Been going downhill since the W Bush era ...
FYI most nascar stands aint full but Indy i believe has seating for well over 200 thousand folks even tougher
I worked for a NASCAR driver in the ‘70’s (Elmo Langley)
We seldom had a race that the stands weren’t full or at least about 90%...
i’m an open wheel racing fan who keeps an eye on the Brickyard 400....this is the second year in a row this race has been about 25% capacity (compared to the 500 which usually goes about 90% capacity which is close to 250,000 people)...
when this race first started you couldn’t fit anymore people into the speedway with a crowbar it was so full..
I Googled, and you are correct. Over 200k seats at Indy. Daytona has half that many. But most interesting is that Talledaga, traditionally the number two behind Daytona, has cut seating from 175,000 to 80,000. And Texas Motor Speedway with over 180,000 seats has apparently quit selling tickets to the backstretch, cutting functional capacity to 112,000.
Looks like Junior is doing a good job of killing the golden goose in the quest for liberal acceptance.
Yes, the TV people keep glorifying Indy and trying to say this race is second only to Daytona in importance. I say that is nonsense. Look at the crowd today even before the rain. This is not big attendance by NASCAR standards. I would put Darlington and Talladega above Indy in importance.
Been going downhill since the W Bush era ...