Deer strike again at SP
 

Ugh -- Hate to see these stories at our home track, but glad the driver is ok.

http://rennlist.com/articles/deer-de...t-end-140-mph/

What does the safety chair have to say?

"If they start taking out the males this would all stop in a year or too..."

It was posted by the safety chair....

So in this situation who is liable...

The deer

Who chose to willingly enter the track, unrestricted?

Yeah, the unrestricted deer.

They are what they are, but some basic (mid to latter half of straight) fencing could mitigate some huge impacts and risks.

Admittedly, I am a relatively new FNG, so discard input as appropriate- I understand.

SP is the only track I have been to that does not have fencing. Surely there are ways to finance the addition of fencing that would not impede the rest of the business. The fact that they do not seem willing to pursue this makes me think they are looking to get out and pass the problem along to the next owner.

How many have there been this year?

This has been discussed on this forum many times. Turnpikes have fencing, still see many deer hit. SP has been working on this, they have cleared trees back in a lot of areas, still working on more. They do cull deer (by gun). High fencing in one area will just move the crossing elsewhere, maybe push the crossings to slower portions? How many miles of fencing would be required to fence the whole complex? Pretty sure it is closer to 1,000 acres than 500 and I acre is a square mile. This is an issue and SP are fully aware of it, would be great if they could speed up the deer control, but they are also making significant improvements to the run off areas, berms, tyre walls. Someone got a $ million or so to donate and have their name put up?
Dirk