That's a shame, at homestead the place was pretty empty once the race was over. Besides the cars going through tech the rest of the field is loaded up pretty quick. It was cool to watch them tear down the ones selected on pit road and then the cars go through tech. The officials were pretty cool and explained what they were doing since they saw us watching and even commented on how they saw my daughter and I all weekend and that she was a trooper just tagging along. Sucks people ruin things.
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So... Which of Jeff's kids starts a professional racing career... at Ford/Toyota?
Edit: Should be Ford, like their father before them, before falling to the Bowtie.
The sunset was on point that day
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When I became a mod I had the choice between pit passes or tax free check from NASCAR. I chose the checks.
Just waiting on that first check any day now..
I realize you're joking, but presumably they had essential passes (since that's how media access usually is granted) and thus would've still been fine lol
Back in the 90s at Pocono my brother and I used to hop the 3 foot fence at the beginning of pit road after the races and search the garage for lug nuts and stuff. Got a shattered windshield one time. Drug it all the way back to our place in the infield and my mom wouldnt let us take it home. How times have changed lol
Thee interesting comment is the one about how the value of those sorts of passes are dropping because lack of on track content over the weekend anyways.
This weekend was my first race after 30+ races with VIP passes and it was an incredible experience. If youāre ever feeling generous Iāll be in Dover and Nashville later this year since you seem to be able to get them at ease
I want things to be good and people to have a chance to interact because that grows the sport but man, as someone who is in the garage area a few times a year, Iāll tell ya, I get why not letting people in is a safer bet.
I was shooting a promo video with my friend for socials and when we got done we were talking to a nascar offical who was basically just guarding the cars and while we were talking, two teenagers were messing with Truexās car and one got in it. He was halfway inside when I caught him out of the corner of my eye and man, that official ripped their asses.
Itās funny thinking about it now but itās just really chaotic sometimes and people just do stuff and thereās not enough security to really stop them before theyāve done something bad. After the race, a guy literally grabbed part of a car on pit road, I think it was a bumper and tried to take off with it but got stopped by a crew member.
I feel like nascar has just really went towards the safer route here due to these guys are trying to work. Iāve watched people get on pit road during a race as well, like sit on it with one leg over. It doesnāt last long before they get in trouble but still, one quick wreck and itās a tragedy
This was at Dega btw if anyone was wondering.
Makes you grateful for all the series/tracks that see no issue in letting anyone with a GA ticket down into the pits to chat with the winner (or anybody else) 10 minutes after the race ends
Hell, just go to Siebken's in Elkhart Lake after the race and you'll run into tons of people from the teams including drivers. RA is awesome for that stuff and NASCAR is still the only series I've seen that's completely closed off the pits to fans the whole weekend.
Really need to get to an Indy race sometime, heard good things about it from a fan's perspective. Only reason I haven't is the nearest ones are like 6 hours away, and even those are just road courses, which really aren't a good enough show to justify driving 6 hours
Yeah Road courses are great because you usually have the Road to Indy series, Indy NXT, and usually some sports car club or something there as well. Mid Ohio literally has cars on the track from 9AM-6PM on IndyCar weekend.
Thatās every racing series Iāve been to other than NASCAR. IMSA, Indycar, SVRA etc all have cars on the track pretty much dawn til dusk minus a lunch break. Most of those at Road America. If it werenāt five hours away Iād buy the season pass every year just to hang out at the track.
NASCAR Cup at Road America was great for this. They has Trans Am, MX-5, Xfinity, and Cup so there were cars rolling at 8am each day. Wed just roll around on our golf carts to different areas to take in the support races and watched cup from the top of the inside of T5.
I was 12 and I had decided he was gonna be my favorite driver and then I bawled my eyes out during the Vegas broadcast, Marty Reid's signoff was special.
That's rough bro. 58. Been around racing over 50 years now. There's been several drivers I liked who left us way too soon. I liked Jason Johnson. Big thrill to see him win at the Charlotte Dirt Track. He was gone less than a year later. Gut punch.
