First TSA, now NASCAR

I don't fly at an airport affected by a track, but from my travels, two
un-controlled fields come to mind: Tara Field next to the Atlanta Motor
Speedway and Talledega Muni next door to the Talledega Motor Speedway.


Yeah, the speedway is literally right next to the runway at Tara (4A7)-- you
fly over it in the pattern for 24 (even if you fly them really tight like I
do). Never flown in there on race day, but from what I heard from my
instructor, they open up a temporary tower and route the traffic to the
other side of the runway (ie right pattern for 24). Also, you're supposed
to reroute your pattern if there's anything semi-significant going on
(qualifying, smaller races, etc). In the days just before/after, the field
is filled with jets and even a few helos, and sometimes there's a blimp tied
up over in the field.

However, the majority of the time, it's a very nice field to go to. We get
our gas at the self-serve pumps there all the time; they have the cheapest
gas in the Atlanta area ($2.50/gal last time I was there).