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re: What goes on at NASCAR tracks in between races?
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:34 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:34 pm to ReauxlTide222
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This dude just jumped out of this thing at the mall and asked the valet guy to go park it for him
The frick?
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Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:43 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:43 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Idk man 
He got out, kept the helmet on, put his hand on hip, and said what I think was "y'all take care of this."
Dude's face
He got out, kept the helmet on, put his hand on hip, and said what I think was "y'all take care of this."
Dude's face
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:45 pm to jlovel7
Daytona has something going on almost every weekend, whether it be a car show or boat races. Atlanta is similar.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:48 pm to jlovel7
I know for a fact, that at Daytona, they are testing on that track 365 days a year(if possible).
Been at the dog track right next to the track, in off season and in season and there were cars going around it, practicing daily. And they also do the racing fantasy camps.
Been at the dog track right next to the track, in off season and in season and there were cars going around it, practicing daily. And they also do the racing fantasy camps.
This post was edited on 2/20/18 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:48 pm to lsutigers1992
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You have "NASCAR experiences" where you get to ride in or drive a vehicle on the track.
The "Richard Petty Experience" at Daytona. It was $140 for 3 laps in 2001.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:50 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Ick. It'll always be the Pepsi 400 to me.
My dad went to it when it was still the Firecracker 400 and actually started at 10 in the morning.
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Brought me my only "favorite" Junior moment in 2001:
I was there.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 7:53 pm to jlovel7
There's a small dirt track in the metro Atlanta area (Dixie Speedway) and even they stay busy most of the year.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 8:00 pm to jlovel7
We had a Cub scout camp at Talledega one year.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 8:03 pm to East Coast Band
At MIS, Michigan International Speedway they have music festivals and a tough mudder competition where a diarrhea epidemic got started.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 9:26 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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It'll always be the Pepsi 400 to me.
Original name: Firecracker 400
Posted on 2/20/18 at 9:48 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Tony Stewart pissed off Pepsi in victory lane one year and it became the coke zero 400 not long after that...IIRC.
Posted on 2/20/18 at 9:59 pm to Korin
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Brought me my only "favorite" Junior moment in 2001: I was there.
Same! That's awesome, I was 9 years old.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 5:44 am to BlueWaffleHouse
quote:Comparing the Rolex 24 and the Daytona 500 isn't fair IMO
Don’t forget the Rolex 24 Hour Race too. After attending that this year, I can honestly say that was the best sporting event (minus the SuperBowl) that I’ve been too. I’d prefer to go back to that than ever think about going to another Daytona 500 again.
With the 24, you have access to the inside of the track, around the pits, basically any seat at anytime during the race, late night racing with an empty track of fans. The 500 just has that awe of significance that transcends the 24 by a large margin. I've attended both and thoroughly enjoyed both in different respects. I've also atteneded the Coke Zero 400 and had access to a all you can eat/ drink tent and bad arse seats that I didn't have for the couple 500s I went to. It was much more relaxed
Posted on 2/21/18 at 7:59 am to Bama and Beer
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With the 24, you have access to the inside of the track, around the pits, basically any seat at anytime during the race, late night racing with an empty track of fans. The 500 just has that awe of significance that transcends the 24 by a large margin. I've attended both and thoroughly enjoyed both in different respects. I've also atteneded the Coke Zero 400 and had access to a all you can eat/ drink tent and bad arse seats that I didn't have for the couple 500s I went to. It was much more relaxed
The two are very different, I just don’t think I’d put up with the hassle of the crowds, limited access, expensive cost of the 500 again. Like you said the July race is way less crowded and more relaxed. They’ve at least made the ‘cheap seats’ all have better views with the new grandstands they built.
I didn’t realize till I went this year to the Rolex 24 that it’s been run for 56 years, only 4 less than the Daytona 500. It was phenomonel, the day to night, and transition back to day racing was really cool to see.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 8:11 am to Korin
quote:Atlanta runs local participant drag races on pit road during the summer. They also have weekly Legends/Bandelero racing on a track that incorporates pit road and the front stretch. Add to that car shows, an air show and the stock care/exotic car driving experiences and they keep the calendar pretty full.
Daytona has something going on almost every weekend, whether it be a car show or boat races. Atlanta is similar.
I am not sure if they still do it, but back in early 2000s Harley-Davidson had a contract with Talladega to use the track as a test track. You could go take the tour and be in the infield and watch guys on Harleys flying around those high banks. Was amazing, and somewhat scary.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 11:10 am to PJinAtl
That's insane
Posted on 2/21/18 at 11:19 am to jlovel7
I know the Atlanta Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway both hose large music festivals. Imagine Music Festival and EDC Las Vegas, respectively. Fill up pretty much the entire track.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 8:37 pm to tWildcat
There used to be an off road park beside the Kentucky track and when I rode my ATV there I could hear a car testing on the track.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 10:05 pm to Spider John
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football games
Didn’t that just happen once? And I would think they probably lost money on that deal figuring all the modifications they had to make for it to actually happen.
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