San Jose Grand Prix, Anyone going |
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San Jose Grand Prix, Anyone going |
sjhowitson |
Jul 29 2005, 07:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 478 Joined: 4-August 04 From: Moraga, CA Member No.: 2,449 |
Hey any of the other SF Bay area guys or gals going to the races? Could be a fun event? Wish I could go, I was hoping for tickets from Fed Ex. If youare going take lots of pictures.
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Dave_Darling |
Aug 1 2005, 06:58 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
Finally, impressions of the event:
It was very crowded, and not very well organized. They desparately needed to have at least one or two more pedestrian bridges, because the infield was just about the only place you could see anything! Getting a grandstand seat would have been nice for the view, but most of them were right out in the somewhat-brutal sun. I didn't really envy all of those people. Viewing was tough, because it is difficult to get above ground level to look down onto the track. You wind up behind the Armco, and behind the second safety fence, and it's not easy to get a half-decent view of the cars. You also really only get to see one small section of the track at any given time, which makes it even tougher. But the actual experience of being there, having all of those sounds wash through you, was pretty darned neat! The Champ cars are loud, but not as loud as the vintage NASCARs! The sounds and smells were at least as good as the sights, frankly. We were right by the braking zone for one corner for a while, and you could definitely smell "green fade" from some of the brakes! I wish we had gotten over to the light-rail tracks so we could see the cars jumping and hopping around--it looked pretty scary (but cool!) on the tube. It was fun. I might even go back next year, if they have it again! Maybe... --DD |
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