Considering some options...in regards to Atlanta

I just found out that any of the good seats, meaning the mez/middle levels of the GA Dome are already sold out (Last year at this time, I still had plenty of choices and again was limited to waiting until my tax refund came in to purchase seats.) I had heart surgery in December and still am in a recovery mode to some degree and cant really see myself walking up the ramp levels all the way to the nosebleed sections of the Georgia Dome.

I am trying to find out if anyone knows if I just take my family over to the pit party, would I be allowed in without a race ticket as long as I have a pit pass? I figure if nothing else, I can take them there and get the "experience" of the pit party and then come back home and watch the race from the comfort of my living room. Theres really not a lot of seats left period..even on the upper levels so I know I wont have time to decide at the last minute to go to the race if we are there at the pit party to begin with...so if anyone knows rather quickly if I can get the family into the pits without a race ticket, that would give me a little time to figure out what to do.