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Originally Posted by ronmil
I listened to the race on the USAC app and I heard the announcer ask the crowd to sit down because people couldn’t see the track. Was he referring to the spectators in the infield grandstand or in the third turn?
It sounded like the racing was great. How was the overall fan experience; parking, concessions etc.?
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The 3rd turn stands weren't open last night but I thought I saw a couple of people over there, maybe track employees, not sure.
I don't think the view from there will be as bad as some want to think; it is a long way but probably not as far as, say the top row of the Colosseum was from right field the first year the Dodgers were in L.A.. How's that for an obscure reference? I was there and I don't remember anybody complaining. And at IMS they'll have an awesome Jumbotron that you can't see from the Shaw stands. In 1957 if you said the word "Jumbotron" people thought you were talking about a ride at Disneyland...
Once you were there you understood why the non-VIP parking was in the North 40; the pits actually wrapped around over to turns 3-4, so the physical space left over wasn't big enough to accommodate very many cars at all and there were cars parked there, assuming staff, concessionaires, etc (maybe pit parking too). The missus dropped me off at 25th street and I got picked up by a couple of Yellowshirts before I got very far at all, and was deposited right inside the concession area; I saw people being ferried in carts all night long, as well as the shuttles. As is the norm for a Speedway event, very well organized; hope the weather holds off for tonight.