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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang Fix'd. For street races with temporary stands they usually predict crowds pretty well. But at a dedicated track that has, say, 100,000 seats... Indy usually puts

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Old 09-04-2011, 11:08 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Fix'd.

For street races with temporary stands they usually predict crowds pretty well. But at a dedicated track that has, say, 100,000 seats... Indy usually puts 10-20k in the stands.
Well, it wasn't because the race undersold...

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BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles' team batting average is .255, putting it smack in the middle of the major leagues.

The Izod IndyCar Series is batting 1.000 in Baltimore after the most successful inaugural American street racing event in the past 30 years.

An estimated 75,000 spectators turned out to see Will Power score a dominant victory over Oriol Servia and Tony Kanaan, pulling him within five points of championship leader Dario Franchitti.

The massive turnout quieted the doubters who had criticized efforts to stage a street race in Baltimore's Inner Harbor district.
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Awesome pix.......

2 wrecks though? Did they open the course up for non INDY cars also?
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That saturday will be a MD meet (it alternates between MD and VA) if you're interested in coming just let one of us know and we can get you some more details on time and location.
Thank a lot for the offer. I'm not sure that I'll have the time to join in the fun. but i'll ask a few gearhead friends of mine and message you if it looks like we'll make it. Thanks again!
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Old 09-05-2011, 07:32 AM   #49 (permalink)
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Either way, Shado, I'll come up next year to watch the race.
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Awesome pix.......

2 wrecks though? Did they open the course up for non INDY cars also?
The only Indy wreck I know of was Kanaan running into Castroneves during a practice run, and that was due to brake failure.

There were several series running races this weekend: Indy, ALMS, F2000, Star Mazda, and 1 or 2 others.
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Either way, Shado, I'll come up next year to watch the race.
I'll be there.
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I'll be there.
I might be down for this too.
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Because Indy Car races typically only fill 10-15% of the total seating capacity at most dedicated tracks.
Steve, I must say the last time I did the Indy 500 in Indianapolis most of the folks were getting slammed outside the tracks in massive tailgating parties. It felt like my hears were bleeding when I left the place .
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Steve, I must say the last time I did the Indy 500 in Indianapolis most of the folks were getting slammed outside the tracks in massive tailgating parties. It felt like my hears were bleeding when I left the place .
Sounds like fun to me brother..
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Sounds like fun to me brother..
haha it really was, people had to yell for me to hear for a good 2 weeks after that. It was fun seeing head snap as fast as possible trying to keep up with the racers flying by.
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haha it really was, people had to yell for me to hear for a good 2 weeks after that. It was fun seeing head snap as fast as possible trying to keep up with the racers flying by.
It had to been a great experience, I've never been to a race, so its one of those things I gotta do, its on my bucket list. hehe
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