Yes...please spill who your BIL is!!!!
Amanda, I've been to TMS MANY times. Anywhere on the front stretch up high is a good place to sit. Stay away from the backstretch (ask me how I know

). My husband usually gets tickets off eBay, so we end up between the entrance and exit of pit road and have been really pleased with our seats. In 2005, we were lucky enough to sit at the Start/Finish Line when Carl Edwards won - woohoo Backflips, baby! I personally like to sit around row 45 - 50. It's high up, but not so high that it's a PITA to go down to the bathrooms

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