INEX Looking to "Clean Up" Bandolero Outlaws Division After Year-Long Controversies and Incidents
12-15-2010 | National News
During the 2010 season of Bandolero Outlaws division racing in the Carolinas area, there have been multiple incidents on the track between a handful of drivers, resulting in trashed cars and yelling matches off the track, including name calling and harsh language by parents and kids alike in the pits. A few drivers have been suspended or disqualified from single events or remainder of entire series due to conduct issues, which also has rumored to include filing additional entries for adult drivers to be either "jam cars" or intentionally wreck kids in the division (the Bandolero Young Guns and Outlaws division were combined into a single division, allowing 12-year-old drivers to race against adults of any age).
Darrel Krentz, Executive Director for INEX, told LegendsNation.com on Wednesday that the sanctioning body has felt that the issues during the 2010 season between a small group of drivers (as well as their family and/or crew members) has gotten out of hand. The sanctioning body is going to take a more active roll in watching this division, hoping to return it back to a racer-friendly environment for all drivers to compete in.