The Tower...$35 for 10 minutes.
So neither you nor Richard sound like you are up for the Supercars?
From what I can tell the T15 grandstand will be better for the short track.
As far as the GA areas, I found T19 the best for Saturday qual and Sunday race...on one side you could see the entry and down the straight...further down where we settled you missed some of the entry but got a great angle on the braking battles into T19 and you could see across to T1 through to T2. I approached it the same as watching Grand Am at Mid O - find an area that showed enough of an overtaking area and move when it got too hot/crowded or the beer line got too long (did not have that problem at COTA...beer guys found me without fail).
Last edited by BlueFirePony; 11-21-2012 at 09:03 PM.
Didn't make F1 this year but I do have tickets to the Aussie race. GA section near turn 1 with what looks like assigned seating. Seems weird for GA but whatever. What's the view like from that area?
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I sat in the Turn 1 GA area and it was great!
Clifton, I forgot to mention T1...yep, that area was apparently a late addition and also a good spot. We hung out there a bit for the vintage F1 race. Apparently the drivers were less challenged by T1 than the designers had thought (Hamilton, Webber and Alonso all said it was cake Friday) but it sure looks great from a spectator view.
Casey, If seating is run the same as this past weekend...the GA section designations are for tracking ticket sales not assigned seating. I wasn't sure so I emailed COTA and they said we could sit in any GA area we wanted.
I am sure that will be the same for any race..no way they can mount up enough staff/volunteers to check peoples GA tickets around the track. T
FYI, they apparently had some sort of "walk out" of employees on Sunday and had to depend more on the volunteers...Saturday night my friend and his wife had been told they could just hang out Sunday but then Sat morning were asked to usher ...they did for the morning and then came to watch the race with us.
The cost of private track rental is $50,000 for entire day. From the website.
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Clifton was with my group on Sunday. There's some variation between different areas of T1, right where we were was the best. Too far over to the turn itself means you lose track of the cars coming in, plus the angle to the jumbotron starts to suck, plus the land is flatter over there so short people start having to look between bodies. Farther towards the s/f line just gets steeper and soon the grandstand blocks your view. Right behind the corner station = gravy.
Of the ~1:40 sec race laps, you can see the F1 cars for about 45ish seconds of the lap. Pretty good imho. Turn-in for 18 all the way around to exit of T3. Will probably be even more perfect for V8SC since they will be on areas you can't see for an even shorter amt of time. But as with any road coure race, view of the jumbotron may trump other things - esp if/when passes or other SHTF moments happen in areas you can't see, or areas you weren't watching and you have to catch the instant replays.
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I am really want to go to this race....but looking at ticket prices they are pricey to take the whole family.
My options appear to be for $109 tickets.
Main Grand Stands
Turn 1 Sections 3-5
Turn 15 Rows 13-24
Or for $83 tickets.
Turn 1 Sections 1-2
Turn 15 Rows 1-12
Those that have been to the track, what would you recommend?
If you've never been to a V8 Supercars race I can highly reccomend it from the vantage point that suits your budget. Turn 15 is excellent and would be ideal regardless of row # to watch my Aussie bretheren
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