I'm stunned to hear that stuff was stolen from the paddock. When we were
more active in racing and Mid-Ohio was our home track, I had never heard of
such activity. Granted we'd lock our wallets and purses in the tow vehicle,
but tools & such were usually left out in the open. Nothing ever walked away
from us. A paddock on a race weekend is the kinda place we want our kids to
grow up, if for no other reason than to learn from the camaraderie and
respect racers have for each other. My guess is that since the paddock was
open to spectators, folks were helping themselves to more than autographs &
snapshots. I'm too optimistic to think the guilty party was a fellow racer.
Wendy Hart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Hensley" <spitfiresuz@141.com>
To: "Don Marshall" <marshall@nefcom.net>
Cc: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>; <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Ohio picture needed
> We had also heard the Healey drivers were relieved of their wallets while
they
> were out. They were just up the hill from the Triumph compound.
>
> We feel 100% secure at CVAR at Texas World Speedway (but don't take silly
> chances like leaving a wallet out in plain view). We don't have the
spectator
> crowd that the Mid-Ohio event drew, however. It's a damn shame when
someone has
> to spoil our hobby like that. It just goes to show you need to be
cautious no
> matter where you go.
>
> Keep Triumphing,
> Susan :)
>
>
> Don Marshall wrote:
>
> > >From talking to a Sheriff deputy and one of the victims (a very
pleasant
> > Porsche driver), there were a number of thefts in the paddock. We met
the
> > Porsche driver at the gas pumps and he'd been relieved of his money and
> > credit cards while out on track. And no, I didn't ask him if he'd
pawned
> > his gold chains to buy the gas. Apparently this has been going on for
> > several events and they brought in both uniformed and plain clothes cops
to
> > try to catch them. Actually, we used the Deputy to call a locksmith to
> > "break" into Bob's truck after he locked the keys in it. Very helpful,
I
> > thought. Cheers, Don
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
> > To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
> > Cc: <Rikrock@aol.com>; <FOT@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 13:56
> > Subject: Re: Ohio picture needed
> >
> > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since the Mid-Ohio Gestapo has come to be mentioned...
> > > > Was anybody but myself offended to see a public employee on full
duty on
> > > > private property and did anybody else think the Security at Mid-Ohio
was
> > > > somewhat heavy-handed? I respect that they are trained to deal with
> > full
> > > > scale professional events with thousands of spectators but they
struck
> > me as
> > > > way beyond appropriate for a club event. Just my opinion...
> > > > Steve Smith
> > >
> > > Rumor had it on Friday AM that there were reports of pilfering in the
> > > paddock. I have no idea what was taken, but the internal security
people
> > > were really busy all morning on Friday warning people to lock things
up.
> > >
> > > But as far as the Sherriff thing goes... I never saw that before at
> > > Mid-Ohio. As long as nobody got hurt or stuffed in the can, I'm okay
with
> > > a bit of presence.
> > >
> > > Besides, maybe the local sherriff department had budget cutbacks and
they
> > > were looking for a little spending money for their own race cars...
> > > hehehehe
> > >
> > > C ya,
> > > rml
> >
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