Comments on: An Early Sign Of Spring

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:49:09 +0000

I am located in Stand E, Box 22 about 2/3 of the way up. I love those seats and have sat there almost every year since ~1987 (we also used to have some A stand seats I occasionally used). The view took a slight hit when they put in the F1 garages because I can no longer quite see turn 4 as the front edge of the upper level suites block by view but I can still see most of the front stretch, turn 1, the short chute, and turn 2.

By: JohnMc

JohnMc — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:10:18 +0000

George, let’s see if there was a mix up and if you got my “A” section seats.

By: james t suel

james t suel — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:36:23 +0000

Ive moved around quite a bit over the years. 1960 thru 1972 i set in stand c. 1973 we set in stand e in old track boxs! 1974 thru 1989 we set tower terrace. 1990 thru 2003 northwest vista. 2004 to 2012 stand a.

By: SH

SH — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:08:00 +0000

Option E: Our first tickets, in 1989, were on the infield side of the North Chute. (Yes, at my first Indy 500 I saw Little Al and Emo touch wheels.)Then they put the F1 track in around 2000. When that happened we were relocated to the back stretch at the entrance well before the entrance of 3. Great seats – up high and can see the cars out of 2, down the back straight and through 3 and most of 4.

Apparently, those seats are going away and we were asked to choose a new spot for the 2013 race. We moved 6 section to our right directly across from the entrance to the emergency lane at the end of the back straightaway.

I’ve sat on the front straight for qualifying and came to this conclusion. You miss a lot of the race sitting there.

By: Scott F

Scott F — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:09:50 +0000

Just switched from Northwest Vista (sat there for 30+ years) to Section 1 of B stand. Will miss turn 4, but with the current track config and the way restarts are done, it has become clear that most of the action is in turn 1 now.

By: SkipinSC

SkipinSC — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:41:43 +0000

George,
I used to have my seats about 100 yards south of the start finish line in the top 3 roows of the lower deck. When I went back in 2011, I was severely disappointed because the view from those seats is NOW confined to the main straightaway. (Back in the 80′s when I had regular seats, the top level of the lower paddock seats could see most of 1 and 2, but with the construction of the Tower Terrace suites, those views are no longer.) Your new seats should be ok if you are far enough south to avoid the suites, but if not, you may wind up going back in after penthouse tix in the future. (I have NEVER been able to recall seats by stand number except in the VIstas.)

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:29:51 +0000

Welcome to Stand A neighbor! You are going to love these seats.