It's been 4 or 5 years since I've been to a Dover race. Saturday is a much better show than Sunday, especially since they shortened Sunday to make it fit the television attention span. DW is tough enough to listen to for 3 hours, 4 hours would be outright torture! The final straw for me was the 5 hour, 10mph ride home. I agree with ya Zippy, much better show on the HD Big Screen, either at home or on a bar stool!
The big boys are starting to get the hang of the concrete...took 'em long enough. The crowd has also changed a lot; yes, many of those in the campgrounds still fly the confederate flag - they probably always will. But the hospitality area is now bigger than the midway and a lot of corporate money has cleaned up the day-trippers.
Most of those that work the event are volunteers - ya git what ya pay fer...
The Indy races were interesting. First time I'd ever seen anyone eat a pickled egg or pass around the cheese wheel in the grandstand. The problem was that those cars shatter, so there was more time under caution than actual racing. I guess Watkins Glen is the closest place to see the open wheelers and that's an entirely different show from a circle track.
Most of the Indy fans at the Dover races didn't bring a cooler into the event! Ya gotta love an entertainment setup that allows you to bring a cooler in!
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Traffic south of Dover isn't to bad. Going north it's insane.
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