You can do both if you have a parking pass you are limited where you can park but you can drive around some, and yes they also have a bunch of shuttles running that you can hop on and go down the midway it turns around before the drive over bridge and then goes through the paddock area it has numerous stops to jump off or to jump on all marked with a “ Shuttle Pickup” sign. If you have not purchased your tickets yet pm or email me there is a nice package I can tell you about. I have a house in Sebring and have been going on12 hour for about 30 years
Rich

Thanks we are flying in so I may buy a small
cooler and some chairs when we land!!

thanks trying to square up plans this week, any hotel recommendations?

Oh, boy.

Most of the places closer than at least 1 hour away are booked solid from year to year. There are some dives that occasionally have rooms that open up, but I wouldn’t want to count on that.

Typically, this event draws almost 100,000 people over the course of the week, plus huge numbers of rooms required for crew, support staff, race organizers, etc.

It IS the largest professional sports car race in North America and many folks in attendance don’t even know there’s a race going on! <grin> Spring break, kids hangout and aging hippies that have been going for decades (Green Park and Turn 10 come to mind).

The post referencing staying south of the track sounds like good advice, because North on US 27 is a slog and the most common place for snow birds to look for rooms.

I had to come down a few years ago at the last minute and both the rates I had to pay an hour North (and the commute) were absurd. I try and stay with friends who live (or have a house) in Sebring, when I can.The old Skip Barber Instructor network still pays dividends!

Good luck! It’s so much more than just a race, it’s a happening. And you will see stuff you don’t see anywhere else, not Daytona, not Petit, not anywhere!

We rent RV spot 67 at turn 1 every year. If you want to buy a North Paddock parking pass, there is plenty of room to pitch a tent near our spot and you can hang with us as a base and enjoy my wife’s legendary trackside hospitality. As someone else mentioned, walking is the best way to navigate. It’s really too congested to drive much. Walking is fun. Keep my cell if you end up coming down. 321 443-1562.