Comments on: NASCAR Has A Good Problem That Needs To Be Fixed

By: @chrisconnor585

@chrisconnor585 — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:17:13 +0000

In reply to @KyleFerguson17. @@MetooFour07OnYT Really. I was there and had no problem getting out. Got back to the car around 530, took the canopy down, got in the car by 545 and was out of the parking lot by 6. and we were one of the first ones in Saturday and parked furthest from the exit. Even Sunday it only took us about 25 minutes to get out and again were parked the furthest from the exit

By: @MasonsHockeyWorld

@MasonsHockeyWorld — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:40:55 +0000

In reply to @KyleFerguson17. @@MetooFour07OnYTreally?!?! I left the Xfinity race and it took 2 minutes to get out but we were parked right near the exit road

By: @racingaerials4493

@racingaerials4493 — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:16:42 +0000

Part of the problem is most tracks use temps to work. These people aren’t parking experts. They’re practically volunteers that sign on to work the weekend for an okay amount of compensation.

By: @mpf1947

@mpf1947 — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:05:17 +0000

In reply to @duaneemery8684. I heven't been to Pocono since 2012, but they used to set up cones the full three miles to I-80 to split the traffic into three lanes all going south in the morning and north after the race.

By: @MetooFour07OnYT

@MetooFour07OnYT — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:00:32 +0000

In reply to @KyleFerguson17. I'd argue the worst traffic was leaving the Xfinity race. Absolutely brutal. We sat in the same spot for almost two hours before deciding to cut through another lot.

By: @cjbossin97

@cjbossin97 — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 03:14:09 +0000

In reply to @rmg_2771. I went to Dover this year too. Traffic was stand still for at least 2 miles. I took back roads and they were at a stand still. I think the problem was that there were open lots but no signage or police directing people that way. Everybody was trying to go to the hotel parking

By: @tufstuff2586

@tufstuff2586 — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:32:22 +0000

In reply to @tufstuff2586. @@JeffWeselyan Well I mean some stuff are easy to fix

By: @joerae

@joerae — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:17:43 +0000

You do have to keep in mind the entire reason for the thirty minute hold on all activities if there’s lightning detected within an eight mile area at most outdoor sporting events now is because of what happened at Pocono in 2012. One fan was killed in the parking lot after getting hit by lightning and nine others were injured. The track was sued by the family of the man that was killed. The jury found the track wasn’t at fault, but after that incident the track isn’t going to take any chances whatsoever. I’m local to Pocono and been going to races since the 90’s. The track is just in a rural area and they do a much better job with traffic flow now than in years past. Ironically the worst traffic jam I was in heading to the track was in 2013 for the return of IndyCar. We were stuck in a several mile backlog for over an hour on Long Pond Road simply because the local fire company decided to do a “boot drop” and solicit donations from cars heading to the race. I wasn’t happy about that one. as far as my next race – I’m not sure, but it won’t be at any NASCAR-owned track. Went to the Glen last summer and it was just a miserable experience. They had nobody directing traffic, had to park in the mud, walked about a mile looking for the ticket tent because there were no signs, spent forty minutes in line waiting to go through a metal detector and had to empty out my pockets and backpack for them to search me, all the food they sold was obscenely expensive, the staff were just rude, and because I gave them my phone number when I bought the ticket they signed me up for texts and calls from every single NASCAR-owned track trying to sell me tickets. Even after opting out of all of those and blocking the numbers, they still leave voicemails about “great ticket deals” and “your personal ticket representative”. I’ll stick to Pocono and heading to the local dirt tracks after that experience.

By: @RY_SIZZLER

@RY_SIZZLER — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:04:00 +0000

I was at that pocon race this year, but i was camping in the infield since thursday. What really made everything messed up was the rainstorm that hit around 10 30

By: @johnbrunton1313

@johnbrunton1313 — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 01:59:24 +0000

I was there with a friend of mine on Sunday. When we were 20 minutes away from the race track it poured rain Also, Pocono had severe thunderstorm and tornado warning displayed. We were fortunate to be there on time to get on Pit Road. When we got to our seats the two rows in front of us were empty.