Unfortunately, mere mortals don't get near the pits or the garage area.
That privilege comes with the $500+ tickets, I believe. Even then,
you're not free to wander around at will.
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Eric Linnhoff wrote:
>
> >My preference is to kick back, do a tailgate cookout AFTER
> >the race while everyone is flipped out trying to get away. When
> >the dust settles after an hour or sometimes two, I can then pack
> >up and have a much more normal drive homeward.
> >Alan Sheidler
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> Same concept works after a concert. Just kick back, turn on the tunes and
> vegitate for a while.
>
> _IF_ I happened to find myself at a NASCAR race (which ain't likely to
> happen if I have to actually pay for the tickets) I'd be tempted to go
> slumming around the pits after the race and see what kind of goodies I could
> scrounge up, if anything at all. Hell, for me just staring at all the neato
> hi-tech parts and tools would be several hours worth of entertainment
> without ever hounding some poor driver for the millionth autograph that day.
> I'd be way more interested in talking to the crew than to the drivers. And
> you can rest assured that if all the spectator cars have the exit roads
> blocked that no team transport trucks are getting outta there any time real
> soon after the race.
>
> But then I'm just weird. ;^)
>
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