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TMS doesn't release attendance like most IRL events, but what you see is what 30-60k (just estimating) looks like in 150k seats instead of 20-40k seats like at street circuits. Most people at the track on forums like Trackforum said it was down from last year. I haven't commented on attendance all year except the Indy 500 and St Pete, which both had loads of empty seats. Perhaps D.R.T. is confusing Viewing Figures with Attendance.
I could give a rat's rear end about attendance figures though for TMS though, they've been collapsing since 2005. The real news and factual figures that I care about and are available with a 10 minute google search as well as my posts is the TV viewing figures for a much hyped ABC ''Prime Time'' race which was advantaged by a rained-out NASCAR Nationwide event on ESPN. |
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The promoter hasn't released attendance for TMS since 2011 which was 60,000.
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TV ratings were a lot like the crowd.
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They were running faster this year with the DW12, than with the IR-05 but that's to do with the cars having a ground effect underbody and not a flat one.
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10 Jun 2013, 02:29 (Ref:3260095) | #34 | ||
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That was definitely preferable to watching the cars run flat to me in the sense that I like watching drivers actually have to work in the corners and take care to make the car fast and consistent. I find the flat-out incessant slingshot passing like at Indy this year to be a little boring because a lot of passes have no consequence. At least at Texas passes tended to occur because a car was faster and could pull away after. The problem with the setup being so edgy with respect to tire wear is that it did lead to that high number of lapped cars. Kinda gutted the contending field toward the end. That said it was fun to watch the leaders have to contend with quick traffic, Marco kind of came unglued there which showed there was more than just a quick car needed.
Maybe Texas isn't the place for these cars no matter what. Not the most entertaining, could have been worse. |
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Cars got caught a lap down by the long green flag pit sequences (15-20 laps) being interrupted by yellows. Even with a wave-by, a lot of guys went two laps down to the leader when they made a stop under green.
You often needed the ability to pass traffic on the outside, and Helio was about the only one who had a car that would do that at will. People forget that, last year, Dixon had a stranglehold on the race until he wrecked his utterly dominant Ganassi car. |
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Apparently only Helio could pass on the outside due to illegal Aero settings. No penalties for the driver, only the team.
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I know the whole 'less downforce must always be worse' thing is an oversimplification, even given the nature of the Texas race, but does anyone really believe he was able to run the outside line just because his car was making less downforce with the same amount of drag? I am not sure I agree with the lack of penalty, because they did breach the rules, but I don't think that had a jot to do with the car being so hooked up on the outside line.
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So he got the same points as if he had finished 3rd. That's not right for an illegal car!
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Team Penske got points docked - Helio didn't lose any as I understand it. Although I can't find any tracking of owner points
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