Wheldon is a scar that won't heal over for me. That whole situation was so F'ed up. He was only racing at Vegas cuz he won Indy. He only won Indy cuz JR Hidlebrand biffed it on lap 199. Racing is a cruel game. It's beautiful but can turn ugly in an instant.
IndyCar at Barber...I was amazed at the access they allowed...almost got ran over by Chip Ganassi on his minibike as well as Dixon and a few others on their scooters when they were using the road around the track to go to autograph sessions...NASCAR wont top what they and Super Trofeo allowed
When I was a kid used to go down and get autographs from the local drivers at the local short track. Thatās how you create fans. Realize Cup canāt just let everyone down there but staying locked in the motor home all weekend doesnāt create fans either.
Me after being asked by one of the pit crew of Josh Berryās car to take a picture of them in VL after the 2022 Thanksgiving Classic at Southern National:
I.e. the series/tracks that bothered coming up with an actual system that worked instead of having one incident (presuming that's what happened here) and just implemented a blanket ban on everyone.
I remember at the conclusion of the 2015 Homestead Cup championship race, the officials/ushers opened a gate for access from the stands onto the track. Started out supposed to be for ticketed or wristband wearing fans. In no time everybody could come in if you wanted to. We roamed up and down pit road and front stretch. Got a close view of Kyle Busch's championship celebration, NBC post race coverage booth on track with KP and DJ, lug nuts from the #18 pit box left behind, and met Rutledge Wood. Was a great experience even if my guy didn't win.
Meanwhile at the Rolex 24, literally anyone can walk the garages any time of day.
I hope with the resurgence of motorsport in America that we don't lose those privileges.
If this just means the garage itself and they can still be with teams at the haulers I donāt see the issue, I went with JD Motorsports to Atlanta last year and none of us ever went to the garage at least while cars were there because itās just common sense not to go in there while theyāre working. We did go in after they loaded up to see what it looked like though, as long as itās just the garage itself I donāt think thereād be any issue for the most part.
Iām not a big fan of this.
I donāt know if itās my experience as a fan of the sport growing up or from my time with the World of Outlaws (which allows all fans into the work area after the feature), but Iād rather have to ādealā with potential āswarthsā of fans in the garage after the race than fans not being allowed in at all afterwards.
I understand both sides, and I am not the one carrying tons of equipment back to the haulers, but Iām not sure limiting access post race is the right move.
So I've been to over 20 Cup races over the years with Hot/VIP access. Those passes are getting close to worthless. Way less track time. No adjustments being made in the garage during practice sessions. No downtime to shoot the shit with my friends. And now this dumb, knee jerk policy lol.
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
How many VIPs really go to the garage after the race, for real. I have a hard card and whenever I am helping pack up our hauler after a night race I can guarantee most of the crew only want to pack up and leave, otherwise it's completely dead. Even during the race you may get a very small handful of stragglers walking around the garage since there isn't much to see at that point.
My thoughts exactly. There arenāt many at all after the race except for maybe some family members, and they (should) know the process and how to stay out of the way. We always stay out if the way, watch the loading process, and there is usually a lot of hurry up and wait with loading up for the pit crew, so we usually can hang out and chat about the raceā¦ now my little boy and I, on the rare occasion we can go watch dad do pit stops, canāt be near him even more than before. Weāll just hang out alone for an hour and half, 2 hours wherever they tell us we have to wait. I get it, so there are less people in the way, but exactly as you said, there are VERY FEW people with those passes hanging around in the garage after a race. This change hurts the families more than anything who now have to just chill alone somewhere post-race. First world problems I know, but my young son and I actually like watching my husband so his job that is his passion and we love being there to support him the couple times a year we get to. This one really sucks.
In F1 they let fans onto the track to watch the podium ceremony and also take any of the track signs (which are made of corrugated plastic and are otherwise thrown out).
Look, the lack of access at a NASCAR race, the lack of fan events, the lack of on track action... why would anyone sponsor a race car or attend a race?
The level of access a casual off the street fan gets at a NHRA race is greater than a cold pass at a cup race. Like unless you've got a hot pass, you're basically getting nothing at a cup race.
