Daytona Duels - big crowd?
IGot2P
the area a few nights before (near Orlando) and am just curious if they
normally have a huge crowd or not. If you people think that the traffic
and parking would be reasonable I might just grab a couple of tickets
and drive over that morning. Can't stay for the 500 as we have to be in
south GA by late Thursday night and then further north over the weekend.
Advice appreciated,
Don
Ray O'Hara
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go they are thre best races of the week.
armpit
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The truck race is usually the best race of the week.
IGot2P
Got any idea what time a person could get out of there and on there way
after the races? Our schedule that week and weekend is really screwed
up. :-(
Don
TS02_05champ
I've never been to the Twins (always had to work) but I've been to the
Daytona night race many times, and most of the time I'm back on the
highway about 45 minutes after the race is over. It mostly depends on
where you park. If you get there really early and you're able to park at
the track, it will take you a while to get out. The closer you are to
the track the longer it will take you to get out of the parking lot.
I've only parked at the track one time, and it took me forever to get
out of there. If you park at one of the many businesses that charge you
to park there (be prepared to spend at least $50.00) and walk to the
track, you will be on the road much quicker.
JerryD(upstateNY)
ticket in about the 30th row, right where the end of the pit road comes onto
the track.
There are all kinds of people selling tickets in and around the speedway but
I dont know how you would know if they are real or fake.
I wouldn't buy any tickets other than from the speedway ticket office.
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JerryD(upstateNY)
"IGot2P" wrote in message
John McCoy
> I have never been to the two qualifying races but we will be staying in
> the area a few nights before (near Orlando) and am just curious if they
> normally have a huge crowd or not. If you people think that the traffic
> and parking would be reasonable I might just grab a couple of tickets
> and drive over that morning.
I think you'd probably be OK, traffic wise. If you're OK with a
little walking, you could probably make your life easier - the
speedway main enterance is ~ 3/4 mile from I-95, on the south
side of US92 (aka Speedway blvd). If you can park on the north
side of US92, not too far from the interstate, you should be
able to get back on the highway easily without having to deal
with the big jam that tends to form right in front of the track.
(and I wouldn't worry too much if you do get held up in traffic
at Daytona - if you leave right at the end of the races and
have no delays, you'll end up in Jax just in time for rush
hour. If you're delayed at Daytona you'll miss the clog at
Jax and make the time back up).
John
IGot2P
Okay, the group talked me into going to the races so I purchased a
couple of tickets and a parking pass in lot #7 off of StubHub. We should
be able to grab a shuttle from the lot to and from the track.
If we take 95 up to 295 and then west on 10 we should be able to miss at
least some of the Jacksonville traffic.
Thanks for all the info,
Don
TS02_05champ
Excellent choice. What seats did you get?
JerryD(upstateNY)
couple of tickets and a parking pass in lot #7 off of StubHub. <<<<<<<<<<
Sometime during a race, you have to go down to the bottom walkway and walk
as far as you can toward the first turn.
You can't stop for long because the guards will tell you to move.
You won't believe how fast those cars go by and how steep the banking is.
TV just doesn't do justice to that banking.
When they go into one and you can read the numbers on the roofs of the cars,
you realize how steep that banking is.
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JerryD(upstateNY)
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John McCoy wrote:
> IGot2P <d...@crsales.com> wrote in news:hg3bi9$g9s$1...@news.netins.net:
>
>> I have never been to the two qualifying races but we will be staying in
>> the area a few nights before (near Orlando) and am just curious if they
>> normally have a huge crowd or not. If you people think that the traffic
>> and parking would be reasonable I might just grab a couple of tickets and
>> drive over that morning.
>
> I think you'd probably be OK, traffic wise. If you're OK with a
> little walking, you could probably make your life easier - the
> speedway main enterance is ~ 3/4 mile from I-95, on the south
> side of US92 (aka Speedway blvd). If you can park on the north
> side of US92, not too far from the interstate, you should be
> able to get back on the highway easily without having to deal
> with the big jam that tends to form right in front of the track.
>
> (and I wouldn't worry too much if you do get held up in traffic
> at Daytona - if you leave right at the end of the races and
> have no delays, you'll end up in Jax just in time for rush
> hour. If you're delayed at Daytona you'll miss the clog at
> Jax and make the time back up).
