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rpmallen
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Well, after my first time going to see a Cup race at Pocono, I'm not sure I'm ever going to go back there. What happened to my Sunday was just unreal.
After watching the race Sunday, I left the track and headed to the parking lot to leave. When we went to find my Jeep, though, it was no where to be found. We searched every aisle we could for 3 hours before trying to get help. Track security put us on a go-kart to drive us around, but decided that the parking lot was too full so told us the only thing we could do was keep looking until the lot was clear. So we began searching for another two hours until it got dark when we realized we had left our stuff in the back of the security guard's go-kart. So we went back to where they told us a security guard would be, and there wasn't one. So we kept walking and found another track security personel, but their radio didn't work so told us we had to keep walking. Finally we someone, only to have them tell us we needed to walk on the other side of the track to the main control center to get help. We were getting frustrated, we had done more excercise than we wanted to in our entire lives walking up and down and back and forth, and we the night was getting worse before it was getting better. We walked to where they told us, and it turns out that Pocono hires several security companies to run the track, so these security said the best we could do was wait for the parking lot to clear and had us sit there for two more hours. Some other families, that apparently were going through the same thing we were with different security companies telling them to do different things, started showing up, and finally we started getting some help.
So here's the kicker. My Jeep was stolen, and so were at least five other cars. BUT... all but one by the time I left were found. Apparently some tow truck driver thought it was funny to play a little joke this afternoon and tow people's cars and put them in completely different lots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't know who the driver was, so the best they could do was find where the tow truck driver decided to put them. They found my Jeep in a completely different parking lot next to a tree and only 50 ft from one of the other missing cars. I couldn't believe it! One of the security personel told me that it was illegal to tow cars at Pocono during the day unless they were parked illegally, and that they had noticed this tow truck driver towing cars from the row, but nobody did anything about this!!!!!!!!! And the way they were making this sound is that this has happened before!!! Can you believe this?????????
So although I enjoyed the race, I had a horrible experience at Pocono Speedway, and all Pocono did was hire these security companies to run the track, not handle problems like this and made my day a nightmare. I still don't have my stuff, but at least I have my Jeep, but I doubt you'll be seeing me at Pocono Speedway again any time soon.
After watching the race Sunday, I left the track and headed to the parking lot to leave. When we went to find my Jeep, though, it was no where to be found. We searched every aisle we could for 3 hours before trying to get help. Track security put us on a go-kart to drive us around, but decided that the parking lot was too full so told us the only thing we could do was keep looking until the lot was clear. So we began searching for another two hours until it got dark when we realized we had left our stuff in the back of the security guard's go-kart. So we went back to where they told us a security guard would be, and there wasn't one. So we kept walking and found another track security personel, but their radio didn't work so told us we had to keep walking. Finally we someone, only to have them tell us we needed to walk on the other side of the track to the main control center to get help. We were getting frustrated, we had done more excercise than we wanted to in our entire lives walking up and down and back and forth, and we the night was getting worse before it was getting better. We walked to where they told us, and it turns out that Pocono hires several security companies to run the track, so these security said the best we could do was wait for the parking lot to clear and had us sit there for two more hours. Some other families, that apparently were going through the same thing we were with different security companies telling them to do different things, started showing up, and finally we started getting some help.
So here's the kicker. My Jeep was stolen, and so were at least five other cars. BUT... all but one by the time I left were found. Apparently some tow truck driver thought it was funny to play a little joke this afternoon and tow people's cars and put them in completely different lots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't know who the driver was, so the best they could do was find where the tow truck driver decided to put them. They found my Jeep in a completely different parking lot next to a tree and only 50 ft from one of the other missing cars. I couldn't believe it! One of the security personel told me that it was illegal to tow cars at Pocono during the day unless they were parked illegally, and that they had noticed this tow truck driver towing cars from the row, but nobody did anything about this!!!!!!!!! And the way they were making this sound is that this has happened before!!! Can you believe this?????????
So although I enjoyed the race, I had a horrible experience at Pocono Speedway, and all Pocono did was hire these security companies to run the track, not handle problems like this and made my day a nightmare. I still don't have my stuff, but at least I have my Jeep, but I doubt you'll be seeing me at Pocono Speedway again any time soon.
