Thanks for the replies. We are always ready to walk the track. I'll try to get in to the Eau Rouge grandstand for a little while. How early we can get to the track depends on when we can get a shuttle bus from town (in Liege).

I and my wonderful wife (comes to races with me!) are planning a Europe trip including seeing the WEC race at Spa this year (2018). I've been to Le Mans (2011) and had reserved grandstand seating. But I see no way to get a "reserved" seat in any section at Spa. Of course near Au Rouge (sorry spelling) would be great. But the ticket site only seems to sell general admission.

Does anyone know if the WEC race has any reserved seats in the grandstands?

Thanks

Got the guide the other day. Some pages are messed up and don't render. Such as on page 78 all I see is "If you do participate as a driver, enjoy the" and the rest of the page is blank. Page 79 just says "Pit walk" and it's blank. Some images don't render right. I'm looking at it in Acrobat Pro v9 and also Preview (Mac OSX), and get warnings about missing fonts or failing to render properly for some pages. Any way to fix it or print it via a good PDF drivers? (Doc properties says produced by MS Word 07).

Are there rules for what can be taken into the official seating areas? Such as, no glass containers, no back packs, no duffle bags over a certain size, etc? I have tickets for Tribune Michelin, and do not want to be turned away if we bring prohibited items. I did not see any sort of "rules of the track" on the LM.org website. At Watkins Glen in the US, you can have whatever items in your camping area, but there is a "security check" when you go into the grandstands and they were quite strict.

For years in ALMS, Audi and some other teams have had free posters (about 20x30 inches) they gave out for free during the autograph hour. Any of the Le Mans teams regularly have large size posters? If so, I'm going to plan on bringing some sturdy tubes to keep them safe during our trip. Do they sell them or have a "free" pile? I figure I will buy an official LM24 poster at the official shop.

I've been a long time fan of CART/ Champ Car. I got into ALMS in the second year of the series. I was at the Washington DC race, I've been to Petit Le Mans 3x, at Mid Ohio once. I've recorded whole seasons of Champ Car and ALMS. I remember watching IMSA and Group C when I was about 10, but didn't follow it enough growing up to appreciate it as much as I do now.

I also do a lot of Autocrossing in my 2001 Trans Am and have been to a couple track days, and have driven some Formula Atlantic cars (not wheel to wheel though). It would be a dream come true to be able to drive any LMS car, even for some demo laps, or as a test. I know I'm past my prime years for getting into racing, but when I daydream it's about driving for Peugeot, Audi, Panoz, etc.

While watching Le Mans last year, about 16 hours of it I think, my wife floated the idea of going. So I said, wow! OK, well let's start planning right now! So now, it's only a month out and we're almost ready and getting quite excited! We'll be there on Thursday and I hope to get into town for the "big parade" that I read is a madhouse. We have some seats for Tribune Michelin, and also plan on walking around and trying to get some other vantage points during the race, including on the ferris wheel sometime in the night. I hope the view from there is good.

Thanks to everyone here for adding their experiences and the folks that put the guide together, it's very helpful to be able to plan and know what to expect our first time.

Chris
Pennsylvania, USA

2006 PLMS photos: http://www.paveglio.com/firebird/gallery/2006almsplm/index.html
2009 PLMS photos: http://www.paveglio.com/firebird/gallery/2009almsplm/index.html

It will be my first Le Mans (in person) ever this year!  ;D
I am wondering what sort of souvenirs and team gear there is to purchase at the track? I've been to many ALMS and Champ Car/Indy races and there are always at least 10 vendors selling official merchandise, or team trailers with merchandise, and the smaller mom-n-pop tents selling the more unusual, often vintage racing, shirts and such.
So, at Le Mans, how does it compare? More stands or less stands? More or less variety? This might be my only trip to Europe for several years, so I want to make sure I plan to get things that won't be able to buy ever again.
Thanks all!

Chris