across the track to move the bird. Also, it said something about having to warn him in the past?

[Tyrroneous]

Really sad to read about the deaths.    

I had taken my family to B'ham on Saturday for a church event and decided afterwards to drive out to the track to watch some racing.  Well, the rain came down in earnest around 2:30 or so, just as we were getting set to head across town to Barbers.  I drove out there anyway with hopes that the rain had let up at the track.  Sadly, that was not the case.  We sat there in the van for a bit watching bikes tip-toe around the museum corner (one guy fell while we were watching) and decided with three kids, one of 'em a 4 wk old, it wasn't worth fighting the weather over.