Free MotoGP Weekend for YOU!!! - Page 2

HarveyMushman · 04-16-2012, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pantah

Every downtown Indy hotel is booked for MotoGP. Sheesh...

Really? Few towns have more excess hotel capacity than Indy. What else is happening that weekend?

ZLTFUL · 04-16-2012, 08:55 PM

GENCON is the same weekend.

I know because I am a gamer geek in my alternate life.

snowhawk jockey · 04-16-2012, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZLTFUL

GENCON is the same weekend.

I know because I am a gamer geek in my alternate life.

That is good news after all! My brother, a gamers best friend aka user experience creator/user interface developer, will have to be staffing his booth at the convention that weekend. Guess I'll get to room with him.

ikeman · 04-17-2012, 09:07 AM

I'm already signed up for this year.

I got in last year by responding to Ken's post - thanks Ken!

Any of you that are sitting on the fence about this (or think Ken is blowing smoke) just DO IT! Indy and USAC run a first-class operation. This was the best weekend I'd had in a long time and couldn't wait to do it again.

patmo · 04-17-2012, 04:42 PM

I applied, have no motorcycle race worker experience, but have thought I wanted to start doing this when I retired fully and had the time. Hope I get the opportunity.

Patrick

MODNROD · 04-17-2012, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pantah

Every downtown Indy hotel is booked for MotoGP. Sheesh...

That's why every good bike nut also has a Kombi or a ute........

Pantah · 04-17-2012, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarveyMushman

Really? Few towns have more excess hotel capacity than Indy. What else is happening that weekend?

I need 4 rooms. I called 22 of them around City Center. One would accommodate me for just about $400/night/room...

I booked my rooms about 12 miles out of town, but downtown Indy is where the action is except for Saturday Night for the Mile. BTW, call the promoter directly and pick your seats to save a lot of money. In my impatience for a return call, I went ahead with Ticketmaster and they not only ripped my face off with fees, but I really couldn't pick my exact seats. The two companies I hate more than Goldman Sachs are Ticketmaster and Stubhub...

Oh well, see yah there! Whoot!

patmo · 04-18-2012, 12:00 PM

Sent in my app yesterday and got confirmation today that I will be assigned to flagging and communications! Thanks Ken....really looking forward to it.
I forwarded the link to a few friends that I always attend with and the MSTA mailing list.
Patrick

Uncle Duke · 04-18-2012, 02:13 PM

Excellent and thank you! By the way, I've been staying at the Motel 6/Speedway, which is an absolute dump but it is very cheap (in every regard) and very close to the Speedway. This place was once on the USAC recommended list but its so crappy, USAC won't list them. Way I figure it, its a step above camping, its got flush toilets and during race weekend it fills up with our Brethren, a majority of which are NOT chrome-laden cruisers!

If you can find a better place that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, go for it. If you get desperate, I'm sure they will have rooms. Its that shitty.....consider it an adventure!

ZLTFUL · 04-18-2012, 02:37 PM

Embassy Suites North still has rooms available...even though the price jumped from $119 a night that it has been the last 3 years I was there to $179. BUT... all of the rooms have a sleeper sofa along with a king bed in the bedroom.

I hate being on the fence about this as I want to give Ducati first dibs of my services (worked Ducati Island last year) but the view is definitely better from corner worker stands!

Motorcyclist · 04-19-2012, 07:03 AM

I sent my application in. Hoping to give it a go, sounds like a fun time.

hulabaloo · 04-26-2012, 02:12 PM

We have attended 3 of the MotoGP races at Indy and each time stayed in a different part of the city. Last year thanks to Uncle Duke we worked at the track and reserved a room at the Airport Ramada, it was a suprisingly great choice. Great room, great location it put us about 10 minutes from the track with a really easy drive, they have free breakfast if you want it and for our 4 night stay it was less than $350.00

There are a few hotels in this area and you are within walking distance to a few resturants as well although if you are working at the track they take care of you reallllly well when it comes to meals.

Just thought i'd throw this information out there, i've made our reservations once again there and had no problem getting a room at all.

Steverino · 05-15-2012, 03:38 PM

I'll be camping in the toy hauler. Got room for one couple or a dude. If any one wants a ride out from the VA and setting up across from the track in the free camping area.

A'int deluxe accommodations but help with the fuel to get it there and you are welcome to join me.

shower, terlit, cooking, AC, and a place to sleep. Can't beat it.

okiegtrider · 05-15-2012, 05:30 PM

Glad to see you are coming back Steverino. Hullabaloo and I will be back again as well. See you there.

Steverino · 05-15-2012, 07:06 PM

BTW I paid $38 a night last year. Hot wire is your friend.

