Ticket holders turned away at Kentucky Speedway

Nice job Nascar, fans pay an average of $125 per ticket to watch a race and aren't allowed in. And you wonder why you are losing fans?????

umm...I'm pretty sure "NASCAR" had nothing to do with turning the fans away. It was the ridiculously gridlocked highways and the law enforcement agencies charged with controlling them that made this happen.

Besides, what did they miss? The most boring, dull race in a decade. And that is saying something.

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Originally posted 11:46 AM ET  07.10 by mecca

umm...I'm pretty sure "NASCAR" had nothing to do with turning the fans away. It was the ridiculously gridlocked highways and the law enforcement agencies charged with controlling them that made this happen.Besides, what did they miss? The most boring, dull race in a decade. And that is saying something.

Have to agree, I read alittle while looking up at the race, Saturdays might have been better. I felt sorry for Morgan Shepherd, who probably needs to retire.

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Originally posted 11:46 AM ET  07.10 by mecca

Besides, what did they miss? The most boring, dull race in a decade. And that is saying something.

yep.. it didnt live up to the hype, thats for sure

The race was a yawner, no doubt about that. As for the traffic, that's a local problem. They better do a lot better next year. Do you think maybe Jerry Jones had anything to do with it?

http://bit.ly/n2NfAv

how pissed would you be?

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Originally posted 03:20 PM ET  07.10 by Rickapolis

The race was a yawner, no doubt about that. As for the traffic, that's a local problem. They better do a lot better next year. Do you think maybe Jerry Jones had anything to do with it?

I remember the first few Nascar races at NHIS and the traffic issues the fans had to deal with. It was a nightmare. While the track had been hosting motorcycle races since the dawn of time and open wheel races for a few years to that point, it had not had to deal with the crowd sizes that Nascar brought. It took a few years for not only the local and state police, but the fans as well to figure out how to make things run as smoothly as possible.

It's still a slow process to get out of the facility at the end of the race(smart folks just fire up the grill & eat some more grub, the really smart ones don't park on the track grounds at all), but it is ten times better than when they started.

They will learn they can't leave an hour before the race and expect 100K people to go parking all at once. I remember going up Michigan ave. for the race at MIS, and the last 20 miles were stop and go through small towns on a two lane blacktop.

Kentucky Disaster what a frigging mess.

http://tiny.cc/nl31h

Oh oh!! -- you'all sure Jerry Jones doesn't own this place ... sounds like the same crap he pulled in Dallas ...

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Originally posted 06:09 PM ET  07.10 by SLY 1

Kentucky Disaster what a frigging mess.http://tiny.cc/nl31h

i see what you did there

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Originally posted 10:07 PM ET  07.10 by svt

i see what you did there

??????? What

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Originally posted 10:36 PM ET  07.10 by FL0AT:TheTroof!

All I see is SLY1 offered up a different news piece. So?

it just happened to include some dale jr content.. LOL

Dale who?? LOL

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Originally posted 06:03 PM ET  07.10 by Rex Racer

I remember the first few Nascar races at NHIS and the traffic issues the fans had to deal with. It was a nightmare. While the track had been hosting motorcycle races since the dawn of time and open wheel races for a few years to that point, it had not had to deal with the crowd sizes that Nascar brought. It took a few years for not only the local and state police, but the fans as well to figure out how to make things run as smoothly as possible.It's still a slow process to get out of the facility at the end of the race(smart folks just fire up the grill & eat some more grub, the really smart ones don't park on the track grounds at all), but it is ten times better than when they started.

Been there, done that, the traffic was a big problem in the beginning but as you said, they got a handle on it after a while. When I go to Richmond, we go early and have no problem. A bit later in the day and it's horrible as the track is in the middle of a residential area. Narrow streets and no possibility to change it.

The attack of the Spam.

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Originally posted 11:14 PM ET  07.10 by svt

it just happened to include some dale jr content.. LOL

Whats wrong with Jr now,, SVT ???,

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Originally posted 09:14 AM ET  07.11 by SLY 1

Whats wrong with Jr now,, SVT ???,

evidently you haven't taken the time to look at my profile pics, try it, you'll like it.