Tips for the Hundred
 

Any tips on attending the Hoosier Hundred?Do,don't.Safe to wait and get tickets at the gate?

Ok,so maybe worded wrong.Not a post of do or don't go.We are attending for the first time and looking for suggestions like don't sit there,or do order tickets ahead of time.things like that.

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Originally Posted by trannyman:
Ok,so maybe worded wrong.Not a post of do or don't go.We are attending for the first time and looking for suggestions like don't sit there,or do order tickets ahead of time.things like that.

Should be good to go getting tickets at the gate. It has been a long time since I watched from the stands, but all seats are good as I recall.

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I went for the first time last year. I showed up early and got a ticket in the top row, not knowing what to expect. I checked out different views after I got inside. I remember seeing the whole track from about the top 2/3 rows... maybe more. However, there are two sets of pillars that partially block your view. One set near the bottom row, and another set about halfway up. The good thing if you happen to get tickets with a pillar blocking your view is that there will be enough open seats to move around.

I'm going back again this year. Enjoy your first time going!

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Pay to park, just heads up. I think its $5.

$5.00 coupon at Kroger. Good at gate. Grandstand only.

Ok,thanks for the good info!

Re: Tips for the Hundred
 

Originally Posted by trannyman:
We are attending for the first time and looking for suggestions like don't sit there,or do order tickets ahead of time.things like that.

Seating is good anywhere you want to sit. I've always just walked up and bought a ticket in the past. $5 to park. I'd like to know how much money the Fairgrounds gets every year for parking for all the events there. It must be astronomical.

After the races I wouldnt eat at any nearby Taco Bell's, (or any fast food places in that area.)

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After The Races I would not even stop at the stop lights until Your about 5 Miles away from that area

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He is serious about locking the doors and keeping your head down in that area, DO NOT stop for gas or anything near there.

Consider parking in the infield, you can get real close to the track - Turn one is fantastic.

Enjoy!

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You guys crack me up. If I was that scared of things, I would never leave my house. More than once I have slept in my van in the parking lot with the doors open. Morty and I walked back to the east after the races to by me some ice and him some cigarettes. Bad stuff happens anywhere. I have only had coolers stolen at two tracks Liberty and Eldora and there isn't a ghetto for miles.

Been going to this track since the 70's and never had any problems

I hate paying to park....sometimes it's the deciding factor whether I go or not

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Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
You guys crack me up. If I was that scared of things, I would never leave my house. More than once I have slept in my van in the parking lot with the doors open. Morty and I walked back to the east after the races to by me some ice and him some cigarettes. Bad stuff happens anywhere. I have only had coolers stolen at two tracks Liberty and Eldora and there isn't a ghetto for miles.

You crack me up too! See ya there, I'll call when I get closer

Re: Tips for the Hundred
 

Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
You guys crack me up. If I was that scared of things, I would never leave my house. More than once I have slept in my van in the parking lot with the doors open. Morty and I walked back to the east after the races to by me some ice and him some cigarettes. Bad stuff happens anywhere. I have only had coolers stolen at two tracks Liberty and Eldora and there isn't a ghetto for miles.

Some people have led sheltered lives & worry a lot. I'm in the motel lobby, just overheard a woman say she was moving to Colorado, had never left Indiana, was worried about VOLCANOS! I told her there were no volcanos in Colorado. She said her BF told her about naturally heated hot springs.... I said they never blow up & it feels good to sit in them. She felt better.
I used to live in my van almost every summer in the 80s. Only hassles I ever had were tickets for "illegal camping".... once they added a $60 "victim compensation fee". I don't litter & nobody else came around looking to camp there... what "victim"????

I just posted to liven things up a bit in light of recent happenings at the Speedway. The original poster did ask for do's and donts.

I get to go all over Indy, at all times of the day and night with my job. I've never had any problems since I moved here.

We get there early, buy Pit Passes, cross the Track to park in the Infield, wander the pits, stand in Turn 1 for Practice & Qualifying and go up to sit in the Grandstand for the Race. Have fun! Wish I could be there, first miss in 16 years.

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Remember HARF NIGHT 5.00 OFF GENERAL ADMISSION. Plenty of paved parking at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Probably have to spend that $5 per car to park. LOR Sometimes too

Originally Posted by chris jockish:
Remember HARF NIGHT 5.00 OFF GENERAL ADMISSION. Plenty of paved parking at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Probably have to spend that $5 per car to park. LOR Sometimes too

I had to pay $10 one time at IRP. That was a bit much I thought.

Postponed due to wet conditions.

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Originally Posted by Jesse B:
Postponed due to wet conditions.

&%$#@!!!!
On to Attica for Allstars
Yesterday was OK, needed a day off from driving & some exercise, instead of Terre Haute race, went to T.H. YMCA & swam a half mile, shot some hoops, ate at a superb Indian restaurant I discovered last year (Taj Mahal on 3rd St.\ RT. 41) Good day...
But this is starting to get old.... if Attica race doesn't happen....I just don't know