RACE TICKET FAQ - Buying & Selling

TICKET FAQ

RACE TICKET BULLETIN BOARD
Frequently Asked Questions

1) Where can I find a detailed seat guide?
2) What is the "standard procedure" for buying tickets from a stranger?
3) How do you order tickets for Qualifications/Carb Day/Practice?
4) Can people sell tickets for more than face value?
5) Can you lose your future ticket rights if you sell your tickets?
6) How do I get infield tickets?
7) Are you affiliated with the Indianapolis Speedway?

1) Where can I find a detailed seat guide?

There has not been one available...until now!
I have just started on a seating guide today (Mar 8, '09) and it should be done in a few weeks.
Check it out HERE

2) What is the "standard procedure" for buying tickets from a stranger?

Do not wire money through Western Union! It is probably not a good idea to send a money order either.
If you cannot meet in person to buy the tickets, then here is a safe method:

First off, the seller should choose a sturdy cardboard envelope as the mailer, so that the tickets do not get bent.

I recommend that the seller mail the tickets at the post office. Send it "Certified Mail". The seller specifies the amount
of money needed to receive the package. It is like sending something C.O.D.

The seller pays the post office approx. a $10 fee for mailing this envelope. More often than not, the price of the tickets
therefore goes up $10.

They can accept cash, money order and personal check. If the buyer presents cash, he'll be charged 80 cents more for
converting it into a money order by the post office. It is up to the seller to determine if they will accept personal checks.

It may be a good idea to have the tickets sent to the buyer's work address if no one is home during the day. If the postal
worker cannot deliver it, the tickets will have to be picked up at the post office. If the package is not picked up within
30 days, it will be sent back to the seller. The seller can also specify that the package be returned on a different date,
such as after 1 week.

After the mailman picks up your money, he will mail it to you along with the receipt you signed when you sent it.

I think this method is the safest for both buyer and seller.

3) How do you order tickets for Qualifications/Carb Day/Practice?

There really is no need to. Whenever you wish to get into the speedway during the month of May, you simply show
up and pay at the gate - whether you drive in or walk in. There is no way that they will be too full. (I think the
speedway is like 400 acres....) None the less, if you want to pre-purchase your practice day tickets, you can. Just
go to the Indy 500 website and order them.

But don't forget and leave them at home! That is what I did the one time I bought practice tickets a few months
in advance.

Ticket prices are listed on my Ticket Price Page.

4) Some of the ads to sell tickets look as if sellers have sold their tickets for more than face value.
Will you let people do this?

While most everyone sells their tickets at face value, I do not insist on it or interfere with people's ads.

However, I do not want ticket scalpers using this ticket bulletin board. This board takes work and I'm doing it
for free for the race fans, not to make profits for professional resellers.

5) I am interested in selling a couple of my tickets for this year and I am a bit concerned about a
warning message that I saw on your site about the Speedway revoking renewal rights. Can you give me
some additional information?

Some people renew the same tickets year after year. They may have seats that they love and they have been
sitting in them for many years. If you are such a person, you may want to exercise a little caution if you can't
make it one year, but want to keep those seats next year and beyond.

Whether the Speedway likes it or not, you have the right in Indiana to re-sell those tickets for whatever price you
want. However, the Speedway has the right to revoke your tickets if they want!

The Speedway does not approve of people selling their race tickets for more than face value.

I've heard from a few folks who have lost their right to renew tickets that have been in their family for years,
because they sold them for only $10 over face value on eBay or someone else did, who bought their tickets.

I think this is pretty rare but if you want to be safe, do not list the exact seats numbers or don't use eBay and
don't sell to scalpers. Providing the Grandstand Name, Section# and Row# should be enough information to
provide in your ads.

6) How do I get infield tickets?

Practice or Qualifying Days:
* You can buy your admittance ticket with cash as you enter at the gate.
* You do not have to worry about them filling up for practice or qualifying days for any race.
* I do not know why you'd want to, but you can order tickets in advance for Qualifying. Qualifying never sells out. Why pay for
tickets months in advance, then take the chance of losing them or forgetting them? Just pay your $10 when you enter. (Practice
days are $5).

Race Day:
* $20 at the gate for infield seats (grassy hills) for the INDY 500.
* No Infield Admission for the BRICKYARD 400 unless you buy a $150 season pass.
* For the RED BULL MotoGP race, A 3-day pass that includes race day is $75, or pay cash at the gate on Friday - $10, Saturday -
$20.

7) Are you affiliated with the Indianapolis Speedway?

Not at all. I am just a race fan trying to help out other race fans.

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