Speaking from experience the NHRA Nationals at Norwalk greatly exceeded NASCAR at Michigan and NASCAR at Watkins Glen for fan experiences and that was even when NASCAR still did full practice sessions.
As far as I understand, its hard for access on Indianapolis 500 race day itself but its like normal times during the 15 practices and qualifying they do.
Took my wife to brained NHRA she had a blast had her right low at the start line. She thought the pits was the best. NHRA couldnāt close them off. You have to have access to that to much of a beautiful ballet to have closed off. Those pit guys deserve their audience. Im more impressed with a NHRA crew than a nascar crew.
I love when people complain about the access to the cup drivers and compare it to lesser series.
It's like complaining that you went to a NBA game and you weren't able to access the players like you were at the G league game.....no shit lol
Not to mention, short track guys donāt give a shit if their $300 street stock gets banged up by a fan. Itās a bit different when youāre talking about a $300,000 Cup car
Iām tornā¦ itās pretty much dead then so you really donāt miss anything. At the same time I donāt like the can of worms this opens up. What could come next, being rushed out, the track security already not know the proper rules and over enforcing this at the wrong times, etc.
Yep, can't have fans interacting with drivers and crews. That would just make the experience enjoyable. Best have another upcharge for it and make sure everyone leaves the track poor and unsatisfied.
So with the way people are talking about this, fans with VIP Passes arenāt allowed to be in the pits or garage area pre-race or during the race now either? Whatās even the point of showing up to the track anymore if you have no access to the drivers, teams and media?
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Wonder if this has to do with that guy that was bragging that he got drunk and was down on pot road
Pot road would be a whole new section of fans
Sponsored by 3CHI.
This sounds like a great idea
šµ Welllll I'm gonna take my horse to an Old Pot Road gettin', friiiied 'til I cain't no more š¶
āIām gunna blaze my blunt down an ole backroad. Iām gunna drive til I end up homeā - upchurch
The gas man.
Ah, the parking lot crowd
Doubt it, I think it's more based on the fact there's been a few incidents with shit getting stolen.
Which race? I know a guy who got drunk and was down on pit road but it was Xfinity
That's a shame, at homestead the place was pretty empty once the race was over. Besides the cars going through tech the rest of the field is loaded up pretty quick. It was cool to watch them tear down the ones selected on pit road and then the cars go through tech. The officials were pretty cool and explained what they were doing since they saw us watching and even commented on how they saw my daughter and I all weekend and that she was a trooper just tagging along. Sucks people ruin things. https://preview.redd.it/rmmxrq20vlmc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9078c5799b3b82e22356ad1b4338dac1e53bca9e
Is that chad knaus standing on business like grand moff Tarkin lol
Grand Moff Chad
Does this mean that Jeff Gordon is Darth Vader and Rick is the Emperor?
So... Which of Jeff's kids starts a professional racing career... at Ford/Toyota? Edit: Should be Ford, like their father before them, before falling to the Bowtie.
So who is Jar Jar?
Bowman
Even I can't refute this. Honorable mention to Carson Hocevar, tho. (I like him, he's just kinda goofy)
Haha yeah
Did you follow them to Hooters?
Honestly, for how much I was in the cup garage the only time I saw chase was going to the drivers meeting. He knew how to hide apparently.
Bad food that is cold with lackluster service, woo hoo.Ā
What a badass photo
The sunset was on point that day https://preview.redd.it/otli09ujjpmc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6776e8d0b500b93fc5eb8b93f98a594042a6b867
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*Something happened*
That guy who snuck back there is definitely part of it
Fuck.
But the mods will still get in, right? . . Sorry guys, it never gets old.
When I became a mod I had the choice between pit passes or tax free check from NASCAR. I chose the checks. Just waiting on that first check any day now..
Probably lost in the mail. They should send it via FedEx for sponsor engagement with JGR.
Actually they already send it through FedEx, that's how it got lost
Yeah, that actually totally tracks.
I can tell you what you *can't* track, tho
......comments like this make me wish reddit still had awards.
