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[TowerView]

The attendance seemed skimpy for a big purse race but I realize it was not sprints.

Not skimpy

[84wedge]

RTJ's kids in victory lane were the best thing about the weekend.

[TBSprintFan]

Saturday night was a nice crowd, don't know what you saw on TV, I was there.

I also was there and there was definitely a nice crowd tonight and also the other nights were decent too. I think some do not realize how big the front straight grandstands are and that's not counting how many were in the suites.

[Highside Hustler25]

Saturday night was a nice crowd, don't know what you saw on TV, I was there.

Yeah, well we seen you on the tv and you can say what you want. That was the smallest crowd I have ever seen for a crown jewel event. Aerial shot during feature showed 1/4 full stands.
I guess most were all in the restrooms.

[kidrock]

How many fans does this facility hold in the first place. I mean front stretch and back stretch plus the suites?

[SLlDlNG SIDEWAYS]

I've never seen anyone on the back stretch and I've seen a few sprint races there.

[SLlDlNG SIDEWAYS]

20rt wins
2. 157
3. 1
4. 49
5. 4
6. 18
7. 8s
8. 99
9. 39 from 26th, was 7th on last restart

Dam good run for Timmy! Wonder what they changed after the preliminaries to run so good in that "A".

[KTMLew]

The spectators have to sit high in the stands to see over the hauler. Makes them hard to see on the feed. Saw one person say around 3000 spectators. But it's also Sprint car central. They just don't care for SLM there.

[Barbecueboy]

The place is huge, the suites looked pretty full and looked like a great time being had in those things.

Love to see them do a show like they do at Charlotte and have both classes one weekend? Would give the sprint fans a chance to see good late model racing and the late model fans a chance to see the good sprint car stuff?

[Patansplant]

Front stretch seating capacity almost 13,000. Back stretch about 7,400. There are 33 VIP Suites. Total including suites about 20,300. Looks empty at times but there are more people there than you think.

[intel8]

Yeah, well we seen you on the tv and you can say what you want. That was the smallest crowd I have ever seen for a crown jewel event. Aerial shot during feature showed 1/4 full stands.
I guess most were all in the restrooms.

I think you need to schedule an optometrist appointment soon or upgrade your 17 inch tv, lol....

[SLlDlNG SIDEWAYS]

I think you need to schedule an optometrist appointment soon or upgrade your 17 inch tv, lol....

A gynecologist would serve well too for hh, sense we're scheduling appointments. Grin

[jog49]

Maybe I forgot to capitalize . . . SKIMPY, SKIMPY, and more SKIMPY! Maybe 10% of seating capacity for $50,000?

[drich24]

Been to the last 12 Knoxville LM Nats. Felt like attendance on Saturday was down a little from the past. Still a really nice crowd and the feature Sat. night was excellent. RTJ and Marlar duking it out in heavy traffic was a fantastic battle.

[jog49]

That's not the point. Fans go to Charlotte to see drivers race for $12,000 each night and attendance is 20,000+. They go to Knoxville to see drivers race for $7,000/$7,000/$50,000 and it draws 3,000? I know it's the mecca of sprint car racing but that's ridiculous. Speaking of Charlotte though, when the sprint cars are first on the program, their fans get up, in mass, when it's over and leave the track. Apparently, they don't know what they are missing with the SLMs. However, when the SLMs are first on the program, their fans don't leave but stay to watch the sprints. Always seemed to be a very narrow focus.