Following WSOPM's Saturday finish at Bradenton, I crossed the bay on Sunday to see the Firestone Grand Prix at St. Pete, my first Indycar experience. I bought gen admission on the gate, so stayed at ground level, didn't sit in the stands.
I enjoyed the day -- great people-watching, as the place was packed. Racing? What racing? The track was surrounded by walls, as on a dragstrip. All you could see for 2 hours was the very tops of cars whizzing past. Even if I'd sat in a stand, I'd still only have seen one section of track. Have to watch the big screens to have any idea of what was going on.
Afterwards, sat on a low wall for nearly an hour watching people leave. They all seemed satisfied with what they might, or might not, have seen. But so frustrating. How do you explain to all these people that the spectator experience they would have at an NHRA race would be so superior?
