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Re: The IRL make a substantial bid on CART assets
Old January 29th, 2004, 06:48 PM   #24
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Re: The IRL make a substantial bid on CART assets

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Originally Posted by GTS Dean
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A caller from Canada last night said that up there they have 450,000 people who attend the CART races, this is more than attend all the IRL races for the whole season. 3 CART races vs the whole season?
Jerome, you don't really believe that, do you?

Indy does at least 350k, Kansas was packed, TMS does about 70k for the night race, and had nearly 100k for the season finale.
Do I believe it? Not the numbers, but it has some truth to it. IRL attendance is shit when compared to CART. Even though theirs is down more than just a little.

Indy has not sold out in years and has no where near 350K anymore. That is the word on the tube during the race for the past years. And it sure does not look any where near full on tv either.

And the TMS numbers I am not sure about.
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