I was at that race... the only NASCAR race I've been to. Went with my buddy Reid in his snot green Scout and one other guy. Got there the afternoon the day before the race.
We had a simple flat trailer in tow carrying three sections of scaffolding. We were going to erect them
on the trailer in the infield so we'd have a high perch to watch from. But they would only let us bring in one section... we guessed they probably had some "accidents" with tip overs at previous races. So they told us to lean two sections against the outside wall next to where we drove in.
We had a cooler full of beer and stuff to make sammiches with and enough 2X8s to make a safe platform atop the scaffold and were set up near what was the first turn at that time (it's now T3 since they flipped the front straight to what used to be the back straight).
I think I remember sleeping on top of the scaffolding. Before I fell asleep, a couple under a blanket on top of a camper about 100 feet away were having a sexy time... and before that, I saw some guy was running a 3 card monte on the hood of his car. I vaguely remember hearing something about a knife fight nearby.
We made it through the night somehow. When the race began, Reid burst out laughing during the pace lap as all the cars came by with some of the drivers waving at the infield and others had their arm casually resting on the top of the door... no safety netting back then. I don't remember much about the race but we were drinking that beer. I see from the video that mercifully it was an overcast day.
The scaffolding was gone when we drove out. Not surprising.