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Hey everyone,
When I first started working at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the beginning of March, and again back around the time of the Indy 500, there have been some people talking about coming to the USGP this year. Since it's coming up *very* soon, I thought I would start a new thread to "officially" see who is going to come, possibly organize a little mini-CRX Community meet/hangout, whatever. So, if you'll be in Indy next weekend, be sure to post on this thread to let everyone know!
Also, I will *probably* be able to pick up a limited number of media tickets (in addition to the reserved seats I get for myself) -- these are basically general admission tickets for the media but there are generally enough for employees of IMS to snag some. These will get you into the track on race day but they don't get you a seat...but some of the viewing mounds offer pretty good views of the track. I'll have to find out if we get media tickets for the other days to see qualifications and the other races/events (Formula BMW, Porsche Michelin Supercup, and the Indy ProSeries Liberty Challenge, etc). If not, general-admission single-day tickets for Friday are $10, Saturday is $20, and a two-day Fri-Sat pass is $25. Grandstand reseved seats for the race start at $75, FYI. I assume these WILL get you access to Thursday's pit walkabout and driver autograph sessions -- events that are ONLY open to race day ticket holders.
So, here's the deal...first off, I can't guarantee how many tickets I can get until I have them in my hands (and I already have a couple of friends interested), so until I can absolutely tell you 100% that I've got a ticket that you can use, don't count on anything until it's a done deal. If someone here needs a race ticket, I can do my best to get one...but I'll definitely have to limit it to bona fide "regulars" here at this site and people that I've met at CRX meets (xxpaulcpxx's meet in Chicago, N9, etc.), because I don't want somebody seeing this and telling all their buddies that they can get free tickets, I don't need this getting linked on honda-tech and people I've never talked to trying to get tickets off of me, etc. This is for people that I consider friends, which include CRX owners who are regular posters on this site and people I've met in person at CRX meets...not anyone who happens to hear about it singing up for an account here or logging in for the first time in months to try and get a ticket. Those people can buy a ticket from IMS and keep me in a job
USGP Weekend Schedule: http://www.usgpindy.com/schedule/
Spectator/Ticket Info: http://www.usgpindy.com/news/story.php?story_id=6921
So, let's see who is coming...and if you've got any ideas on something for us all to do, let's hear them...anything from just meeting up briefly to check out cars to going karting (there are some good indoor karting tracks in Indy) and having some dinner, whatever.
When I first started working at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the beginning of March, and again back around the time of the Indy 500, there have been some people talking about coming to the USGP this year. Since it's coming up *very* soon, I thought I would start a new thread to "officially" see who is going to come, possibly organize a little mini-CRX Community meet/hangout, whatever. So, if you'll be in Indy next weekend, be sure to post on this thread to let everyone know!
Also, I will *probably* be able to pick up a limited number of media tickets (in addition to the reserved seats I get for myself) -- these are basically general admission tickets for the media but there are generally enough for employees of IMS to snag some. These will get you into the track on race day but they don't get you a seat...but some of the viewing mounds offer pretty good views of the track. I'll have to find out if we get media tickets for the other days to see qualifications and the other races/events (Formula BMW, Porsche Michelin Supercup, and the Indy ProSeries Liberty Challenge, etc). If not, general-admission single-day tickets for Friday are $10, Saturday is $20, and a two-day Fri-Sat pass is $25. Grandstand reseved seats for the race start at $75, FYI. I assume these WILL get you access to Thursday's pit walkabout and driver autograph sessions -- events that are ONLY open to race day ticket holders.
So, here's the deal...first off, I can't guarantee how many tickets I can get until I have them in my hands (and I already have a couple of friends interested), so until I can absolutely tell you 100% that I've got a ticket that you can use, don't count on anything until it's a done deal. If someone here needs a race ticket, I can do my best to get one...but I'll definitely have to limit it to bona fide "regulars" here at this site and people that I've met at CRX meets (xxpaulcpxx's meet in Chicago, N9, etc.), because I don't want somebody seeing this and telling all their buddies that they can get free tickets, I don't need this getting linked on honda-tech and people I've never talked to trying to get tickets off of me, etc. This is for people that I consider friends, which include CRX owners who are regular posters on this site and people I've met in person at CRX meets...not anyone who happens to hear about it singing up for an account here or logging in for the first time in months to try and get a ticket. Those people can buy a ticket from IMS and keep me in a job
USGP Weekend Schedule: http://www.usgpindy.com/schedule/
Spectator/Ticket Info: http://www.usgpindy.com/news/story.php?story_id=6921
So, let's see who is coming...and if you've got any ideas on something for us all to do, let's hear them...anything from just meeting up briefly to check out cars to going karting (there are some good indoor karting tracks in Indy) and having some dinner, whatever.
