Rob Stiens won two tickets to Bristol Motor Speedway as his company's employee of the month. Unable to find affordable lodging close to the track, and unwilling to stay in a hotel three hours away, his seats will go empty Saturday night.
Bristol feeling economic pinch in selling tickets
Seeded on Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:56 AM EDT (NBC Sports)
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Of course Triplett won't give any information. You couldn't trust him if he did. He tried a bid for congress a few years ago and failed. At least that was good luck for the area. The motels around here are just like the ones at the beaches in the summer. Off season they beg you to stay and when something is around the area they rob you. Just another form of price gouging and ripping people off. Another thing that should have a law passed against doing. I live a hour and a half drive from the track and a friend of mine offered me a free ticket and one hundred dollars for gas if i would go and give him a ride. Needless to say i didn't go. I wouldn't get in that crowd and traffic when it's over for it.