There is no such thing at a track unless it's tied to your truck on one side and trailer on the other. Look at it as a parachute. Anything less than a few hundred pounds isn't enough and even that can be iffy. A 20 pound toolbox isn't remotely enough.
I haven't even pulled ours out of the truck yet, don't want to get all pissed off all over again until I have to...
I prefer 2 buckets per leg. Another thing to do is put sides on it, if the wind can't get under it can't lift.
It is a race track. That is ALWAYS a possibility and you should be prepared for such. A toolbox or a couple of rims and a gas can is not reasonably tied down, it is always insufficient.
If there is no way to safely tie down a canopy, they should be banned. If there is a way to do it safely, and someone does so.....then if it still flies it's an act of God. I get that some of you disagree, but you won't change my mind. I've seen enough insurance claims.
And that's a fair position. Most of the debate was because some people think he would be liable simply because the canopy was his.
He should be. If the weather was such there is no safe way to tie it down then it should be taken down. No matter what the responsibility is on the person who put it up.
This is OOC. My last post. If someone secures a canopy safely, and a freak weather event occurs, it's an act of God. The end. Have a good day, gents.
But who is the secured safely Police? Should canopy securement get teched? Maybe whats good for you,isnt good enough for me? There's Talladega storms,then there's just windy sunny days. Lets please go waay deeper into this..drag it out,if you will?
If you're taking the act of god route... and god gave humans the emotion of rage and free will... if your canopy damages my truck and you think you shouldn't pay for it, and I walk over and kick your bike over off its stand, is that not but an act of god as well? God shouldn't have let me feel that way if he didn't want your shit fucked up... not my fault.
What If Im Muslim,or Allah,or that weird 23 armed elephant thingy? Will this be covered in riders meeting? Discuss..
I backed into a Jag once with my '79 Caprice Classic at the Jockey Lot when I was a teenager and the cops said the same thing. Now that I am a grown-up, I would pay to fix it, but I was a dipshit brokeass teenager at the time.