Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
A very critical article in the Wheels section of the Toronto Star by a reporter. Not their motorsports writer though.
However she does not even know that they run on ethanol but refers to gas.
The 6 pages of comments also showed a huge lack of knowledge and general anti racing attitude. People complaining about the shutdown of the Lakeshore when TO shuts down streets all summer long for events. Others obviously do not even know Mosport exists after 50 years of operation saying there are no tracks in the GTA.
Legit complaints were high ticket prices, the ban on your own water, high food prices, (apparently beer on Sunday was up to $10 from $8.50 earlier).
Poor promotion and advertising was also mentioned.
I know there was none up my way, including in Barrie (135,000) and Southern Georgian Bay general area another 70,000.
All Toronto area stations said it was on TSN2 but none mentioned it was also on ABC. (TSN2 just picked up the ABC feed.) Few get TSN2. This hurts future attendance although you cannot blame the promoters for that.