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Re: my car got hit by enclosed trailer
[Re: hemi-itis]
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05/19/13 11:26 AM
05/19/13 11:26 AM
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Salina ks
572_dup2
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Back On The Bumper!!
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Back On The Bumper!!
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Posts: 4,055
Salina ks
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I tried but no luck. Funny thing is 34 dragsters lost first round too! Throttle stops, delay boxes, weather stations didnt help them much!
Shawn Jennings
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Re: my car got hit by enclosed trailer
[Re: Paul_Fancsali]
#1438290
05/19/13 04:23 PM
05/19/13 04:23 PM
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 9,366
Lehigh Acres, Florida
rickstershemi
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Lehigh Acres, Florida
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If the incident occurred in staging lanes there is no insurance once on a track or its ramps leading onto the track. Pit parking area insurance should be valid.Question I have is does this apply to comp?
the moron that hit his car had no business being where he was.....hopefully he will do the right thing and cover the damage 
if not....I would be all over the track management 
Rickster
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Re: my car got hit by enclosed trailer
[Re: rickstershemi]
#1438291
05/19/13 06:00 PM
05/19/13 06:00 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,267
North, Alabama
D-50
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,267
North, Alabama
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I feel your pain... My Demon got hit while sitting in the staging lanes By the car that was behind me. Pushed my car into the one parked in front of me. Did not even get an apology out of it. 6000.00 estimate. Never did fix it.
1.33 60 ft,6.21 at 110.59 in the 1/8, pump gas small block,2950lbs,drag radials,mufflers and driven to track ...
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Re: my car got hit by enclosed trailer
[Re: Paul_Fancsali]
#1438294
05/19/13 07:02 PM
05/19/13 07:02 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
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Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
not_a_charger
Mr. Big Shot Moparts Moderator
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Mr. Big Shot Moparts Moderator
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Posts: 19,946
Puttin' on the foil in Charles...
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If the incident occurred in staging lanes there is no insurance once on a track or its ramps leading onto the track. Pit parking area insurance should be valid.Question I have is does this apply to comp?
That only applies to the vehicle being raced, not to the tow rig and/or trailer. Each company has different policy language, but I've never seen an exclusion from coverage for a tow vehicle/trailer unless it's a personal vehicle hauling property "for a fee."
You'd have to read your policy to know for sure, but generally, what's excluded from collision coverage is also excluded from comp coverage. For example, here's how the exclusion reads in my Liberty Mutual policy, which covers my and my wife's daily drivers, but not our old cars:
"We will not pay for loss to your covered auto or any non-owned auto while the car is being used for:
a) competing in; or
b) practicing and preparing for
any organized racing, speed, demolition, stund, or performance contest or related activity whether or not for pay."
If an insurer really wanted to push the issue, they could try to deny coverage for a tow rig passing through the pits, staging lanes, etc... as part of "preparing for" a race, but that would be a stupid move, because the tow rig isn't going to be racing, and the exclusion is meant to apply to the vehicle being raced. It would take a brain-dead adjuster, with an equally brain-dead manager, to apply the exclusion to the tow vehicle/trailer, and if they did, they would certainly lose if the customer sued, and they would certainly lose if the customer filed a complaint with their state's Department of Insurance. Denying coverage in that manner would be a blatant case of bad faith, which can earn a company big-time $$$ fines.
Earning every penny of that moderator paycheck.
DBAP
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Re: my car got hit by enclosed trailer
[Re: 572_dup2]
#1438295
05/20/13 07:11 AM
05/20/13 07:11 AM
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Posts: 100
West Virginia USA
Palindrome Cuda
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West Virginia USA
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Years ago a friend borrowed my open trailer,then backed into another vehicle,then left the scene.(did not know he had hit anything)the car on the trailer made the contact not the trailer.I received the notice in the mail because of the license on the trailer,my friend turned it into his insurance,they tried to make issue about the the car making contact not the trailer. They finally paid the claim without any problems. Sorry about your loss but stick on his insurance,that's why they covered him.Don't give up. Mike
Bob George Racing sponsored '67 'cuda
9.96 @ 131mph
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I hope that didn't get into yer head and mess uo your concentration on the 1st round loss.I love when you spank the dragsters 
