Re: Wow! Kinda put us in our place... (Giannis)
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Quote, originally posted by Giannis »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I bed they wouldnt be 40.000 next year in Firday's free practice..
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You might be right. I didn't go on Friday and I don't plan to next year, but I would like to know how people got in on Thursday. I heard that was the best time to be in the paddock, but I didn't even know you could go on Thursday!
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Quote, originally posted by Giannis »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What does matter is how many people come to see the Race itself!</TD></TR></TABLE>
1) It was great that the race sold out. At least we know there are more than 60,000 fans here. 2) Combine that with the number of people that tuned in on TV, and you get a good picture of the fan base here in America.
People are complaining about SPEED and talking like we're victims of some grand conspiracy. They talk as if millions of American motorcycle fans are being screwed out of their well deserved race coverage. I'm just saying that if our sport doesn't even have 500,000 total fans, how can we complain? The TV coverage isn't that bad considering that nobody wants to watch it anyway.
Like Jess said, at least we aren't trying to find live horse races or whatever on TV. Horse people probably have more fans than we do, so yes I'm happy with what I get to see on TV right now.
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Quote, originally posted by Giannis »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
50.000 people for a GP race is VERY LOW number...
unfortunately!
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Exactly! I don't think Laguna Seca could hold much more than 60,000 but it doesn't really matter since they obviously wouldn't have sold out 100,000 tickets if they had 'em.