TMS Attendance
Jay J
I was there, and there were a lot more people than I expected!
Frankly with the race being rescheduled I figured that at least 10 % of the
fans that traveled/flew in for the race, who would have been there for the
original race date in September, weren't in attendance. Given that, plus
the competition of the biggest Texas football game of the year being held in
town (which started a half hour earlier than the IRL Race) the "Red River
Classic" yearly Texas vs. Oklahoma game at the State Fairgrounds Cotton Bowl
arena, (which I believe seats something like 80,000 and was sold out solid)
that TMS wouldn't have had more than 40K in attendance.
I figured that everyone who wasn't at the fair would be at home watching the
football game on TV rather than driving way out TMS (20 miles north of Ft
Worth, in the middle of nowhere!)
Guess I was wrong, and for all those who did attend... They sure as hell got
their monies worth! WOW what a race, what a finish, what a year for the IRL,
and now with Fontana to the mix, and CART loosing Ford and Honda in their
decision to go with the IRL spec engine is there any doubt who is winning
the open wheel war in the USA?
Flame on sucka's :-)
Randell Weatherall Jr
Penske, Mo Nunn, Green, Andretti, Haas, Gannasi, Patrick along with maybe the
Panther team, and maybe a couple others from the IRL if any. The IRL won't win,
because the better funded CART teams and IRL teams will be left standing with
all the sponsorship. I'm sure races like Mexico City (too lucrative to scrap)
Monterry, RA, Mid Ohio, Cleveland, Long Beach, and the Canada Races will join
the ovals back in a new IndyCar league. Things will just be full circle, except
Tony George will have all the power.
Mark McCauley
outside seats in the SWC section. The number of people there this time was
lower than usual, but I thought the main stands looked to have pretty good
crowd.
"Jay J" <jay...@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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Outlaw
<randym...@home.com> wrote:
>Actually yes it is clear. Tony George and Toyota. I suspect it will be Rahal,
>Penske, Mo Nunn, Green, Andretti, Haas, Gannasi, Patrick along with maybe the
>Panther team, and maybe a couple others from the IRL if any. The IRL won't win,
>because the better funded CART teams and IRL teams will be left standing with
>all the sponsorship. I'm sure races like Mexico City (too lucrative to scrap)
>Monterry, RA, Mid Ohio, Cleveland, Long Beach, and the Canada Races will join
>the ovals back in a new IndyCar league. Things will just be full circle, except
>Tony George will have all the power.
>
At least on a certain level you are correct. There will 5 to 10 super
teams. The super teams will field cars for both the oval and the road
course series. The other teams will concentrate on one or the other
and will cross over for the big events like Long Beach and Indy.
Outlaw
Tommy Anderson Jr.
Outlaw wrote in message ...
Wow!! It is so cool that you guys have your crystal balls working. How
else could the rest of the racing fans in the world know what to expect for
the next fifty years. Give or take a day. While you are getting such good
reception with your cameras into the future, why not tell us who will win
the championship every year, and how many people will care. Or maybe, just
MAYBE, you dont know squat and what will be, not even TG or anyone else
knows. I think I will go with the latter.
Tommy Anderson, Jr.
Outlaw
<emar...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>Wow!! It is so cool that you guys have your crystal balls working. How
>else could the rest of the racing fans in the world know what to expect for
>the next fifty years. Give or take a day. While you are getting such good
>reception with your cameras into the future, why not tell us who will win
>the championship every year, and how many people will care. Or maybe, just
>MAYBE, you dont know squat and what will be, not even TG or anyone else
>knows. I think I will go with the latter.
>
>Tommy Anderson, Jr.
>
It's called an opinion. Just like you think Texas is a great place to
live. They have a great race track there but that does not mean it is
great place to live.
Outlaw