Wednesday, July 27, 2005

NASCAR Volumes


Bristol Motor Speedway- America's jewel- sparkles in the night- at 160,00 strong!

Marty on nascar.com has the official media guide capacities for America's favorite venues.

• Atlanta -- 124,000
• Bristol -- 160,000
• Fontana -- 92,00
• Chicagoland -- 75,000
• Darlington -- 60,000
• Daytona -- 168,000
• Dover -- 140,000
• Homestead -- 65,000
• Indianapolis -- 250,000
• Infineon -- N/A (Past reports estimate the Sonoma crowd at around 140,000)
• Kansas -- 81,687
• Vegas -- 137,000
• Lowe's -- 171,000
• Martinsville -- 65,000
• Michigan -- 137,243
• New Hampshire -- 91,000
• Phoenix -- 76,812
• Pocono -- N/A (Marty says: I have no clue. Some cat told me they had close to 300,000 Sunday, and considering the hellish gridlock I experienced four hours after the race, I don't care if he's off by 200,000, it is an acceptable number in my estimation.)
• Richmond -- 107,097
• Talladega -- 143,000
• Texas -- 154,861
• Watkins Glen -- N/A (Let's estimate 70,000 total.)