:dontknow: Definately sad. From what I understand, I read 3 or 4 different articles on this... The event promoter and organizer, who obtained the permit, received a permit that was to have no more than 300 spectators. The article said there were over 10,000.
Either they didn't anticipate how many people would show up, or they didn't have the smarts to make sure they put at least some caution tape up to keep people back.
This happened along the notorius strech of this track known for the excitement seen from the trucks being airborn. The permit also stated the spectators had to be 50 feet from any areas where the trucks would be "out of control".
Was reading an article about one of the guy's last few seconds that when he saw the truck coming a mother said he pushed her kids back really fast, then he was gone
, and he was one of those who died there... What person lets there kids get that close to trucks being driven by some amateurs doing 70MPH 4 feet away from you...:dontknow:
Definately a sad thing..