Originally Posted by RacingGirl10:
I would just like to sit on a blanket when I get there, not reserve it. But due to the kind soul that stole the blanket my family has been taking to the races for 20+ years at Bloomington a couple of months ago, I sit on the bleachers again. Posted using Mobile Device
Welcome to bloomington , I've lived here my whole life and thefts are becoming way to common , All the homeless houses and shelters. This town has turned in to a nasty town to live in , has realy changed the town the last couple of years. Can't sit any thing down with out it getting swiped . And on the marking seats , Well they should have to pay extra for that , I don't like going to the track and hour and half before racing starts and can't find a good seat , seats taped off and no one around .
Originally Posted by lazyifoto:
If you were sitting there no one could have sat there now could they????I went to the burg for the USAC show and there were seats taped off all over the place and no one sitting in them . There were blankets that sat vacant all night until the feature then the people showed up to sit. To that I say bu!!crap if you only want to watch the feature watch it from where ever but don't inconvenience everyone else so that you have a seat for a 15 minute feature race....I saw people take the blankets and un-tape them and just push them on down and then when the people showed up to sit"at feature time" they just stand there looking like some one just took their puppy from them...IF you want the seat sit there if not go away..........Your nobody special.....
Exactly the reason I don't go to the burg anymore, same thing happened to me and my dad at the Dick Gaines memorial a few years ago. Three rows taped off with caution tape and no one sitting in them when heat races started. We went ahead and set there, and was informed they were reserved for "weekly regulars", Posted via Mobile Device
If a person wants a reserved seat at Tri-State Speedway then they should purchase a reserved seat in the reserved seat section. These clowns that tape down blankets in general admission areas act like they own the speedway if their belongings get moved or they feel "crowded." Lawrenceburg has plenty of good seats in turns 1 and 2 where you have room for yourselves and three pet elephants.
Maybe people wouldn't have to put an "EXTRA" blanket down in front of them, if they didn't have to worry about the inconsiderate "people" with the stadium seats. Stadium seats is what the promotor should rip up and donate to good will......Just Sayin'...
And half of you complaining about blankets, probably own stadium seats....
I really don't think the "homeless houses and shelters" are in any way related to people stealing a blanket at a racetrack. Sorry to hear that story RacingGirl10.
It's 91º here today, so I really don't think it's fair to tell people to stay in their seats all day and night. That being said, I ass-u-me some people take advantange of these unwritten laws. I could careless if someone has sat in the same seat for the last 180 years. If someone is there before you on that day, they should take that seat.
The most effective and revenue generating way of eliminating this is by selling reserved seats.
I will leave stating that I have only sat in the grandstands maybe 10 times in the last 300 races I have been to.
I own a stadium seat but if the stands are full we dont use it. If we know that there are going to be tons of people and the track sells reserved tickets we buy them.
Whats funny is the blanket people complaining about the stadium seat people. Posted via Mobile Device
Taping down blankets is infinitely more of a problem over here in mud taxi country (Illinois). During the Summernationals people will be taping down blankets as much as 2 or 3 days ahead of the races. As someone else said, a working person doesn't have a chance.
I liked the policy at Manzy. We were out there for the Western World 4 or 5 years prior to them closing and I asked if they allowed blankets and the track worker said "sure, be my guest". He followed that by saying that they will go through the grandstands just prior to the spectator gates opening and take up all the blankets and you can get them as you come in the gate. He said there is usually a pile of them and yours should be in that pile right there. Best blanket policy a track can have.
In regards to stadium seats they shouldn't be allowed. Nor should bags or coolers larger than a foot tall X a foot long X 8 inches wide be allowed into the grandstands. Just build boxes to those dimensions and if the bag or cooler won't drop directly down in the box without any squeezing or if it sticks out the top then it doesn't come into the grandstand area. AND MAKE IT STICK! When I used to go to the World 100 at Eldora there were people bringing coolers big enough to hold 3 cases of beer and they'd set them either in the aisle or in the walkway of the bleacher seats. One of many reasons I no longer do that deal.
Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
Actually the only problem we had all week was at Kokomo.....in the pit stands. The race team I was helping went up to watch the sprint heats to see how the track was handling and where the best grooves were. There were very few seats available. Fans had taped down so many blankets and stadium seats there wasn't any room for us to sit high enough to see well. There was a section of blanket taped that no one was sitting at so we sat there. About midway through the third heat they finally showed back up and wanted us to move out of "their" seats. We made the comment that we were thereto try to do a job and needed to be able to see and there is no such thing as "reserved" seats in the pit stands. The people said they didn't care that was how Kokomo had always done it. So we just moved. I don't care what happens in the main grandstand but if you're just spectating in the pit stands don't take a seat away from someone that's there to do a job. Especially during the biggest race of the year. Pit stands are primarily meant for race teams not fans - that's why they have the smallest seating. Posted using Mobile Device
