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Old 09-11-2008, 08:56 PM   #5
thomas sheehan
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Default Re: Live from charlotte.....

Julie.........

The facility is top shelf...........but............
it has it's bugs that need worked out ..... and I'm sure it'll get better.

examples...... a lady parked next to us said that she got stuck in one of the new bathroom stalls (under the bleachers). It seems like they painted the new stalls and the lock on the door stuck because of the fresh paint. She had to crawl out under the door to get out. It could have been an ugly situation. My mother found a similar situation in another stall but had been pre-warned.

also..... The bleachers on the sportsman side of the track (east-side) were off limits to spectators except for the 4 sections nearest the start line. This would have been nice... except... that we were pitted on the end of the bleachers where we were not allowed to sit. It made no sense at all. You had to walk all tthe way to the start line bleachers to sit and watch.
Security guards chased out all spectators from the seats all day long (until about 3pm or so).
I have no idea why this happened.

Pros, alcohol, and comp are on the left side of the track.
We (ss, sg, sc) are pitted on right side of track. With the amount of rain we had yesterday, the dirt and rocks we parked on held up just fine.

I'd give the facility a strong 8 out of 10.

Tom
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