Indy Grand Prix Of Alabama

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Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL

All indications point to massive crowds at Barber this weekend. All parking and camping lots are sold out. There are still lots of tickets available on the Barber website but the grounds are huge there. All the tickets are general admission for both grandstand and lawn seating so it will be a mad dash when the gates open Sunday morning.

Also, there are no available tickets for sale on Stubhub, ebay, or craigslist.

Thank you in advance to Birmingham, the State of Alabama, and all the IndyCar fans in the deep south.

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Let's not go crazy here. Capacity is 30.000 and it's not sold out.

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Let's not go crazy here. Capacity is 30.000 and it's not sold out.

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How is there a capacity cap for lawn seating and general admission ?

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Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL

How is there a capacity cap for lawn seating and general admission ?

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I would suspect there is no official capacity. I wouldn't get hung up on numbers, but if you watch the broadcast and you can see a decent crowd, and the organizers are happy with the result, then we can assume someone made some dough...

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

I would suspect there is no official capacity. I wouldn't get hung up on numbers, but if you watch the broadcast and you can see a decent crowd, and the organizers are happy with the result, then we can assume someone made some dough...

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Just not sure where Lousada came up with that 30,000 number. The grounds are pretty much one whole seating area with no set number of seats. The only grand stands are at turns 9 and 10 with very limited seating capacity.

I did read one article in the Birmingham News that based on advanced ticket sales, they are expecting over 100K spectators over the course of the 3 day weekend.

In any case, I think we will see crowds similar to Mid-Ohio which is not bad at all. I am looking forward to the TV coverage with an eye toward seeing how much of the grassy knoll areas are filled.

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Originally Posted by ChicagocrewIRL

Just not sure where Lousada came up with that 30,000 number. The grounds are pretty much one whole seating area with no set number of seats. The only grand stands are at turns 10 and 11 with very limited seating capacity.

I did read one article in the Birmingham News that based on advanced ticket sales, they are expecting over 100K spectators over the course of the 3 day weekend.

In any case, I think we will see crowds similar to Mid-Ohio which is not bad at all. I am looking forward to the TV coverage with an eye toward seeing how much of the grassy knoll areas are filled.

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It was in the official press release that announced the Barber Indy. Here's a copy:
http://www.paddockreport.com/autos/i...rmed-for-2010/

30.000 x 3 days = about 100.000

Watching practice via the web. Nice looking track. Lots of folks on the shaded hillside for a Friday practice session! No audio though, sigh. They are running a banner that there is some issue with they audio feed they are getting (or not getting as it were).

Judging from the suspension travel it is VERY smooth.

Gary

Barber is billiard ball smooth. I hope they put on a good show but we all know that passing will be extremely difficult. Hopefully they will widen the track in certain areas for next years race.

Beautiful track and of course Milka is almost 3 seconds off the pace whereas the rest of the field is under a second off. Good gawd will someone please either park her or put someone else in that car??? :(

Results of Practice Session 1..

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/e...ice1barber.jpg

look at that, Will in a league of his own again :D

good to see Donuts is only 4.5 seconds off pace :rolleyes: