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Originally Posted by Sirrotica
My wife and I are also going to Daytona, first time at Daytona for us. We have tickets in the Oldfield tower and bought the fan experience so we can spend some time in the area of the pits. Looking forward to it, cross that one off of my bucket list.........  |
My first trip, we sat near the top of the DePalma Tower for the Twin 125's and then had similar seats in the Keech Tower for the 500. That was the year that Michael Waltrip caught Rusty Wallace's rear coming out of turn 2 causing Rusty to go end over end about 7 times down the back stretch.
For a kid that grew up going to the 3/8 mile local dirt tracks and having only been to the MN State Fair half mile paved oval (not counting the Laguna Seca or Nurburgring road courses) - walking into the 2.5 mile high banked Daytona Speedway was almost unbelieveable. I had been on the track (track tour) at Indy in 1985 - but Indy doesn't compare to Daytona.
Back in '93 they'd let you stand by the fence - but today (probably for safety reasons) they make you keep moving. Sometime during the weekend you need to be walking very slowly by the fence when cars are going by at speed (practice, qualifying, etc..) - make sure you have your hat on tight though...