Brett Sloppy
Seriously
Brett Sloppy
I'm not sure that he is even at fault in this horrible fiasco. He lost control after taking a jump in his modified Ford Ranger and his truck flipped and landed on a crowd of people that were standing literally on the track.
Since there's no actual track then one has to assume that it's all track and it might be a wise idea to put some distance between a human body and a 2000 lb. truck going 70 miles an hour.
Mr. Sloppy had to be escorted away because the crowd apparently wanted to extract some form of revenge.
It seems that the crowd should have turned on themselves for being so stupid.
I realize with death and mayhem abundant at the moment, it's pretty hard to be rational but looking at the situation I would say rational thinking was never on the agenda.
You know that the spot where the accident happened wasn't the only spot where people were standing next to, or on top of, the off-road vehicles that were competing in a nighttime race called the California 200.
I assume the idea is to get as close to the action as possible but doesn't common sense enter the picture at some point?
My heart goes out to all the families that lost loved ones. My brain says WTFWTT?
All the victims were in their 20's and hopefully their deaths will save other lives. I have to believe that people attending these type of events in the future will realize that close viewing is not as important as safe viewing.
Somewhere instinct and rational behavior must come into play before one puts themselves in a situation that has very little upside.... except for a momentary rush of adrenaline.
While millions of people are wondering how grounding a club in a questionable sand trap could possibly be a penalty......Eight families from Southern California are experiencing the worst days of their lives.
Very sad but most definitely avoidable.
Michael Timothy McAlevey
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