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Originally Posted by one five five
Who told you that Bathurst broke the record crowd?
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Not quite record breaking in 2015, though I am sure I heard it on the broadcast in 2015
2012:
http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/10/07/...ge-attendance/
2015:
http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/st...bathurst-1000/
2016:
http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/10/11/...bathurst-1000/
Here is the amount of people coming in to events yearly. As you can see, the worst year was 2015, every other year the numbers have been fairly equal, with no real downfalls. Last year in fact was equal or roundabout to 12 years ago, which says that the series isn't dying like some clowns think. Its going fairly strong. 2015 also if I remember correctly had a increase in ticket prices, which would explain the lack of attendance, and then the prices dropped again for 2016, the numbers go back up.
http://www.austadiums.com/sport/sport.php?sid=8
I see lots of articles from 2015, people complaining about Foxtel, yet no evidence to back up the claims that V8 Supercars went to all new low records, there was evidently a slight fall but not as major as the daily telegraph and media from overseas reported. Last year was one of the higher ratings, this year must be just as good. We sit here and argue why V8s are on Foxtel, that is to do with 7, it was common knowledge in 2014 that V8s wouldn't have had funding to run through 15 under 7, they went to Fox, and now its stabilised again, teams, officials and Fox are working on more free to air broadcasting