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Originally Posted by luke
The reason imo, is to why the irl, race had a bigger attendance (37,821 to 20,000) compared to the Champ Car race, is that the Champ Car race, was a night race, and I'm sure it was much colder, which didn't help.
And as this year the Champ Car race, is a day race, I would expect both would have a similar attendance, when compared, imo.
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Weren't night races one of CART's bright ideas to boost attendances?
We really don't know what the IRL would bring to Long Beach. A more secure contract, perhaps. As for the racing, let's see if the IRL has a good race at St. Pete's before drawing any conclusions.