Professional Racing Emergency Safety Services Inc.

Track safety, MOTORSPORTS safety, Driver Safety, Crew Safety, and fan safety. Everyone at a motorsports event should return home safely.

We want your feedback from a question that was sent in to us from a fan.
Should drivers with medical conditions be allowed to race?

Feel free to respond with you answers.

     As October winds down and the cool air of November sweeps in to prepares us for the Thanksgiving turkey and the fun of Christmas many race tracks are preparing for the end of the racing season. In the next few weeks many racers will find themselves pushing their cars into their shops and preparing for the cold winter season to come.

     Race cars, if just left in the garage or trailer, they will need TLC to bring them back to life before the next racing season. Every race car driver is aware that an ounce of preventable maintenance goes a long way when it comes to taking care of your car. If your not tearing down the whole engine to prepare for winter this year your preparations should at least include draining the fuel cell and radiator, lube all cylinders, put the car on jack stands and removing the tires. With these few step you will be able to breathe life back into your dormant car.

     We will soon be following suit and preparing our safety equipment for indoor arena racing.  We will be doing a little off-season safety training as well. With the next race season still tucked away in our dreams we will continue to have other tasks to keep us busy as well.
   
     We would like to thank each of the drivers this year for a good year and their cooperation. We hope that everyone has a good off-season and returns next year.

See you next Season,
Professional Racing Emergency Safety Services Inc.

     Should community speedways allow older drivers, or those with histories of medical problems, to compete in open races?
Wrecks due to heart failure seem to be a common occurrence at race tracks across the country. The debate on the safety-oriented nature of local speedways seem to be of little concern to officials.


     However there are a few speedways that have made a decision to take track safety into their own hands. There are some speedways that have turned down drivers that have shown up ill, inebriated or unfit to race. Many racers have argued this decision to reject unfit drivers to promote a higher level of track safety on their speedway and turn to other tracks to race on.

     PRESS-Professional Racing Emergency Safety Services Inc. is a company dedicated to the safety of drivers and spectators alike. PRESS agrees that MOTORSPORTS are widely viewed as a high-risk endeavor, however, there is no reason to add any fuel to the fire. The age limitation is not much of a concern for PRESS on the tracks that they oversee, but the overall wellness of each driver is important.

     Many of the professional racing series require that all of its drivers to undergo an annual physical, in which a driver's major organs such as hear,lungs, and eyes among others, are tested to ensure their safety on the race track.
Now, sending drivers through a physical each season may seam un logical due to the expense of such a procedure. Some drivers and owners believe that if this would become a track requirement that the number of participants would be greatly reduced.

     So lets take a step back and ask a few questions.

     1) Are the speedways that are preventing unfit or ill drivers wrong for doing so?

     2) Should the race track officials delve into the never ending changing pit of heal records and change the overall liability process of their course in order to promote track safety?

     3) Should local speedways permit drivers with histories of medical problems to compete?

     4) Why, at what is considered a "high-risk" , sport is there not health standards at this level of competition?

     This is the first Post created on behalf of PRESS-Professional Emergency Safety Services Inc. This blog will hopefully showcase the updated versions of the weekly questions asked to drivers and spectators who will be participating in this blog.

     For all racers and race enthusiasts please help to make this blog a success by posting your comments or thoughts where ever applicable.

Looking forward to your input,
-PRESS

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