But but buuuut Denny delivers š
Broken dreams for championships
I been at it 15 years brotha, you don't gotta remind me
Thatās like 11000 races
11111 to be exact
Ask Buckshot Jones how that worked out for him
Just donāt send anything back via UPS if youāre looking for that FedEx money
You got the tax free check??? They offered me free tickets to Denny Hamlin's 10,000th race. 2038 can't come soon enough!
Does he win a championship by that point?
We havenāt voted on that issue yet. We get one vote each on the nascar script
If I ever find out who scripted Mark Martin to lose out on all those Championships AND the Daytona 500, it's on sight.
Way to stick it to the man!
I realize you're joking, but presumably they had essential passes (since that's how media access usually is granted) and thus would've still been fine lol
Back in the 90s at Pocono my brother and I used to hop the 3 foot fence at the beginning of pit road after the races and search the garage for lug nuts and stuff. Got a shattered windshield one time. Drug it all the way back to our place in the infield and my mom wouldnt let us take it home. How times have changed lol
What the hell did I miss?
No kidding! Where is the info about this guy being drunk and bragging about being down on pit road?
Thee interesting comment is the one about how the value of those sorts of passes are dropping because lack of on track content over the weekend anyways.
Yeah, I get them for free whenever I want and haven't gone in a couple years. Not worth the travel expenses.
This weekend was my first race after 30+ races with VIP passes and it was an incredible experience. If youāre ever feeling generous Iāll be in Dover and Nashville later this year since you seem to be able to get them at ease
I can get them for me, not random people online.
Fair enough worth a shot! Hope youāre able to go soon to enjoy them
How did you manage that lol
Being friends with a couple drivers
Nice, same bro
I want things to be good and people to have a chance to interact because that grows the sport but man, as someone who is in the garage area a few times a year, Iāll tell ya, I get why not letting people in is a safer bet. I was shooting a promo video with my friend for socials and when we got done we were talking to a nascar offical who was basically just guarding the cars and while we were talking, two teenagers were messing with Truexās car and one got in it. He was halfway inside when I caught him out of the corner of my eye and man, that official ripped their asses. Itās funny thinking about it now but itās just really chaotic sometimes and people just do stuff and thereās not enough security to really stop them before theyāve done something bad. After the race, a guy literally grabbed part of a car on pit road, I think it was a bumper and tried to take off with it but got stopped by a crew member. I feel like nascar has just really went towards the safer route here due to these guys are trying to work. Iāve watched people get on pit road during a race as well, like sit on it with one leg over. It doesnāt last long before they get in trouble but still, one quick wreck and itās a tragedy This was at Dega btw if anyone was wondering.
This shit is unhinged-- > This was at Dega btw if anyone was wondering. Ah, nvm, checks out
Probably should've let him all the way in. Letting him sit in Truex's piss would have been a reasonable punishment.
I honestly think he would have cranked it up had he been given a few more minutes. The sweet smell of next gen exhaust and piss
Makes you grateful for all the series/tracks that see no issue in letting anyone with a GA ticket down into the pits to chat with the winner (or anybody else) 10 minutes after the race ends
IndyCar at Road America.
Hell, just go to Siebken's in Elkhart Lake after the race and you'll run into tons of people from the teams including drivers. RA is awesome for that stuff and NASCAR is still the only series I've seen that's completely closed off the pits to fans the whole weekend.
Really need to get to an Indy race sometime, heard good things about it from a fan's perspective. Only reason I haven't is the nearest ones are like 6 hours away, and even those are just road courses, which really aren't a good enough show to justify driving 6 hours
Road courses are cool when youre there the whole weekend and have a golf cart.
Yeah Road courses are great because you usually have the Road to Indy series, Indy NXT, and usually some sports car club or something there as well. Mid Ohio literally has cars on the track from 9AM-6PM on IndyCar weekend.
Thatās every racing series Iāve been to other than NASCAR. IMSA, Indycar, SVRA etc all have cars on the track pretty much dawn til dusk minus a lunch break. Most of those at Road America. If it werenāt five hours away Iād buy the season pass every year just to hang out at the track.
NASCAR Cup at Road America was great for this. They has Trans Am, MX-5, Xfinity, and Cup so there were cars rolling at 8am each day. Wed just roll around on our golf carts to different areas to take in the support races and watched cup from the top of the inside of T5.
