Comments on: Atlanta Motor Speedway sees its glass as more than half-full

By: Bill Littlejohn

Bill Littlejohn — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:02:43 +0000

Shame on the Constitution. Georgia had one of the best road races in the country this weekend and there was little or no coverage other than what was produced by the Road Atlanta web site. This was a fan friendly event with some fantastic international cars and drivers. Get with it Constitution!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:49:01 +0000

http://neilyoung.com/forkintheroad/forkintheroadpage.html

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:16:33 +0000

Isn’t Neil’s new album supposed to concern LincVolt?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:46:29 +0000

Has anyone heard of David Ragan doing a test run at AMS for a Neil Young project called Lincvolt?Thanks in advance.Jim

By: nascargoodolboy

nascargoodolboy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:43:39 +0000

Let me tell you something about atlanta motor speedway..I walked up to the ticket booth sunday morning and asked for a ticket in winners section,lower lever and away from the crowd since half of the seats were gonna be unsold..The ticket lady said no problem and I paid my 95.oo bucks and went to my seat..It seemed like there was nobody in the grandstands till the driver introductions started and the only section I saw filling up was the one I was in..What happened was the speedway was trying to fill up that section because it was the last section before going into turns 1 and 2 and it would look real good on tv by being full..I wound up moving 2 sections down where there was not a single person sitting in a seat from row 1 to row 18..What gets me is I asked for a ticket in a isolated area but I get sold one to fill up a certain section..I will never buy another ticket from atlanta motor speedway again..Tickets can be bought in the parking lot and at the highway for 20 bucks..AMS..The next time a hardcore NASCAR fan walks up to the ticket booth to buy a ticket just to help the track out because of the race not even being half-sold out I suggest you try to accomodate that fan.

By: Sam Clemens

Sam Clemens — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:14:28 +0000

“If you have problems with ANYTHING at AMS you should shoot Ed Clark an e-mail. He will respond and ibet he takes the economy into consideration for the Labor Day weekend event!”

I don’t see it listed on the Website. What is it ?

I don’t think moving the October date to Sunday Night Labor Day weekend was such a good idea.

Georgia Tech Football kicks off that Saturday.
Georgia usually kicks off that at home that weekend, but will be at Ok St. this year.

And many many families go on vacation to Florida, and lakes, and vacation homes for the last trip before autumn starts.

And I fimly believe NASCAR has out priced the vast majority of its fan base.

AMS need aditional events like : bicycle races, Karting races, 5k, 10k fun runs , concerts, circus, IndyCar races.

By: rooster43

rooster43 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:34:17 +0000

started going to atlanta race track in 1977 for many years twice a year. quit going in 1994. went once in 1999 family of four,over $450 for tickets-boring -boring race.. went again in 2007 family of 3 ,over $475 for tickets-BORING-BORING-BORING, now I go ride my bike and watch race highlights on news..BORING-EXSPENSIVE-NO THANKS NO MORE WASTED TIME ON NASCAR!!!!!!

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:49:54 +0000

I believe the AMS folks are sincere in their desire to make things work for their patrons. Whether or not that means discounting all tickets … well, I can’t say.

By: HugeAtlantaFan

HugeAtlantaFan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:29:45 +0000

I see all the complaints about the racing here. The racing, actual racing is pretty good here. Its the “wrecking” that is the problem. People think that if there isn’t a good crash’em up, then the race is boring. Sure Kurt Busch put a whoopin on everyone, but boring…it was not.

I think ticket prices are an issue. We sit in the Winners (because my wife and I don’t want people creeping into our seats)and they are BY far the best seats at AMS. They are a little pricey, but our comfort is worth a little more.

If you have problems with ANYTHING at AMS you should shoot Ed Clark an e-mail. He will respond and ibet he takes the economy into consideration for the Labor Day weekend event!

By: MRM

MRM — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:51:49 +0000

I made my first trip to AMS in 30 years. I had been a season ticket holder at Bristol for 12 years, but decided not to renew because even tickets there are easy to come by. And I was tired of losing big money on Nationwide tickets that came in my package. So when AMS offered some of their reduced prices, I jumped on it since I had been wanting to come back for the last several years.

It was easy to see where the best deals were for this race because those sections were the ones that had the most people in them. I didn’t understand why AMS didn’t offer discounts for their premium seating as well. We were in the lower area of the Winners Grandstand and there may have been 150 people in the upper area (chari back seats) directly behind us. If AMS decides to offer discounted tickets for the Labor Day weekend race, they need to discount ALL the tickets.