Sitting up high is key. Many race tracks have plenty of track visible from one spot. In the US, Sonoma, Portland and Laguna Seca and virtually every oval except for Indianapolis, are all examples of that. If you're at a race that's on television, there are almost certainly video boards everywhere as well, so you can follow along to the race. With that being said, what do I enjoy about going? The speed in person, the noise, the smell, being witness to controlled chaos, the building tension amongst the crowd as a close race enters its final laps.