"Live" from St. Louis National Open

Rob Petrie E395 · 04-20-2012, 10:54 AM

A little heads up for racers coming in from the east on I64. If you have one of the GPS units that will direct you around traffic take note. When you get to the Mt Vernon IL area they are rebuilding/adding lanes and there is a little traffic congestion. Tom Tom and others will try and have you exit the first exit on the east side of town, then cut through town and and re-enter I64 at the west side of town to avoid the back up. Do not do it. Traffic has been a mess all week in town (worse than out on 64)and they have decided to shut down the ramp re entering I64 fri through Mon to try and stop it. If you happen to need to get fuel there you can run down Route 15 to the west a few miles after you get fuel. When you see a Shell station out in the middle of nowhere turn right and it will lead you back to I64. I figured I would post this since I was in town this morning and met a couple of racers who got off and could not figure out how to get back on with the ramp closed.

04-20-2012, 10:54 AM	#14
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: "Live" from St. Louis National Open A little heads up for racers coming in from the east on I64. If you have one of the GPS units that will direct you around traffic take note. When you get to the Mt Vernon IL area they are rebuilding/adding lanes and there is a little traffic congestion. Tom Tom and others will try and have you exit the first exit on the east side of town, then cut through town and and re-enter I64 at the west side of town to avoid the back up. Do not do it. Traffic has been a mess all week in town (worse than out on 64)and they have decided to shut down the ramp re entering I64 fri through Mon to try and stop it. If you happen to need to get fuel there you can run down Route 15 to the west a few miles after you get fuel. When you see a Shell station out in the middle of nowhere turn right and it will lead you back to I64. I figured I would post this since I was in town this morning and met a couple of racers who got off and could not figure out how to get back on with the ramp closed.