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« on: July 16, 2007, 07:29:38 PM »
here's the link http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/SPORTS/70716042
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 07:39:55 PM »
So...does this mean the Laguna Seca race is dead or will there be two US MotoGP events?

Wait...I just read it again and the Laguna race STAYS!! Wow.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2007, 08:47:37 PM »
OH MY GOD. I might finally have a chance to see a MotoGP race, seeing as I can't afford the price gouging at Laguna.


YAY!
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2007, 08:04:46 AM »
Quote from: Jeff on July 16, 2007, 08:47:37 PM

OH MY GOD. I might finally have a chance to see a MotoGP race, seeing as I can't afford the price gouging at Laguna.


YAY!


price gouging?   you think indy will be any different?
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2007, 08:21:34 AM »
Sounds like they're building a new road course.  They better get started.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2007, 08:31:20 AM »
Cool!  Bigok

Hey...where's the F1 race goin?  Sad
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2007, 10:24:07 AM »
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Sounds like they're building a new road course.  They better get started.


They are, as soon as the NASCAR event takes place work will start.

Sounds like a good excuse to take the bike west!  Bigok
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2007, 10:42:29 AM »
Quote from: Mr Sunshine on July 17, 2007, 08:04:46 AM



price gouging?   you think indy will be any different?


Not really, but one can hope.

If I have to I'll drive over at the butt crack of dawn, spend the day at the races and then drive home.
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2007, 10:48:45 AM »
Quote from: Hoss on July 17, 2007, 10:24:07 AM



They are, as soon as the NASCAR event takes place work will start.

Sounds like a good excuse to take the bike west!  Bigok


I'm definitely going, so if you want to tag along with the group of us heading west, I'm sure we can arrange something.  Bigok
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2007, 10:59:37 AM »
Quote from: photomd on July 17, 2007, 08:31:20 AM

Cool!  Bigok

Hey...where's the F1 race goin?  Sad


No F1 race in the US.  Bernie Ecclestone came, negotiated, and decided the US market isn't worth it.
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2007, 11:33:52 AM »
Quote from: Jeff on July 17, 2007, 10:42:29 AM



Not really, but one can hope.

If I have to I'll drive over at the butt crack of dawn, spend the day at the races and then drive home.
I think there are more places to stay in Indy than there is in that area of Monterey/Salinas. We decided to go to the USGP this year a few months before and had a suite at the Radisson by the airport for $219. We got back to the hotel after the race (once we got out of the parking lot) in about 20 minutes.

We found the Hampton Inns and such for around $129 but much further out. If you got on the outskirts of Indy you could find those rooms for under $100.
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2007, 02:34:58 PM »
Quote from: Capirex on July 17, 2007, 08:21:34 AM

Sounds like they're building a new road course.  They better get started.


Nah, most of the road course is already in place. Just a few mods are required.



Though it looks like they'll need a few miles of airfence.  EEK!
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2007, 02:58:30 PM »
Just got an email from the track for ticket sales.....yes I was there in 2005 for F1......anyways....  

http://www.redbullindianapolisgp.com/news/story.php?story_id=9464
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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2007, 04:23:10 PM »
It doesn't look like they have much work to do at all to the course.  

They are running the F1 course backwards and added a section in Indy / NASCAR turn 1 or F1 turn 12 to keep the bikes off the banked corners.

I can't to be there next year!  
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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2007, 04:48:33 PM »
Sounds like another speed track... Hm.. if that is tru, it would be good for Honda and Ducati... Cool
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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2007, 07:55:50 PM »
Quote from: Photon on July 17, 2007, 02:58:30 PM

Just got an email from the track for ticket sales.....yes I was there in 2005 for F1......anyways....  

http://www.redbullindianapolisgp.com/news/story.php?story_id=9464


Oh man, you have to pic a section? No walking around to check out the various locations of the track? WTF?? Okay, where would be the best place to sit? I've never been to Indy.
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« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2007, 08:25:01 PM »
You can get the "general admission" for $75, which gives you access to most points, just not the reserved seating...  
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3-DAY GENERAL ADMISSION** (Fri/Sat/Sun)
Good for admission to grounds, viewing mounds, Stand A, Stand C, North Vista,
North Vista Platform (Wheelchair Accessible), Northwest Vista, Paddock Box,
Paddock Reserved, Paddock Platform (Wheelchair Accessible), Southeast Vista,
and Tower Terrace (Sec 39-77 only) . $75.00

Those are all the blue sections on the track diagram above, along with all the grass mound areas...  Pretty good deal, IMO.

Pretty sure I'll be there.
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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2007, 08:31:08 PM »
So... if you were to sit in the NW vista, would you be looking through chain link fence to see the riders going down the front straight? If so, I'd imagine that would make it pretty difficult to see.
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« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2007, 08:35:55 PM »
I haven't actually been to the track, so take this with a grain of salt:  My guess is that the fence will only block the view of those seated lower down.  Get up a little ways and you'll be clear...
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« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2007, 03:37:50 AM »
Quote from: keystonejenks on July 17, 2007, 07:55:50 PM



Oh man, you have to pic a section? No walking around to check out the various locations of the track? WTF?? Okay, where would be the best place to sit? I've never been to Indy.


When we where there for F1, we walked around on Saturday and checked out the whole length of the F1 track.   The corner 7 stand was a great place to see the cars going though some esses.  The front straight did have some slightly obstructed views but, as said, a few rows up was not a problem.  On race day the F1 ticket sales numbers allowed us to move around a bit (after the "race" stated we really moved around....what a joke!)
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