Card Stop 1, Controversy Desert Storm
05-16-2012, 11:38 AM
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Saying it is a race does not make it a race. However anytime you have cameras and sponsorship it will be a debate. If something did happen there would be some form of repercussions. There are hundreds of unofficial "races" on that lake every week, that are just accidents when something happens. The sad part is everything good about that weekend is not getting the attention.
05-16-2012, 11:41 AM
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Are you kidding me ? It only takes one time. We had many years of an accident free events as well . It only takes once and the ambulance chasers descend upon you
Tell “No bid Deal” to the slime bag attorneys when a lawsuit happens
In our original depositions after the death of two men at our event (Smoke On The Water Poker Run) The attorneys for the insurance companies spent a lot of time trying to prove our event was a race, not a rally. If they could find a way to prove that, then they would claim they were not liable and as such not responsible for any monetary coverage.
Fortunately we went far out of our way to emphasize “this is not a race” If any individual mentioned it as a race, we cut it out of all our videos if we found any references . It is just plain stupid to provide even one piece of -on line- info calling it a race.
When (not if) another tragedy happens in a poker run, this little piece of video will pop up in the lawsuit that is SURE to follow. I suggest you edit out any reference to racing, as poker runs are rally’s not races. Private grudge matches should be just that PRIVATE
Please edit your video and remove any reference to RACING. You would think lessons would be learned. People use to bust me about my *****ing about this, but I have FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE on this and I am here to tell you IT IS NOT A RACE so stop promoting it as such with this type of irresponsible editing. It would take nothing to edit out those comments . Trust me it will be used against the sport in the future. Please edit yoru video. And to everyone running in a poker run remember it is a Rally not a Race. You want to race there are organizations in which to do that. (you still might be sued but at least you are in an event designed for racing) You can't stop people to making referances that are wrong, but you sure can edit it out of a video so as not to promote it as anything but a rally
Tell “No bid Deal” to the slime bag attorneys when a lawsuit happens
In our original depositions after the death of two men at our event (Smoke On The Water Poker Run) The attorneys for the insurance companies spent a lot of time trying to prove our event was a race, not a rally. If they could find a way to prove that, then they would claim they were not liable and as such not responsible for any monetary coverage.
Fortunately we went far out of our way to emphasize “this is not a race” If any individual mentioned it as a race, we cut it out of all our videos if we found any references . It is just plain stupid to provide even one piece of -on line- info calling it a race.
When (not if) another tragedy happens in a poker run, this little piece of video will pop up in the lawsuit that is SURE to follow. I suggest you edit out any reference to racing, as poker runs are rally’s not races. Private grudge matches should be just that PRIVATE
Please edit your video and remove any reference to RACING. You would think lessons would be learned. People use to bust me about my *****ing about this, but I have FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE on this and I am here to tell you IT IS NOT A RACE so stop promoting it as such with this type of irresponsible editing. It would take nothing to edit out those comments . Trust me it will be used against the sport in the future. Please edit yoru video. And to everyone running in a poker run remember it is a Rally not a Race. You want to race there are organizations in which to do that. (you still might be sued but at least you are in an event designed for racing) You can't stop people to making referances that are wrong, but you sure can edit it out of a video so as not to promote it as anything but a rally
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05-16-2012, 11:50 AM
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05-16-2012, 12:27 PM
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I promoted a poker run in which two people passed away
the crap the lawyers drug up off of OSO, and other sites as well as from you tube, was unfrickinbelievable and it only helps to hurt the sport
Why not edit the video and get rid of any concern. If you are trully a fan of offshore boating and offshore events you would not want to further decay the perceptions out there
05-16-2012, 12:29 PM
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05-16-2012, 12:36 PM
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Why give these pricks any more ammo??
05-16-2012, 01:06 PM
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I agree it's the first to get the card.
This whole thing just shows how strong Mercury is these days. For the DCB to push that hard for that long just shows how's strong the Merc motors are. It seems if you have. It power that last you will get there first regardless of what brand Cat you are in.
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This whole thing just shows how strong Mercury is these days. For the DCB to push that hard for that long just shows how's strong the Merc motors are. It seems if you have. It power that last you will get there first regardless of what brand Cat you are in.
MP
Last edited by Cat & Mice; 05-16-2012 at 02:17 PM.
