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Norman, and Stand 21's Safety Foundation president Yves Morizot. These leaders in motorsports were joined on stage by current Indy Car safety consultant Dr. Terry Trammell, former NASCAR Senior Director, Tom Gideon and other well-respected authorities in motorsports safety, who consider it an issue that racers need to learn more about. Specific to the SCORE Baja 1000 and Baja 500, Bill Thompson of MAG 7 Pit Support also addressed the audience with his words of advice about safety while racing in Mexico. Thompson is a longtime fixture in Baja and his message about safety was well- received. Watch the video on his presentation on the SCORE All Out page in this issue. THE IRONMAN RECALLS EARLY DAYS Baja racing champion Ivan "Ironman" Stewart was the keynote speaker and discussed his experiences with safety innovations during his lifetime in professional off-road racing. Stewart reminded the attendees about how far the off-road racing community has come in terms of safety and said, "In 1971 we didn't even have safety nets." He recalled racing in the early '70s without GPS too and how difficult it was to stay safe in the most remote parts of Mexico. Stewart said that besides the lack of safety nets, drivers didn't have fire suits, flame out systems, satellite phones, decent radio systems or tracking systems. He sees the Driver Safety Workshop as a big advantage for today's racer. The summer Driver Safety Workshop attracted a contingency of off-road racing teams from various classes in motorsports. Event goers learned about HANS devices, fire suppression systems, and everything in between from those experts with years of experience in motorsports. Watch Stewart's candid discussion on how safety has improved over the years in the SCORE All Out Video above SAFETY, A COMPLICATED ISSUE Don Taylor, Director of Stand 21 Safety Foundation, moderated the event. Stand 21 Safety Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps racers learn more about advances in safety equipment, rules, and regulations. "Safety is a complicated thing," Taylor said. "And that's why we're here today." In his presentation, Taylor reiterated that the main objective of the workshop was to allow attendees to walk out the door with "practical, applicable, use- it-next-race safety information that they haven't heard before." With a giant video screen in the back of the stage, Taylor went on to introduce Roger Norman of SCORE International to kick off the event, who had much to say about safety concerns. "This is a really big deal, and we are going to make videos available on social media on each speaker and what they had to say for those that couldn't make it," said Norman. "We are planning on doing a lot more 011 SCORE JOURNAL