Tulsa Law Review Volume 35 Issue 1 Native American Sovereignty Issues Fall 1999 Not Necessarily the Best Seat in the House: A Comment on the Assumption of Risk by Spectators at Major Auto Racing Events Jason R. Jenkins Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/tlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Jason R. Jenkins, Not Necessarily the Best Seat in the House: A Comment on the Assumption of Risk by Spectators at Major Auto Racing Events, 35 Tulsa L. J. 163 (2013). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/tlr/vol35/iss1/6 This Casenote/Comment is brought to you for free and open access by TU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Tulsa Law Review by an authorized editor of TU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Jenkins: Not Necessarily the Best Seat in the House: A Comment on the Assu TULSA LAW JOURNAL Volume 35 Fall 1999 Issue 1 COMMENTS NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: A COMMENT ON THE ASSUMPTION OF RISK BY SPECTATORS AT MAJOR AUTO RAC- ING EVENTS I. INTRODUCTION Gentlemen, start your engines! These timeless words, recognized as "the most famous" in all of motor sports,1 unmistakably signify that a race is about to begin. Fans numbering in the millions, at race tracks and in living rooms across the land, rise excitedly to their feet in anticipation of the green flag. Race fans are passionate people.' At no time is this passion more apparent than during the issuance of the famous command to drivers, just moments before the sporting world's "rocket ship[s] on wheels"3 are unleashed.