MARVIN: The Marvin Gaye Musical Detroit Theatre reviews
Ally 400 Nashville
It was misleading to have Cup racing back in middle Tennessee, however, the promotions were consistently great. That's a sad approach. It is not a return to this facility after 30+ years. There has NEVER been a Cup race at this facility. Massive ad campaigns contradicting this truth.
The sight lines were poor, from where we sat, near the center of the first front stretch dogleg, the cars were completely out of sight from turn four until nearly the S/F line. The seat pitch was quite wide, which was a nice surprise. The seating in the "temporary" bleachers was comfortable enough. Just awful. The design of the bleachers is terrible. They don't seem to understand what you're there to see.
Some growing pains are expected as this is a return to normalcy after the pandemic and a return to racing at this track after 10 years closed. The concession staffing was completely inadequate. Again, worst I've ever seen at a Cup race. Tremendous, slow-moving lines throughout the race.
The parking ingress/egress was ridiculous. Sitting still in line for hours is not a sign of acceptable planning. None of that was in place here. Most facilities work closely with law enforcement to optimize flow in and out, and use counter-flow lanes, multiple entrances, and traffic direction on speedway property. If NSS intends to grow this event beyond the modest 38,000 crowd they had this year, they had better take a very close look at traffic and parking.
The track was great. Unfortunately, the promoter and operator fell quite short. The dominant car kinda stunk up the show, but there was good racing. I'll probably attend a lower circuit race to verify before I buy another Cup ticket here. I'll not return before hearing about significant changes.