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Originally Posted by motormouthmyers
I am hoping to come to sprint week (first visit) and was looking for suggestions on hotels and any "must see" suggestions.
Thanks!
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I think many of the locals on here probably haven't stayed in hotels in Indiana. I would use
www.roomatlas.com to find a place to stay. Just enter the city you are staying in, and they show you the different options you have. I did just stay at the Gas City Best Western, which is so close you can hear the racecars on the other side of the interstate. (Mods kept flipping on opening night, and it was a little to cold to hang all night). It was $80 and a pretty decent room. I've stayed in all kinds of hotels in the state, as I get older the cheaper ones freak me out. You could bring a tent to cut down on some of your expenses. I think most of the tracks have free camping, a local could tell you that for sure. I also paid about $106 for a Holiday Inn in Bedford, south of Bloomington (who was out of rooms). I have an aversion to certain stinky hotels, and if you stay in hotels as much as I have you would too.
As for attractions, the museum at the speedway is a must see. I have driven by probably a million nice places, I just choose to go to the racetrack and hang out rather then see anything.
Also if you've never been to Indiana before, and depending on when and how you are departing, Winchester Speedway has a modified and late model race on Sunday afternoon, July 18. Not sprints, but Winchester is a bad fast track no matter what is racing on it.