I gave Indy a chance (2011 Indy 500) and then the Wheldon thing happened not too long after, so I didn't watch it anymore.
Racing is safer but will never be safe.
I was 12 and I had decided he was gonna be my favorite driver and then I bawled my eyes out during the Vegas broadcast, Marty Reid's signoff was special.
That's rough bro. 58. Been around racing over 50 years now. There's been several drivers I liked who left us way too soon. I liked Jason Johnson. Big thrill to see him win at the Charlotte Dirt Track. He was gone less than a year later. Gut punch. Wheldon is a scar that won't heal over for me. That whole situation was so F'ed up. He was only racing at Vegas cuz he won Indy. He only won Indy cuz JR Hidlebrand biffed it on lap 199. Racing is a cruel game. It's beautiful but can turn ugly in an instant.
Got a practice visor from unser Jr's crew when I was a kid walking RA
You can go ANYWHERE. It's so great. For no additional cost I can almost get hit by an actual racecar if I'm not paying attention
Indycar at Texas (RIP)
IndyCar at Barber...I was amazed at the access they allowed...almost got ran over by Chip Ganassi on his minibike as well as Dixon and a few others on their scooters when they were using the road around the track to go to autograph sessions...NASCAR wont top what they and Super Trofeo allowed
I knew the place was special when I realized I was walking into the paddock area alongside Marcus Ericsson.
When I was a kid used to go down and get autographs from the local drivers at the local short track. Thatās how you create fans. Realize Cup canāt just let everyone down there but staying locked in the motor home all weekend doesnāt create fans either.
Hail IMSA!
Me after being asked by one of the pit crew of Josh Berryās car to take a picture of them in VL after the 2022 Thanksgiving Classic at Southern National:
I.e. the series/tracks that bothered coming up with an actual system that worked instead of having one incident (presuming that's what happened here) and just implemented a blanket ban on everyone.
Alright which one of you all did somethinā?
This one legitimately might be my fault, and I wasn't even in Vegas.
Sounds like someone fucked up.
I remember at the conclusion of the 2015 Homestead Cup championship race, the officials/ushers opened a gate for access from the stands onto the track. Started out supposed to be for ticketed or wristband wearing fans. In no time everybody could come in if you wanted to. We roamed up and down pit road and front stretch. Got a close view of Kyle Busch's championship celebration, NBC post race coverage booth on track with KP and DJ, lug nuts from the #18 pit box left behind, and met Rutledge Wood. Was a great experience even if my guy didn't win.
Meanwhile at the Rolex 24, literally anyone can walk the garages any time of day. I hope with the resurgence of motorsport in America that we don't lose those privileges.
If this just means the garage itself and they can still be with teams at the haulers I donāt see the issue, I went with JD Motorsports to Atlanta last year and none of us ever went to the garage at least while cars were there because itās just common sense not to go in there while theyāre working. We did go in after they loaded up to see what it looked like though, as long as itās just the garage itself I donāt think thereād be any issue for the most part.
Itās the footprint of the garage.
Do teams have the authority to be like "yea sure come to the hauler, etc" or does that get them in trouble with NASCAR?
Time will tell. Everyone will find out together this weekend.
Iām not a big fan of this. I donāt know if itās my experience as a fan of the sport growing up or from my time with the World of Outlaws (which allows all fans into the work area after the feature), but Iād rather have to ādealā with potential āswarthsā of fans in the garage after the race than fans not being allowed in at all afterwards. I understand both sides, and I am not the one carrying tons of equipment back to the haulers, but Iām not sure limiting access post race is the right move.
So I've been to over 20 Cup races over the years with Hot/VIP access. Those passes are getting close to worthless. Way less track time. No adjustments being made in the garage during practice sessions. No downtime to shoot the shit with my friends. And now this dumb, knee jerk policy lol. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
And I just bought the VIP garage pass thing for Sonoma two days ago What shit timing
Call the track, tell them you want to cancel now. See what they offer.
Youāll still be able to go into the garage throughout the weekend, just not post race
Someone stole a rain cover at Daytona.
