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The tv ratings sure are an interesting exercise of people trying to sell you their version of the facts. But the facts are that like any statistic, numbers can be manipulated to prove just about anything. For instance, that NASCAR is the second most popular televised sport. The interesting part is that we only have NASCAR's word for attendance figures.
Anyway, maybe it is second in popularity, and maybe it isn't. I can only speak from my own experience. I've been to the Daytona 500 and seen every seat in the house filled, including the full backstretch stands before they removed half of them. I've seen Bristol night race tickets go from being handed down generation to generation, to a lot of empty seats on race night. And Daytona is sending over 40,000 seats through the ejectors during the upcoming face lift.
Anyway, maybe it is second in popularity, and maybe it isn't. I can only speak from my own experience. I've been to the Daytona 500 and seen every seat in the house filled, including the full backstretch stands before they removed half of them. I've seen Bristol night race tickets go from being handed down generation to generation, to a lot of empty seats on race night. And Daytona is sending over 40,000 seats through the ejectors during the upcoming face lift.
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