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Talladega Superspeedway Introduces Alcohol-Free Overnight Park
Talladega Superspeedway announced today that it has answered the call of race fans seeking increased family-oriented amenities by introducing Champion’s Corner, an enclosed RVs-only overnight parking area outside the track’s first turn featuring a strict no-alcohol policy for all park residents and guests. In addition, the new Champion’s Corner Overnight Park features:

Water hook-ups and gravel surfaces for each of its 156 spaces
Morning newspaper delivery to each guest’s doorstep
Special entertainment
Children’s activities and worship service Sunday morning provided by Alabama Raceway Ministries
The new Champion’s Corner Overnight Park is the latest announcement from Talladega Superspeedway regarding projects expanding and improving its hundreds of acres of overnight parks. Track officials announced last month the expansion of several of its existing parks, including the addition of spaces for purchase in its Reserved Family Parks B, C and D, and additional capacity created within select free parks.
“We are always looking for ways to provide a greater experience for families at Talladega Superspeedway and have made great strides with our long-time policy of admitting kids age 11 and younger free of charge on Fridays and Saturdays and the relatively recent addition of our Kids Zone,” said Talladega Superspeedway Vice President and General Manager Rick Humphrey. “These things seem to be increasing the number of families that come out for our race weekends, and the new Champion’s Corner is another way to provide amenities geared specifically toward them.”

Reserved spaces in the new Champion’s Corner are limited and may be purchased for $280 by calling the Talladega Superspeedway Ticket Office at 1-877-Go2-DEGA.

Talladega Superspeedway officials are preparing for an exciting year of racing here at NASCAR’s Most Competitive Track. The 2007 Aaron’s Dream Weekend is set for April 27-29, and features the Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Busch Series race on Saturday, April 28 and the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race on Sunday, April 29. Kids age 11 and younger are admitted free of charge when accompanied by a ticketed adult on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are available by calling 1-877-Go2-DEGA (462-3342) Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. CDT, or by logging onto (www.racetickets.com). For our hearing impaired guests, please call TDD 1-866-ISC-TRAK (1-866-472-8725). You may also purchase tickets in person at Talladega Superspeedway’s Ticket Office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT, Monday-Friday.
 
honestly...its probably a good idea....im sure most of us have camped at the race track during race weekend....if you want to take your family and camp at the race track...we all know its not the best place in the world for a family....so i think its a good idea to have an area for them.

however.....i would like to see more water and electrical hookups at the race tracks.
 
Its a great idea and I am glad they did not try to grab up a piece of the infield for the family section . Degas infield is a one of the last bastions of the old nascar and I would not like to see it change . This gives people with little kids and the religious people a place of their own to camp with out spoiling the party that is Degas infield.
 
Multi, me thinks this is the first of a non-stop moving of NASCAR to try and gain more and more fans. I'm not saying this is a bad idea, on the contrary, I think that it's time that there is a place for the non-drinking fan, or at the very least, those who are willing to give up the drink for the weekend for a nice time. Also, just because there won't be drinking allowed doesn't mean that there won't be any problems. Here in Winston Salem, Bowman Gray Stadium is for the most part, alcohol free. There is one small section where one can drink beer, but it must be purchased on site and cannot be taken out of the section. I've been there and I can say that while it's clearly a crazy place on race night, the rest of the stadium is just as raucous and can become quite violent if given the chance. BTW, just an observation here...seems that most of the violence in the drinking section comes from the predominently male population, but once out of the drinking section, the violence comes from the females. Now I wonder why that is. :)

Anyway, more and more venues are going to the alcohol free atmosphere and it's because of a very small minority population that just can't control themselves.
 
I for one don't like spending that much money then not remembering anything about the race. I have camped at alot of race tracks and there is always people still sleeping it off while everyone else is enjoying the race.
I remember one Busch race at Bristol where a man was sitting out from us on the same row and puked down his beer belly onto the lady sitting in front of him.
 
tkj24 said:
I for one don't like spending that much money then not remembering anything about the race. I have camped at alot of race tracks and there is always people still sleeping it off while everyone else is enjoying the race.
I remember one Busch race at Bristol where a man was sitting out from us on the same row and puked down his beer belly onto the lady sitting in front of him.
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I don't like having beer poured down my back and people falling over my shoulder either. (Charlotte)
 
One does mellow with age. I remember when I was but a lad (over 21 of course) when I would drink at every place that allowed it, and would more than likely over drink. These days, while I still might enjoy a refreshing beer or two or three at the track, it's seldom that we go to a track where I can do that. Our local track has a drinking section where you have to purchase your beer there and can only drink it there. It's a small section and is usually crowded, but the rest of us enjoy the racing sans alcohol. Mind you, there is still plenty of idiotic acts performed by some very sober people, but one certainly doesn't worry about a beer being poured down their back, or God forbid, getting puked on.
 
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