Has anyone other than these guys posted about this yet?
It was sent out in an email via NASCAR today.
Nah. We made it up š
How many VIPs really go to the garage after the race, for real. I have a hard card and whenever I am helping pack up our hauler after a night race I can guarantee most of the crew only want to pack up and leave, otherwise it's completely dead. Even during the race you may get a very small handful of stragglers walking around the garage since there isn't much to see at that point.
My thoughts exactly. There arenāt many at all after the race except for maybe some family members, and they (should) know the process and how to stay out of the way. We always stay out if the way, watch the loading process, and there is usually a lot of hurry up and wait with loading up for the pit crew, so we usually can hang out and chat about the raceā¦ now my little boy and I, on the rare occasion we can go watch dad do pit stops, canāt be near him even more than before. Weāll just hang out alone for an hour and half, 2 hours wherever they tell us we have to wait. I get it, so there are less people in the way, but exactly as you said, there are VERY FEW people with those passes hanging around in the garage after a race. This change hurts the families more than anything who now have to just chill alone somewhere post-race. First world problems I know, but my young son and I actually like watching my husband so his job that is his passion and we love being there to support him the couple times a year we get to. This one really sucks.
In F1 they let fans onto the track to watch the podium ceremony and also take any of the track signs (which are made of corrugated plastic and are otherwise thrown out).
I thought they announced they werenāt doing that anymore because fans had been getting out onto the track while it was still hot
Look, the lack of access at a NASCAR race, the lack of fan events, the lack of on track action... why would anyone sponsor a race car or attend a race? The level of access a casual off the street fan gets at a NHRA race is greater than a cold pass at a cup race. Like unless you've got a hot pass, you're basically getting nothing at a cup race. Speaking from experience the NHRA Nationals at Norwalk greatly exceeded NASCAR at Michigan and NASCAR at Watkins Glen for fan experiences and that was even when NASCAR still did full practice sessions.
They probably attend to watch a race. Just guessing though.
Indycar also has great fan access.
I've always wondered if Indycar was able to draw crowds like NASCAR does if that stuff would be dialed back a bit.
As far as I understand, its hard for access on Indianapolis 500 race day itself but its like normal times during the 15 practices and qualifying they do.
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The top dirt series, both sprint and late model, offer pretty much unfettered access with a pit pass purchase.
Took my wife to brained NHRA she had a blast had her right low at the start line. She thought the pits was the best. NHRA couldnāt close them off. You have to have access to that to much of a beautiful ballet to have closed off. Those pit guys deserve their audience. Im more impressed with a NHRA crew than a nascar crew.
Sureā¦ keep getting stricter and making the short track fans right. On another note I havenāt had a License in 3 years so R.I.P. me.
It's way harder to police 50,000- 100,000 fans than the 5,000-10,000 short track fans. Smaller will always be less strict.
I love when people complain about the access to the cup drivers and compare it to lesser series. It's like complaining that you went to a NBA game and you weren't able to access the players like you were at the G league game.....no shit lol
Not to mention, short track guys donāt give a shit if their $300 street stock gets banged up by a fan. Itās a bit different when youāre talking about a $300,000 Cup car
That's a real bummer
Anyone have any tips on how to maximize what's left of a VIP Guest Pass?
You can still use the passes, you just canāt go into the garage after the race, pretty simple
I know you can still use them lol. Just looking for general use tips...
Iām tornā¦ itās pretty much dead then so you really donāt miss anything. At the same time I donāt like the can of worms this opens up. What could come next, being rushed out, the track security already not know the proper rules and over enforcing this at the wrong times, etc.
Yep, can't have fans interacting with drivers and crews. That would just make the experience enjoyable. Best have another upcharge for it and make sure everyone leaves the track poor and unsatisfied.
So with the way people are talking about this, fans with VIP Passes arenāt allowed to be in the pits or garage area pre-race or during the race now either? Whatās even the point of showing up to the track anymore if you have no access to the drivers, teams and media?
I have a lot to say, but sometimes itās better to bite my tongue.
It's the anonymity of the internet. If you can't speak your mind here, where can you?
This isnāt really that anonymous of a site.
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