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What a Race!!!
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Larry
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Best one I've watched all season . A lot of Bang for the buck at that one . Watched some NASCAR from Texas and man what a lot of empty seats .
I remember when they built all those extra seats on the other side that were not even open . Main seating maybe 3/4 full . Bodes Ill for motorsports .
I remember when they built all those extra seats on the other side that were not even open . Main seating maybe 3/4 full . Bodes Ill for motorsports .
my friends call me Zappy
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Just finished the show, WOW, what a race !!! The fans got their $$ worth for sure.
vegasnitro
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What great weekend at LVMS! Quickest Top Fuel field in history, first 3 in funny car at LVMS, Tricky Rickie locks up the Pro Mod title and EE sweeps all of the Vegas events. It should not be legal to have this much fun.
sdwarf36
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It didn't help that there was the countries only F1 race in Austin the same weekend...
I was there yesterday at TMS and the crowd was about the same as last fall's race, 125k paid (according to Eddie Gossage). Phoenix only holds 55k, so Texas had over double that, but it looks bad when TMS holds over 18ok (135k grandstand seating) with the infield and suites.
I think we motorsports nuts need to look to the positives. Sure not every racing event is a sellout, and sure there are empty seats, but there are still a lot of people attending. Things change, and the sanctioning bodies have the task of trying to adapt and also stay ahead of the changes. Even Force mentioned how it's more about B to B when putting deals together now, not as simple as selling space on the car. So while every seat in the house may not be filled, and teams aren't landing multi-million dollar deals every day, after watching a race like Vegas I'm still "bullish" on the sport.
.
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What impressed me is the stout numbers that are the standard now. When Zizzo ran that low .80something on Friday night, I thought "Awright! They're in the top 5 easily!" But gosh, 80's are bottom half of the order anymore. It's 70's now. And funny car it's gotta be .0x's now.
Friday looked like a sparse crowd (as I saw it from ESPN3) but Sunday's crowd looked awesome. Wish I coulda gone. I'm pretty sure I would have won any costume contest on Friday too.
Friday looked like a sparse crowd (as I saw it from ESPN3) but Sunday's crowd looked awesome. Wish I coulda gone. I'm pretty sure I would have won any costume contest on Friday too.
Luke Nieuwhof
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I felt like all three days were strong crowd wise, Saturday the biggest for sure but the place was pretty full. And the fans got treated to some spectacular racing.
Rajunz
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That was an awesome race for sure. Erica was running on kill. Was happy for Del.
Way too much stuff going on in Texas this weekend. All the football games, and F1.
paoldtimer
Nitro Member
Missed it this year but watched online. I will definitely be going back next year!
TR
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We were there, full house, great racing. NHRA did a great job considering the wind and cool temperatures. It's pretty clear from the cheering John Force is a major crowd favorite.
Rick
