Long Beach Grand Free
Picked up free tickets to the Long Beach Grand Prix at a local grocery store the other day. Nothing beats a free day at a major race.
I left the dSLR at home and just packed my trusty iPhone 5 in my shorts – so I snapped a few photos, uploaded them via mobile and composed this quick post.
Even if you pay the $28 face value for friday practice, it is still a huge deal compared to F1 at Austin. What other motorsports events are this cheap?
This has been an experiment in mobile blogging from my phone. Comments?
OK, now I am seriously jealous. Great score! I wonder if the Toronto Indy has a practice day deal too? Now I will check.
I agree with you about F1. I stopped attending any F1 races mainly because of the way fans are treated (i.e. like crap). And being charged huge money for the "privilege" of being in distant contact with all those prima donas just stuck in my craw.
I agree 100% about the distant contact with flat brimmed overpaid prima donas. Some of the younger guys are probably nice and down to earth, but by the time they've made their first $10million and hit 24 years old they all start acting/looking like Justin Bieber. Thanks but no thanks to supporting Mr Bernie Ecc's future alimony.
Wish I had the day off today. I can hear the circuit from where I'm working in Long Beach. It is a great deal if you make it out there.
Very jealous. I'll be there Saturday and Sunday but work can't end soon enough!
Say what you will about F1, I'm still excited for the day they bring the show to this circuit. That's assuming the rumors are true….
The only F1 race I've been to is Malaysia, and you can walk up to the ticket window and negotiate a deal on tickets.
We were there Fri thru Sun, grandstand 40 section 6 right up against the fence so we had a 270 degree shot of turn 1 and down into turn 2. Looks like you were right across from us on the other side of turn 1. Did you stay for the races or take off after Friday? Pro celebrity race was awesome.