04-16-2012, 08:55 PM	#17
ZLTFUL Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2012 Location: Flat Desolate Wasteland, IA Oddometer: 157	GENCON is the same weekend. I know because I am a gamer geek in my alternate life. __________________ 2012 Ducati Multistrada 1200S Touring Forget the road less travelled. Someone has already been there. Give me the places where the road has not yet gone. There is where you will find the true adventure. Avatar courtesy of www.mybadco.com

04-17-2012, 09:07 AM	#19
ikeman Serial Lurker Joined: Jun 2006 Location: W Pa Oddometer: 116	I'm already signed up for this year. I got in last year by responding to Ken's post - thanks Ken! Any of you that are sitting on the fence about this (or think Ken is blowing smoke) just DO IT! Indy and USAC run a first-class operation. This was the best weekend I'd had in a long time and couldn't wait to do it again. __________________ If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life. - Abraham Maslow

04-18-2012, 12:00 PM	#23
patmo Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2010 Location: butler, ky/Franklin, tn Oddometer: 346	Sent in my app yesterday and got confirmation today that I will be assigned to flagging and communications! Thanks Ken....really looking forward to it. I forwarded the link to a few friends that I always attend with and the MSTA mailing list. Patrick patmo screwed with this post 04-18-2012 at 12:09 PM

04-18-2012, 02:37 PM	#25
ZLTFUL Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2012 Location: Flat Desolate Wasteland, IA Oddometer: 157	Embassy Suites North still has rooms available...even though the price jumped from $119 a night that it has been the last 3 years I was there to $179. BUT... all of the rooms have a sleeper sofa along with a king bed in the bedroom. I hate being on the fence about this as I want to give Ducati first dibs of my services (worked Ducati Island last year) but the view is definitely better from corner worker stands! __________________ 2012 Ducati Multistrada 1200S Touring Forget the road less travelled. Someone has already been there. Give me the places where the road has not yet gone. There is where you will find the true adventure. Avatar courtesy of www.mybadco.com

04-26-2012, 02:12 PM	#27
hulabaloo hanging on....... Joined: Jul 2011 Location: right behind the rabbit Oddometer: 42	We have attended 3 of the MotoGP races at Indy and each time stayed in a different part of the city. Last year thanks to Uncle Duke we worked at the track and reserved a room at the Airport Ramada, it was a suprisingly great choice. Great room, great location it put us about 10 minutes from the track with a really easy drive, they have free breakfast if you want it and for our 4 night stay it was less than $350.00 There are a few hotels in this area and you are within walking distance to a few resturants as well although if you are working at the track they take care of you reallllly well when it comes to meals. Just thought i'd throw this information out there, i've made our reservations once again there and had no problem getting a room at all. __________________ Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.

04-17-2012, 04:42 PM	#20
patmo Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2010 Location: butler, ky/Franklin, tn Oddometer: 346	I applied, have no motorcycle race worker experience, but have thought I wanted to start doing this when I retired fully and had the time. Hope I get the opportunity. Patrick

04-18-2012, 02:13 PM	#24
Uncle Duke ^OP Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Lansing, MI Oddometer: 13	Excellent and thank you! By the way, I've been staying at the Motel 6/Speedway, which is an absolute dump but it is very cheap (in every regard) and very close to the Speedway. This place was once on the USAC recommended list but its so crappy, USAC won't list them. Way I figure it, its a step above camping, its got flush toilets and during race weekend it fills up with our Brethren, a majority of which are NOT chrome-laden cruisers! If you can find a better place that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, go for it. If you get desperate, I'm sure they will have rooms. Its that shitty.....consider it an adventure!

04-19-2012, 07:03 AM	#26
Motorcyclist Drag a Bag! Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Madison, CT Oddometer: 3,162	I sent my application in. Hoping to give it a go, sounds like a fun time.

05-15-2012, 03:38 PM	#28
Steverino Arrogant Horse's Ass #1 Joined: Nov 2001 Oddometer: 36,513	I'll be camping in the toy hauler. Got room for one couple or a dude. If any one wants a ride out from the VA and setting up across from the track in the free camping area. A'int deluxe accommodations but help with the fuel to get it there and you are welcome to join me. shower, terlit, cooking, AC, and a place to sleep. Can't beat it. __________________

05-15-2012, 05:30 PM	#29
okiegtrider Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Oklahoma Oddometer: 215	Glad to see you are coming back Steverino. Hullabaloo and I will be back again as well. See you there.

05-15-2012, 07:06 PM	#30
Steverino Arrogant Horse's Ass #1 Joined: Nov 2001 Oddometer: 36,513	BTW I paid $38 a night last year. Hot wire is your friend. __________________

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