Posted by Pops1532 on May 27, 2014 at 06:01:33 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: OT Indy 500 posted by John T on May 25, 2014 at 06:14:08:
In recent years the Brickyard 400 hasn't drawn anywhere near the number of fans that the Indy 500 has. Not even close. This year's 500 probably drew closer to 300,000 than the 200K that was mentioned on TV. The stands hold over 250K, plus those that watch from the infield.
NASCAR doesn't have any events that draw the number of fans that the Indy 500 does.
That TV money is keeping NASCAR going. They would be in deep trouble without it as their attendance has been horrible at many tracks in recent years.
I've been a stock car racing fan for over 50 years (as well as pit crew member, car builder,racer,sponsor, and track official) so naturally the NASCAR racers are more familiar to me. I know enough open wheel fans that are more familiar with Indy racers than they are stock car racers that I would be fooling myself to think that Indy car racing didn't have strong fan support.
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