2 Oct 2007, 23:28 (Ref:2029455)
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Curious. How is the amount of purse money decided on. Is it gate attendance and sponsor money or is it just decided by the track owner. I see that the Daytona 500 purse is something like $18 million. I would have thought that the Indy 500's would be of similiar size.
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A torrential afternoon practice session in Watkins Glen saw Villeneuve out-qualify everyone. By 11 seconds.Scheckter stated: "I scared myself rigid that day, I thought I had to be quickest. Then I saw Gilles's time and - I still don't really understand how it was possible. Eleven seconds !"
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