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Our group has been attending NASCAR races at Kentu...

Our group has been attending NASCAR races at Kentucky Speedway since the inaugural event in 2011. We have endured the traffic fiasco of year one, the extreme heat, the bitter cold of the fall race, the severe storms, the always present challenge of getting out of the parking lot, but have always returned for more. That is now changing - we will not be back! Last weekend we parked as instructed, set up our canopies, coolers, etc. only to be later told by the "fire lane Nazi" we had to move because we were in the "fire lane" - a line scraped in the gravel. Last year we witnessed this person destroy someone's canopy because it protruded into the "lane". After some civilizednegotiation we agreed to move to another location - which meant packing all of our stuff back into the vehicles. We were assured the new space was ours, because the area had already been parked. We set up again, only to be told once again we had to move - this time by a KY State Trooper. He claimed they wanted to squeeze more cars in - never happened - the area was still empty when the race was over! Again we packed up and moved. Being made to move three times, even after following parking instructions, was ridiculous. Fire lanes are important, as we saw by the burning truck, but someone at Ky Speedway needs to get parking under control. We have attended races at other tracks and never had a problem - set up once and enjoy the day. Next year we will be at another track! Unfortunately Kentucky, you've lost some more fans, and judging from the attendance last weekend, that is something you can't afford to do.

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