Safe to bring baby to the track?!

[quadzjr]

My father did the exact oppisite. He woudl tortue me by forcing me to stay close to said vehicle. Since he was an engine builder this happened often. Some how it was always my job to hodl the cup full of gas in it

He could of put the damn thing on the ground!

I will do the same thing if/when I have a kid.. but with ear plugs.

[gran racing]

Matt,
I took my son to the track when he was about that age. I would just suggest that they obviously try to avoid any super loud cars, but from what I understand Gulick won't be there with his RX7. Some type of ear protection is a good idea, although we didn't use it (had it with us though). Worst case, they can go to the outfield grandstands with the baby for a bit where's it's a little more quiet.

[MMiskoe]

One thing I forgot to mention - not a problem w/ babies, but little ones who are mobile don't understand stuff that is too hot to touch - like wheels. My younger one touched the back of his finger to a wheel about 3 minutes after the car came off track. Poor bastard had a bubble the same size as his finger that evening. He was just out of reach as he pointed at something inside the spokes (an even hotter brake rotor?) and no one could quite get to him before it happened. Man that had to hurt but he only cried for about 5 minutes.

[RSTPerformance]

Warn them now... How many of us went to the track as kids... Is that really what they want, another addict!!!

LOL best family ever is at the track

Raymond

[shwah]

We used the smallest shooting muffs they had at Wal Mart and simply put them on their head whenever we were at the track with a loud run group from thier first event - June Sprints for both so there were plenty of loud GT1 cars on hand. The oldest went at 8mo, the youngest at 4mo.

No issues, and they know to use the ear muffs on thier own now.

[tom_sprecher]

My kids still scurry away from loud noises, especially my son. In my case it is not safe to bring my kids to the track because my wife would kill me.

[OTLimit]

Andrea went to her first dog show at 6 weeks, and first race at ~3 months. We bought pretty decent muffs for her so she got accustomed to wearing them from an early age. Oh the pictures I have of her at the track as a kid.