At BRCA events you need to know whether a marshal has been relieved or not (ooh err) as a penalty ensues if not, so it helps identify that. Also only appointed marshals are allowed to rescue/interfere with cars at BRCA/EFRA events so helps distinguish that too. Plus if standing out bby using a bright colour more reduces your or some youngsters chance of getting hit by even a small amount is the chore of taking 30 seconds to put a hi-vis on really that much of an issue? Its just duty of care to do what you can to look after your racers.
I don't know about the pit man thing.. Seems sensible to only allow relevant personnel on the track though, and if you've ever run a race meeting then being able to identify marshals, pit people very in the 2 minutes between races quickly is a lot easier when you just have to look for a hi-vis.
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