Rick wrote: > On Jul 27, 7:57 am, "Anna Khonda" <Anna_Kho...@nospaming.com> wrote: >> "Rick" <pe...@cray.com> wrote in message >>> Top-5 reasons: >>> 5. COT >>> 4. Tire debacle of 2008 >>> 3. Economy sucks >>> 2. JG and TS have not been as dominant (too much JJ) >>> 1. Dale Jr has not been competitive >> I'd go with 3 and 4. >> The others have little to do with the large drop.
> Rick wrote: > > On Jul 27, 7:57 am, "Anna Khonda" <Anna_Kho...@nospaming.com> wrote: > >> "Rick" <pe...@cray.com> wrote in message > >>> Top-5 reasons: > >>> 5. COT > >>> 4. Tire debacle of 2008 > >>> 3. Economy sucks > >>> 2. JG and TS have not been as dominant (too much JJ) > >>> 1. Dale Jr has not been competitive > >> I'd go with 3 and 4. > >> The others have little to do with the large drop.
Very good numbers for sure, but I was specifically referring to their performance at Indy. When TS was in the #20, he dominated Indy, lately it has been all JJ. However, that all changed last week, JJ was junk.
> > >> 2/3 of 270,000 is 180,000 > > >> Looking at the stands via the TV, I would have guessed half full.
> > > Frontstretch looked pretty much full, except the bottom few rows. > > > Turn 4 was fairly full, turn 1 and the infield terrace above the > > > pits were around half full. Mebbe 2/3ds is an over estimate, but > > > I'd say 1/2 is equally much an underestimate.
> > > John
> > All I'll say, is that I've been to every race since the early 80's and > > that was the smallest race day crowd ever by far for an event on the > > famed oval.
> Any why is that?
> Top-5 reasons: > 5. COT > 4. Tire debacle of 2008 > 3. Economy sucks > 2. JG and TS have not been as dominant (too much JJ) > 1. Dale Jr has not been competitive- Hide quoted text -
Agree with all except TIRES I mean TAhhres. Can't imagine fans even recall it ...I could be wrong ( and I usually am )
> I was at the race and attempted to estimate the crowd based upon what > percentage of each stand I thought was filled. Using a 260,000 capacity > number I came up with 55% or or 143,000. I found it interesting that in > USA Today NASCAR's estimate was 140,000. I would have been willing to > bet that they would have came up with a greater number than my estimate > but maybe reality is catching up with them.
> Although I have been to several Indy 500's, this was the first Brickyard > 400 that I had been to. Boy, those big cars look like dinosaurs > lumbering around the track compared to Indy cars!
> Don
Yep " Them Nascars" are really Lumbering at 200 MPH plus. I can understand your concern. We dont want cars that Lumber .. now do we
"I will turn out the lights , yawl take care of the doors" <mortone50 @yahoo.com> wrote in news:30450a34-e2e7-40da-8e27-7fe11132f376 @x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:
> On Jul 26, 11:31 pm, IGot2P <d...@crsales.com> wrote: >> Although I have been to several Indy 500's, this was the first Brickyard >> 400 that I had been to. Boy, those big cars look like dinosaurs >> lumbering around the track compared to Indy cars! > Yep " Them Nascars" are really Lumbering at 200 MPH plus. I can > understand your concern. We dont want cars that Lumber .. now do > we
Well, considering that the Cup cars barely hit 200 at the end of the straight, then slow to less than 170 in the turns, while the Indy cars can run full throttle all the way around at 225, I'd say the Cup cars are "lumbering" by comparison.
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