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Octoberfest Season Closer
Octoberfest Season Closer
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VIP ADMISSION: includes parking in top lot with vendors, chance to take home 1 of the 28 trophies (passengers require spectator admission)
SHOW TRUCK: don’t want to pay extra for VIP but still want to show your truck? This is the ticket for you (all passengers require spectator admission)
SPECTATOR ADMISSION: entry into show, park in spectator parking ($30 per person)
TRAILER PARKING: FREE! (must have this pass to bring trailer into show
BURNOUT REGISTRATION: $25 Per Run. THIS IS ONLY NEEDED FOR BURNOUT COMPETITION! open burnouts are free (Ticket money goes towards payouts)
30x10 VENDOR BOOTH: Space for 2 trucks and 10x10 tent. Parking in top lot near burnout pit. 4 total spectator passes
40x10 VENDOR BOOTH: Space for 3 trucks and a 10x10 tent. 6. total spectator passes
50x10 VENDOR BOOTH: Space for 4 trucks and a 10x10 tent. 8 total spectator passes
60x10 VENDOR BOOTH: Space for 4 trucks and a 20x10 tent or trailer. 8 total spectator passes
EVENT SAFETY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK & LIABILITY NOTICE
SALT CITY DIESELS LLC – TRUCK SHOW & BURNOUT COMPETITION
October 24, 2026
New London–Waterford Speedbowl
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
The Salt City Diesels LLC Truck Show and Burnout Competition is a motorsports-related event involving motor vehicles, high-powered trucks, tire smoke, engine noise, rotating and moving vehicle components, vehicle movement, acceleration, braking, fire, heat, mechanical failure, flying or falling debris, tire failure, vehicle fluids, and other hazards inherent to motorsports and automotive events.
By purchasing a ticket, entering the event premises, participating in the event, competing in the Burnout Competition, displaying a vehicle, working at the event, volunteering, or otherwise attending or being present at the event, each person acknowledges that they are entering an environment in which serious injury, permanent disability, death, and property damage may occur.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
All attendees, participants, competitors, vendors, volunteers, employees, contractors, guests, and other persons entering the event premises acknowledge and voluntarily assume the inherent and reasonably foreseeable risks associated with attending or participating in a motorsports event.
Such risks may include, without limitation:
- Vehicle collisions or loss of vehicle control;
- Burnouts, acceleration, braking, spinning tires, and sudden vehicle movement;
- Tire explosions, tire failures, and flying debris;
- Vehicle fires, explosions, fuel, oil, coolant, or other fluid releases;
- Burns, smoke inhalation, hearing damage, or exposure to excessive noise;
- Falling objects or debris;
- Mechanical or electrical failures;
- Injuries caused by other participants, spectators, vendors, contractors, or third parties;
- Slips, trips, and falls;
- Weather-related conditions;
- Emergency situations and delays in emergency response;
- Damage to or theft of personal property or vehicles; and
- Other risks inherent in or reasonably associated with automotive and motorsports events.
Each person entering the event premises is responsible for exercising reasonable care for their own safety and the safety of others and agrees to comply with all event rules, posted signs, instructions from event officials, security personnel, track personnel, and emergency personnel.
RESTRICTED AREAS
No person may enter the burnout area, competition area, track surface, staging area, pit area, vehicle operating area, safety zone, or any other restricted area unless specifically authorized by event officials.
Spectators must remain behind designated barriers and within designated spectator areas.
Failure to comply with event safety instructions may result in immediate removal from the premises without refund.
BURNOUT COMPETITION
The Burnout Competition is a controlled motorsports activity. Participants understand that operating a vehicle during the competition involves significant inherent risks, including loss of control, mechanical failure, tire failure, fire, flying debris, collisions, and other hazards.
Only registered and approved competitors may participate in the Burnout Competition.
Competitors must comply with all applicable event rules, safety requirements, technical requirements, instructions, and directions issued by Salt City Diesels LLC, New London–Waterford Speedbowl personnel, event officials, safety personnel, and emergency personnel.
Salt City Diesels LLC and the New London–Waterford Speedbowl reserve the right to remove any competitor or vehicle from the competition or event premises for safety violations, unsafe conduct, failure to comply with event rules, or any conduct that event officials reasonably determine presents a safety risk.
RELEASE AND WAIVER
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each person attending or participating in the event acknowledges and agrees that Salt City Diesels LLC, the New London–Waterford Speedbowl, their respective owners, members, managers, officers, employees, agents, representatives, contractors, volunteers, sponsors, vendors, officials, affiliates, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) are not responsible for injuries, death, property damage, or other losses arising from the inherent risks of attending or participating in the event.
Each participant and attendee agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to release, waive, discharge, and hold harmless the Released Parties from claims arising from the risks and activities associated with the event, except to the extent such release is prohibited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law.
Nothing contained in this notice is intended to waive or release any claim that cannot legally be waived under Connecticut law.
INDEMNIFICATION
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, participants and other persons whose conduct causes or contributes to a claim, loss, damage, injury, or expense agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and reasonable expenses arising from their own acts, omissions, violations of event rules, or participation in activities at the event, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Each attendee is responsible for their own personal property and vehicle.
Salt City Diesels LLC and the New London–Waterford Speedbowl do not assume responsibility for lost, stolen, or damaged personal property or vehicles except where responsibility is imposed by applicable law.
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION
In the event of an emergency, event personnel may contact emergency medical services and take reasonable steps necessary to address an immediate safety concern.
Attendees and participants acknowledge that emergency response times may vary and that emergency medical treatment itself may involve risks.
COMPLIANCE WITH EVENT RULES
Attendance at the event constitutes acknowledgment that all event rules and safety instructions must be followed.
Event officials reserve the right to refuse entry or remove any individual from the premises for unsafe conduct, disorderly conduct, failure to follow event rules, entering restricted areas, interfering with event operations, or creating a safety hazard.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
By purchasing a ticket, registering a vehicle, entering the event premises, participating in the Burnout Competition, or otherwise attending the event, each person acknowledges that they have had an opportunity to review the event’s safety rules and liability provisions and understands that motorsports activities involve inherent risks of serious injury, death, and property damage.
EVENT DATE: October 24, 2026
EVENT: Salt City Diesels Truck Show & Burnout Competition
ORGANIZER: Salt City Diesels LLC
VENUE: New London–Waterford Speedbowl
THIS NOTICE DOES NOT REPLACE ANY REQUIRED PARTICIPANT WAIVER, RELEASE, INSURANCE REQUIREMENT, OR OTHER AGREEMENT.