>
> John
We should
TS02_05champ
> Don wrote.....Okay, the group talked me into going to the races so I
> purchased a
> couple of tickets and a parking pass in lot #7 off of StubHub. <<<<<<<<<<
>
> Sometime during a race, you have to go down to the bottom walkway and walk
> as far as you can toward the first turn.
> You can't stop for long because the guards will tell you to move.
> You won't believe how fast those cars go by and how steep the banking is.
> TV just doesn't do justice to that banking.
> When they go into one and you can read the numbers on the roofs of the cars,
> you realize how steep that banking is.
>
OK, what's up with the top-posting? Not to mention the HTML in this same
thread.
TS02_05champ
Sorry, HTML in the "Daytona Grandstands" thread.
IGot2P
"E" in the Weatherly Box, seats 32 & 33. The problem is that when buying
off of StubHub you usually don't know what row until you receive the
tickets. Of course, this can turn out to be a real bummer and if so, I
will just put them back on StubHub or E-Bay and purchase some other
tickets. Anyway, the price was right at $50 each and as I previously
mentioned, that time period is really a mess for us so there is a CHANCE
that we might not even make it.
Don
Don
TS02_05champ
IGot2P
It appears that they go "A" through "K" in Weatherly so "E" sounds
reasonable to me. Actually, the return e-mail that I got says "Section:
Weatherly Box", "Row: E", and "Seats: 32, 33". If you can figure that
out please reply. Again, the StubHub info is usually vague and somewhat
confusing thus you never know until you actually see the tickets. One
time we ended up sitting in the next to highest seat at a Rolling Stones
concert with tickets from StubHub.
Don
TS02_05champ
Hmmmm....I was just looking at my ticket stubs and even though I had the
same seats for yrs, the sections are different. For example, half of my
tickets stubs say Lockhart Tower Sec E Row 43 Seat 9 (and 10). While the
other half say Sec H. I never paid attention to it until now because I
knew where the seats were. Very strange. BTW, row 43 is the top row, at
least in the Lockhart Tower. I believe that all of the lower towers are
the same though. The higher the better!
TS02_05champ
OK, I see what the deal is. They renamed the sections in 2003. All of my
ticket stubs from 2003 and up are section E and all the ones before that
are section H.
Anyway, the "section" is not the row.
IGot2P
Yeah, I am aware of that and that is what scares me a bit.....the
tickets could be in the first row. :-(
Actually, I don't normally like it clear up high as you get too far away
from the actual race. At that little Iowa Speedway we have season
tickets in the first row in the upper grandstand which is great because
no one can stand up in front of us.
We also had good seats for the Indy 500 but gave them up this year in
hopes of getting even better seats. As the attendance goes down you
stand a better chance of upgrading your seats.
Don
TS02_05champ
> TS02_05champ wrote:
>
> Actually, I don't normally like it clear up high as you get too far away
> from the actual race. At that little Iowa Speedway we have season
> tickets in the first row in the upper grandstand which is great because
> no one can stand up in front of us.
>
> We also had good seats for the Indy 500 but gave them up this year in
> hopes of getting even better seats. As the attendance goes down you
> stand a better chance of upgrading your seats.
>
> Don
At Daytona you need to be has high as possible because of the banking
and the size of the track. I could see the entire track from my seats.
If your seats are too low you will only get the see the cars when they
pass by and possibly on parts of the banking....but you won't be able to
see the backstretch at all. And even on row 43 when that pack comes
around it is VERY loud.
DAVe
wrote:
I sat in the Turn 1 mid way up one year. It was not 1/2 as loud as the
decade or so of Firecracker 400 camping on the infield inside turn 1.
I truly miss those days, partying and bike racing till the wee hours
and being woken up by the the big boys practice runs. It was the best
feeling hangover in the world.
JerryD(upstateNY)
OK, what's up with the top-posting? Not to mention the HTML in this same
thread.
Sorry about that.
I was posting to a HTML newsgroup and forgot to change to this archaic form
of posting. <g>
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JerryD(upstateNY)