Pit Lane Firefighter at Sonoma Raceway, NASCAR, 2023- Photo by Jessica J. Miller
More About Heather
(and racing nerdiness)
Beyond driving, I have had many years experience on-set with producing movies with my husband’s company, November Fire Recordings and helping out with Slob on the Spot and Creepy Koffee Movie Time, now available on multiple outlets but originally aired on KOFY-TV20, San Francisco.
At the Track
I love working with the amazing people at our local road courses!!!
At Sonoma Raceway, I’m an EMT/Firefighter on the Fire/Safety crew, a Course Marshal, and headed up Sonoma Drift Tech in 2019 and 2020. I’m also experienced working Grid, Pit, Tech/Scrutineering, Sound Control, and Light Panel Marshaling for the SCCA, HMSA, and the FIA. I’m both a Nationally Registered and a California Emergency Medical Technician. My favorite place to be is on the pit lane as a firefighter or working Black Flag! Being involved in pit stops is the most amazing, violent, dangerous, energetic places a person can be.
Get me out there!!!
On the Pit Lane
My favorite place to be is on the pit lane! Whether that’s as an EMT/Firefighter at Sonoma Raceway, working Black Flag for HMSA at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Rennsport, or crewing for a friend, the pit lane is where all the action is!
Heather at NASCAR, Sonoma Raceway, 2023. Photo by Jessica J. Miller.
If you don’t know much about it, this video from NASCAR demonstrates the fast work that happens in the pit lane:
The lug nuts that come off the car are not only a hazard as they can hit you when they’re spun up and over the pit wall, but they’re also blazing hot!
Another demonstration is this NASCAR pit lane fire that engulfs two crew members:
Here’s a video of an Indy car that catches fire in the pit lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They use the heavier water extinguishers (2.5 gallons) because the cars use 85% ethanol for fuel. You can see how the guy behind the car tries to spray and the guys in front of the car try, too. The guys up front are using the extinguisher plus the 5 gal. water buckets that are available for this series.
Other Motorsports Randomness
A few of the things I’ve done…
Being at the pit wall when Gutierrez set the lap record at the Sonoma Speed Festival in 2019 was incredible!
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