Comments on: Ask The Insiders Wednesday #26

By: Ric Hausfeld

Ric Hausfeld — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:25:55 +0000

#17: I thought they might be trying to get fresh air, but I have seen them do this with their visors closed. Also I thought most drivers had cool, fresh air going into their helmets.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:13:34 +0000

#14: Don’t forget all the motorhomes. They, along with the truck haulers were parked near and on the horse racing track.

By: windowlicker

windowlicker — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:32:03 +0000

Ross,

I have been successful at raging like a drunken sailor at most tracks I have visited. Vegas should not be singled out for drunken sailor raging.

Richmond is a good call though. There is very good racing at Richmond. Fast & short.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:07:21 +0000

Susan #5: My recommendation is based on what you’re looking for. If you’re looking to go somewhere where you could do things other than just go to the race, I’d say Sonoma (where you could visit San Francisco and the Napa Valley) or Charlotte (for the race shops and things like that) or Vegas (for raging like a drunken sailor).

If you’re looking just for racing, I’d say Martinsville or Bristol but both these tracks take some planning if you want to stay in a motel. Richmond would also be a good choice — and accomodations won’t be that diffucult to find.

By: Neon

Neon — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:37:14 +0000

Susan #5-Being from a road racing background, I have a keen interest in road courses (Watkins Glen and Infineon). If you want the oval experience Darlington and Daytona rank right up there. If you go to Daytona’s Speedweeks in Feb, you’ll get a tasty treat of (3) Cup, a Nationwide and a Truck race all in the span of (4) days. Start a weekend early and add in the Bud Shootout and ARCA w/ some beach time in between. Nothing better to beat the Winter Blues and get the juices flowing.
Daytona in July is not bad, but just too stinking HOT.

By: windowlicker

windowlicker — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:41:35 +0000

#5. Susan

I recommend Martinsville. It is a completely different race at the track than what you see on TV. And if you want passing, it’s a 1/2 mile paper clip with plenty of action.

By: marc

marc — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:29:27 +0000

A note to Tom on his question: Here's an excellent explanation of the toe-in/toe-out issue written at the time of the rule change and goes into why the change was made.