The 'Dega story is worse than I made it sound in my first post. It took
us more time to get _off_the_premises_ than it did to watch 400 miles of
racing. Only 10 minutes from the gate to the house!
I guess you had special parking near Speedway Boulevard. I was parked
right behind the start-finish line seats, about as far as you can get
from any gates.
See my comments at http://www.cybrtyme.com/personal/n2pua/east.html .
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Jason Suknot wrote:
>
> Charles R. Schultz wrote:
> >PS: NASCAR fans _are_ crazy. I had a great time >watching yesterday's
> >IROC and BUSCH races at Talladega, then spent more >time driving the 10
> >miles home than the total amount of time the two >races took to run.
> >I'll watch at home, next time, thank you! Better >yet, I'll run the VCR
> >and go autocross, instead!
>
> Sorry you had such a hard time. Even though I am not a big NASCAR fan I went
> to Sunday's Winston Cup race because I had full access passes to the paddock
> and pit areas plus reserved infield seating (they do put on a good show even
> if they never turn right). It took me just over an hour to get to the
> infield of the track from downtown Birmingham and only about thirty minutes
> longer than that for the return trip. I know traffic can be bad but we took
> the back roads home and avoided it all so it can be done. I will admit that
> I was actually able to see less of the race than if I had watched it on TV
> but just like an autocross there is something great about being right there
> in the middle of it all (my seat was less than 25' from Labonte's pit).
>
> Jason Suknot
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