I just wanted to let everyone know, that the time has come, and I have quit my job at Riverhead Raceway.
I need to apologize to all the drivers who expect me to be there if something happens.. I know it means a lot to many of you, as it does to me, but things have been said to me and I have been given rules and regulations by one of the chief stewards, and have been put down for being who I am. I do not see the point of working out there each and every week, if I am not allowed any longer to do what it is I want to do, which is to help the drivers, to assure families of the drivers that they are ok after an accident, or to call for help as fast as humanly possible if something has gone wrong, rather than wait for many minutes for someone else to arrive on the scene..
I also have a family, 3 wonderful young daughters, who deserve to have me there for certain occasions, even if they fall on a Saturday.. This too, was a reason for my quitting. Seems a certain "boss" of mine cannot accept that.
I have had many already beg me to stay, those that have found out about what happened this past Saturday night. I really would love to stay, I'd prefer it, to be there for the drivers and their families. But if I am not allowed to do it, I can't be there, to just sit back and wait, not being able to act.
I can only come back if I am permitted to do what it is I want to do, to be what the drivers expect me to be.
One of the chief stewards has asked I take a week to think about it, the other one is the one forbidding me to be me.
But I have thought about it, and like I said.. If I can't be there to do what I need to, I can't be there. If my daughters need me, I need to be there for them without concern of being threatened to be fired.
I apologize to the drivers, their families, and to the fans who have supported me over the many years I have been working there. I cannot come back to work unless something changes..
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