[Janni]

Oh my.

I sure as hell hope that we haven't sent him all the money that was collected (mildly extorted) from all the VCA regions.

Here's a few random thoughts:

If he's going to have lifelong injuries / partial disability, etc. - no one should really be surprised that he's suing. I am sure he has been under a ton of pressure to "get something" out of this - esp if it is going to impact his ability to pursue his dream or pay the bills for his family.

I am truly surprised that this hasn't happened sooner. Putting a bunch of testosterone laden rookies on "road course in a bowl" and thinking that you can have a Skip Barber instructor give you 10 minutes of classroom and then let to honk down the front straight is borderline insanity. Esp knowing what these cars are capable of. Also - in a Gen II - the instructor may not have been fully aware of the cars idiosyncracies and expected it to be like an SRT.... And - what the instructor TOLD the student may or may not have registered or been understood - like I said - 10 minutes of classroom.......

I am also amazed that we haven't had more tire and/or mechanical failures at an event like this - Sunday driven Vipers with 10 year old tires (but there is TONS of tread left!!!) Or brake fluid that looks like my morning cup of coffee....

I wouldn't be too hard on the guy - he's probably just doing what he thinks is right in order to take care of himself / his family - and he's probably been under a ton of pressure to do so.

I do expect, however, that this will be the end of track events at VOI, at best, and the end of VOI's at worst.