Generator security at Nascar event

jake2250 wrote:
I have worked many a Nascar event!! Three tracks we have had items stolen,,The worst was Las Vegas, we lost two Mules and an ATV. The security guard at the tunnel exit saw them leave on a flat bed truck, He thought we were going home?? On A Friday??
Texas we lost a Honda Genny and a full cooler!!
Sonoma (Sears Point) we lost a golf cart over night,, found it the next day crashed into a gate!!

Common denominator????? These items were not chained down!! Keys were not in the vehicles and who ever took them got them started anyhow! The three atvs must have been winched up on the flat bed.

All Items were not covered by track insurance even though we were employed by the event coordinator or the track itself!!
Personal auto insurance and home owners did not cover the loss either!!

Recommendations: If you like it,, secure it, also somehow get to know your neighbors,, at Vegas we were gone 12 to 14 hours a day, The campers around us thought it was legit that they were loaded up and taken away they thought it was part of the track services!!
Check with your home owners or auto insurance,, you might be able to get a theft rider for the weekend!! I have since started doing that with my ATV if taken to the tracks,, its cheap and covers theft,,,but you do need to provide some sort of security for it IE: chain or cable it up!! Also,, TAKE pictures of it!!
Track security said there was nothing they could do about it even if the found them!! If we had a definite picture of the item they could call LE and inform them but with out it would just be speculation!!

Pretty good odds with the attendance on average around 100k (which is sadly down 30-40% but I don't want to even get started on that)

Better safe then sorry but as I said before, best large crowds Ive even been around drunk or sober. Heck, Id leave my wallet lying around 100K Nascar fans before Id leave my truck doors unlocked in front of my own house. Sad when you think about it.

Ed