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Originally Posted by Stealth7
Glad the parties are okay. This is a very dangerous situation and very alarming for anyone whoever does a track day. A few thoughts not directly related to this incident:
1. Most track days in the US that I have attended are closed to the public. You must go in with a specific group.
2. The Nurburing apparently allows someone to simply drive up with a Hertz rental car and do a lap or a family in a minivan to do a lap at the same time that you could have a GT3 rs. This is a prescription for disaster.
3. The car in the back should always have the responsibility to pass the car in the front safely.
4. Generally you' are on the track to have fun --you are not trying to make money and should not risk your life or anyone else's life. If you need to let them pass it is not the end of the world. Everyone should be driving home in their own car intact at night.
5. Most US track days I've ever attended required pre-sreening of drivers, equipment impsection, safety gear, driver's meetings,segregation of drivers into specific experience --level run groups , segregated run groups on the track, corner and safety workers, etc. This seems like a much different situation than that presented with the Nurburgring
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Again, a Tourist Drive session is public access to a toll road that is governed by the German rules of the road. It was never meant to be what it has become.
Your 1-5 apply to sponsored track days.
The problem at the Ring is drivers are trying to turn TF into a track day, which it is not.