Indy 500 attendee advice

• queencitybuckeye

  Will be marking the 500 off the bucket list next weekend. For those who have attended, how long before the start of the race would you recommend arriving to avoid sitting in bad traffic into the parking lot?
• Speedofsand

  

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  parking
  
  speedtv.com/Indy
  
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• GoChiefs

  

  Bad race to go to. Can't see shit because of the towers. Been awhile since I've went, so I can't really give you any advice on your question though.
• Laley23

  

  The night before, and stay overnight in the infield!
• krambman

  

  Don't listen to GoChiefs, he's an idiot. You don't go to Indy to watch the race, you go for the experience.
  
  I've been the last two years. Two years ago we stayed at a friend's house in Carmel and we got to the track about 8:00am. We had tickets in turn 4, so we just hung out outside of the racetrack for a while before going in. We parked at a funeral home next to a church on 16th for $10. It was near where 16th and Crawfordsville merge, so we were about a half mile from the track.
  
  Last year we got a campsite in Lot 2 right across from the racetrack. It's nearly impossible to sleep there the night before, but the party makes it worth it. We sat in the infield last year. If you want to see any of the race, spend the extra money and don't sit in the infield.
  
  If you want to have time to park and get into the track and find your seat or find a spot in the infield (it will take you 15 minutes to walk to the hill in the infield from the gate if you have a cooler) then I wouldn't plan on getting there any later than 8:00am. That will give you time to park, check out some of the vendors, and watch the show (the people outside the racetrack) before the race begins. Festivities inside the track (driver lineup, national anthem, etc) begins about an hour before the race.
• justincredible

  

  krambman;777284 wrote:Don't listen to GoChiefs, he's an idiot. You don't go to Indy to watch the race, you go for the experience.

  
  He's an idiot because in his opinion is it's a bad race to go to because you can't see the race? Okay.
• I Wear Pants

  Kill yourself.
• GoChiefs

  

  krambman;777284 wrote:Don't listen to GoChiefs, he's an idiot. You don't go to Indy to watch the race, you go for the experience.

  
  You spent money not once, but twice, to go to a RACEtrack, not for the race, but to party. And I'm the idiot?
• Curly J

  

  I Wear Pants;777288 wrote:Kill yourself.

  
  
  
  
  Again...keep it up my man.
• slide22

  Go to the Museum in the infield before the race, really cool if you're into old racecars. Where are your seats?
• Tiger2003

  

  krambman;777284 wrote:Don't listen to GoChiefs, he's an idiot. You don't go to Indy to watch the race, you go for the experience.

  
  What? My parents go every year for the race trust me they don't go for he experience they go for the race. They go for free every year so I don't know if they would pay to go every year. They sit every year in turn 1. I have been to 7 of the races and I go for the race. Yes you can't see all of the track but we can see the whole front stretch and short-chute. Yes some of the seats have poles in there way but not everything.
• queencitybuckeye

  slide22;777690 wrote:Go to the Museum in the infield before the race, really cool if you're into old racecars. Where are your seats?

  
  Paddock box 48, just slightly up the front straight from the start/finish line.
• Speedofsand

  

  don't miss the museum, its in my first link under 'facility'.
  
  [video=youtube;Te0wXNzmTFY][/video]
• said_aouita

  

  Get there really early. Right across from the track is an old rail road line which is now parking. Pretty good time, everyone is camped out and drinking and walking up and down.
  Can also drive through the housing areas off of Georgetown and people charge you to park in their yard. Generally your car is safer at a private residence, my opinion.
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• GoJPM!

  

  Been to the USGP F1 race there three times. Love the place! However, you haven't lived until you have gone to Bristol!
  
  Hope you had a good time at Indy. What a finish!
• queencitybuckeye

  GoJPM!;788057 wrote: Hope you had a good time at Indy. What a finish!

  
  We had a great time, thanks. The race was great, and Indianapolis is an outstanding city IMO. I don't think we'll make it an annual event, but we'll definitely do it again sometime soon.
  
  Thanks to everyone who responded. We left the hotel at around 6, and were parked across the street from our section by 6:30. Plenty of time to explore the place and go through the museum before the pre-race activities.
• -Society-

  

  justincredible;777286 wrote:He's an idiot because in his opinion is it's a bad race to go to because you can't see the race? Okay.

  
  Yes.
• said_aouita

  

  Such a horrible ending for that rookie. Crashes turn 4 leading the race.
  
  
  
  
  What an idiot. Hope his team owner punched him in the neck.