Why do You like IRL? - Page 3

jcclausen · 13 Nov 2002, 22:38 (Ref:428160)

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Tony George gets criticism all the time from IRL fans who just want him to stomp CART like a bug, but he won't do it because he's always taken the high street and won't stoop to the level of CART. Whether I like it or not thats the real deal!

You don't know Tony George very well, do you?

trow · 14 Nov 2002, 03:39 (Ref:428239)

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jcclausen: You don't know Tony George very well, do you?

No, "I" don't. However, if you do, and you think he's workin his mojo against CART; do me a favor. Tell him to get busy and make a bit quicker work of 'em!

rustyfan · 14 Nov 2002, 08:30 (Ref:428335)

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Originally posted by mac
At Fontana, the IRL crowd barely reached 5 figures on race day. The CART crowd was pushing 60,000. I am not convinced that the public view of the IRL is getting that much stronger. As far as I'm aware, the only race that gets near CART sized crowds (Chicago and Rockingham aside) is the 500.

The crowd-figures at Texas have been good for the last couple of years now, and the IRL finale this year had a crowd of 86,000 (announced figure).

botsquad · 14 Nov 2002, 21:23 (Ref:428752)

i like the irl because.....

i like....
to see racing under the lights.
to listen to jack aroute babble.
to get cheap..scalper leftover tix...plenty of those.
watching baby eddie cry.

and...hopefully....see sarah jesica fisher put eddie into the wall.

gofastturnleft · 15 Nov 2002, 00:13 (Ref:428884)

Using IRL attendance at Fontana as the basis for attendance series wide would be as incorrect as using the Chicago CART attendance as the measuring stick for their season.

In reality the IRL pulled very good numbers at many of their tracks. Crowds in excess of 50,000 included both Texas races, Kansas, Chicagoland and Kentucky.

Events in the 25,000-35,000 range were everybot as plentiful in CART as in the IRL. For every Phoenix, Pikes Peak and Nazareth there was a Laguna Seca, Cleveland or Chicago. Those kind of crowds are typical for both series. Not a point for either side to revel in.

IRL season and event attendance was greater in 2002 than any other year since its inception.

In terms of comparing attendance to street courses that CART runs, the IRL will never compare. Oval practice and qualifying is great for a purist but really kind of dry for the casual fan. However street events offer something unusual, exciting and very accesible that will always draw some sort of local crowd. Good for the promoters of these events without a doubt.

Just a few things to consider.

Dan

www.tracksideonline.com

Gvonne · 22 Nov 2002, 12:23 (Ref:434592)

I have always been a CART fan in the past. So much so that I just wish that 2002 will be the last CART season for them and let them go out with some sort of dignity. I never really took to oval racing even when CART did it but I must say the I'd cars look 10 times better than the CART cars do!

Jordi · 22 Nov 2002, 17:43 (Ref:434793)

Oh. Who cares about the looks of the cars?

marcus · 22 Nov 2002, 23:58 (Ref:435070)

I do , I think the cars look great