I totally agree with Pine that there should be reserved seats available. East Bay is over 1,000 miles for me to drive and I don't mind paying a little more to know that I have a seat waiting for me. I really don't understand why the only tracks in Indiana I have found which have reserved seats are Tri State and Terre Haute. I also agree with being able to put down a blanket the day of the race. Perris is over a 2,000 mile drive for me and they don't sell reserved seats. I really don't want to drive that far and have a bad seat, so I go early enough to get a good one. If a track sells reserved seats, I buy them. If not, I want to be able to get there early and put down a blanket. I realize that my raceday routine is different from most of you. I get to the track early, put down a blanket, and then go to the pits. I take pictures until hot laps and then go to my seat in the grandstand to watch the races. On tracks where I can get into the infield (half miles), I take pictures during hot laps and then go sit in the grandstands.

In 7 years I have had no problems or complaints, except for this year in the pit bleachers at Gas City where some individuals of perhaps questionable upbringing took up my blanket, threw it under the pit bleachers, and then used my tape to tape their blanket on the top row.

I totally understand the frustration people have when seats can be taped off all year. IMHO, that is a policy which is in serious need of rethinking. I is also irritating when three people save enough room to seat six people comfortably or seats are taped off and no one ever shows up. I have no problem when someone's wife, husband, best friend, etc. may have to work late and wants a seat saved. However, there should be a point in the evening when saved seats are no longer saved, when large taped gaps in the grandstand can be filled. Seems to me that common courtesy should be the rule here, and most (but unfortunately not all) race fans show it to each other.

Anyone want to start another thread on stadium seats which take up two rows?