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Got to the track Sunday morning around 9:15AM, parked in the handicap section of the Frontier Lot(hardly any traffic). Took several Golf Cart rides to various parts of the track to see what was there(first timer).

After lunch we took our seats in the nosebleed section of the Laconia grandstand proceeded to bake like a potatoe skin on an aluminum cookie sheet. Now, I have watched the races on the TV for many years and have enjoyed them very much....But between the roar of the cars(which were atleast as loud as the 2 jet flyover directly over us) and the smell of the fumes from the cars and the people chainsmoking infront of us, I think I will continue to watch them on TV only from now on. Now I know why almost everyone had something either over or in their ears.

Waited for the checkered flag and headed down the hundred steps only to go back up fifty more, to the tram at the bottom of heart attack hill and to our parking lot, in the car and out to 106 in about 15 minutes and home in Alton in less than 1 hour! I was really amazed how the traffic flowed, although I believe our timing had a lot to do about it.

Was different, but not for me.