Gateway Dirt Nationals Tickets

[Ryan21mid]

Mine were $85 a person after taxes and fees. That's for both nights.

[zyoung25]

How much are you guys paying for tickets? I just punched in an order for 2 Friday Saturday tickets and it came up $91.20 each.

We got out tickets right after they went on sale, and it was like 83 for one person for both days. This discussion came up back earlier in the year when they were claiming they were sold out. I said then, I thought a 3rd party ticket sales deal had gotten involved, and jacked the prices up. It happened to us at the last indy sx race. Normally the tickets are anywhere from 100-60 depending on where a person chooses to sit, we normally sit in about the sections every year, and it runs us about 70. This past year we had to buy the tickets off of a 3rd party seller and it cost us 116 each. Basically because we waited forever to order the tickets.

I don't know this to be a fact, it's just strange to me that the tickets are getting more expensive the closer we get to the race. Just speaking from past experience in dealing with these stadium events. Hopefully they do something next year to where those places can't get do that type of stuff. It makes them look bad to some.

[Bubstr]

belleclaire does not rut up and what does cannton have anything to with it the same guys that preps tri city is doing the prep for the dome

BellClair is not dirt on top of concrete. Canton is just the same size. The question is, have you ever seen a great race track, put on top of Concrete? I have seen a couple that where adequate, but never seen a great one. Most times a disaster. I can think of, Quad Cities raceway in the 60s. They finally ripped out the hard track, I70 in the 70s, Detroit wasn't that good, Bristol had a great entry, but the track wasn't great. Berlin Michigan seems to run a good race but I've never seen it in person. We all know how Rockford was a bust.

I have a lot of respect for the Gundakers and if anyone can, they can make a good track, but the cost of this race and hotel and parking ect. will make it one of the most expensive races of the year. Will it be the most entertaining? The great thing is, it's racing in Dec. I may have gone, not expecting too much, just to get out in Dec, until they pulled the ticket scam or allowed one of their ticket vendors to do it. I lost any confidence I have for them at that point..

[CIRF]

BellClair is not dirt on top of concrete. Canton is just the same size. The question is, have you ever seen a great race track, put on top of Concrete? I have seen a couple that where adequate, but never seen a great one.

Bubstr, one example of a great race track on top of concrete is Tulsa, Oklahoma in mid January. I've been to Tulsa for The Chili Bowl 5 times and the track was not just adequate but it was GREAT each an ever night. The Chili Bowl is a 5 night event and the track is very good every night. It can be done. That's why I suggest that the people running the St. Louis event contact the people who do the track prep for The Chili Bowl and get some pointers. It's obvious the boys out in Tulsa know how it's down.

[calverton]

kevins crew been working on tracks before Tulsa was even thought off and what track is in canton

[TMaCiLLiNi39]

kevins crew been working on tracks before Tulsa was even thought off and what track is in canton

Kevin was still racing when the Chili Bowl started you moron...

Why do you have such a hard on for the Gundakers? I've asked them myself about you and they just shake their heads and say you are embarrassing...

[calverton]

kevin's crew you dummy not kevin and your eye's are brown i 've known Kevin before he even started racing how about you what was his first car and who's car did buy from with crew chief answer that one you might find out why he bought tri city also

[Barbecueboy]

kevin's crew you dummy not kevin and your eye's are brown i 've known Kevin before he even started racing how about you what was his first car and who's car did buy from with crew chief answer that one you might find out why he bought tri city also

Can you put these words in some sort of order?

I think you are trying to say something interesting.

[calverton]

put down the bong

[Bubstr]

Bubstr, one example of a great race track on top of concrete is Tulsa, Oklahoma in mid January. I've been to Tulsa for The Chili Bowl 5 times and the track was not just adequate but it was GREAT each an ever night. The Chili Bowl is a 5 night event and the track is very good every night. It can be done. That's why I suggest that the people running the St. Louis event contact the people who do the track prep for The Chili Bowl and get some pointers. It's obvious the boys out in Tulsa know how it's down.

Ok, I've seen Tulsa on Video. For that time of year and race starved spectators, it was a great track. In the middle of summer it would be a OK track. First they race Outlaw Go Karts on it the week before and practice the first part of Chillie Bowl week, then race to Saturday. They farm the track about every race and keep it so you can pull a slider or mussel under on the inside. I don't remember any constant 3 wide with no advantage. They do a great job and give the fans a better than adequate track. Will Gateway do the same?

[jeffreymo]

I think you are trying to say something interesting.

Not a chance of that being the case...

[TMaCiLLiNi39]

Ok, I've seen Tulsa on Video. For that time of year and race starved spectators, it was a great track. In the middle of summer it would be a OK track. First they race Outlaw Go Karts on it the week before and practice the first part of Chillie Bowl week, then race to Saturday. They farm the track about every race and keep it so you can pull a slider or mussel under on the inside. I don't remember any constant 3 wide with no advantage. They do a great job and give the fans a better than adequate track. Will Gateway do the same?

Then you were watching the wrong video....

[WisWildManFan]

Just open up the 400 level seats for $25 a night and be done with it

[CIRF]

Ok, I've seen Tulsa on Video. For that time of year and race starved spectators, it was a great track. In the middle of summer it would be a OK track. First they race Outlaw Go Karts on it the week before and practice the first part of Chillie Bowl week, then race to Saturday. They farm the track about every race and keep it so you can pull a slider or mussel under on the inside. I don't remember any constant 3 wide with no advantage. They do a great job and give the fans a better than adequate track. Will Gateway do the same?

Adequate track? It's consistently better that adequate. Tulsa is a great track for any time of year whether the race fans are race starved or not.

You've seen video of Tulsa? That must certainly give you the full view of the big picture. LOL!! You've only seen a fraction of the 5 nights and really don't have a grasp of what's going on there. If every outdoor track in the middle of the summer was as good as Tulsa in January there'd be no complaints about errant track prep at any of them.

They run 80 different cars all 4 prelim nights. That equates to 8 heat races and the alphabet races before the A-main. There is plenty of 3 wide racing throughout the program but if you think there will be 3 wide racing constantly through 8 heat races, C-mains and B-mains and the A-main you're expectations are totally unreasonable. Trust me, there is plenty of 3 wide and the boys run from the inside berm to the Jersey barrier walls.

Stewart and his guys work the track when it needs it and that usually works out to twice a night each of the 4 prelim nights. Remember there are on average 80 cars participating on the prelim nights. Saturday the racing begins at noon and the overall A-main usually isn't over until around 11 PM. Over 300 different cars will have raced on the track throughout the day and evening and some will have raced on it multiple times along with hot laps for those cars that are locked in from the prelim nights so some track prep is inevitable, wouldn't you say? But track prep dam sure doesn't take place after every race. Not sure what you were watching but it didn't consist of track prep following every race.

[calverton]

Again that's your opinion MENTAL MIDGET LOL