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Thread: Oreo/ESPN on Iowa and Bullrings
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25th June 2010, 23:23 #21
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
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25th June 2010, 23:33 #22
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Originally Posted by Lousada
Once upon a time, the CART would have averaged 70000 plus...."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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26th June 2010, 04:16 #23
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Originally Posted by garyshell
Well the facts are except for the Indy 500 the ICS road races get better ratings and road racing fans have more discretionary income.
St. Pete and Iowa had about the same amount of fans but which fans are the sponsors lusting after?
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26th June 2010, 04:21 #24
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...mishap-in-pits
Plenty of empty seats there.
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26th June 2010, 04:46 #25
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Tony, not saying this was 100% the case, but on TV they even mentioned that the significant threat of rain that afternoon probably kept quite a few fans from showing up. Now whether that's legit, I do not know. But that was the claim at the time so I take it for what it is.
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26th June 2010, 10:23 #26
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26th June 2010, 12:49 #27
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
But even if the split had not happened and CART still existed today as it did in the 90's, I'm pretty sure it would still be second fiddle to NASCAR. Not as bad as today's reality mind you, but probably much better off.
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26th June 2010, 17:01 #28
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Well if there was empty seats there, it isn't indicative by itself that it is a turning away from the IRL. It can also be an indication of the economy, the weather forecast and the local promotors.
Tony' assertion that oval racing doesn't work at all then must make the assertion that ergo, making the IRL an all Road/street course series save maybe Indy would be a roaring success. Well we saw how well that worked for the CCWS didn't we?
OW racing is on life support, and it has to offer up something to all race fans who are either fans of this form of racing, or are becoming disenchanted with NASCAR. They cannot afford to pick and choose one format (ovals or RC) over the other. They need both..."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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