Re: NASCAR attendance


"Ray O'Hara" <roh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Srgnt Billko wrote:

I was referring to the popularity of baseball in the NorthEast.
Approx.
4
million last year.

With the sheer number of games being played each season, it's
certainly
understandable.

With only a few races each year, NASCAR in New England draws very
well.

--
Griffin

New England has always been NASCAR's 2nd strongest market.
i saw them running when the cup was called grand national at oxford
plains
speedway back in the late 60s.


Ahead of which one - Talladaga or Daytona ? LOL



daytona is a good time, but restrictor plates have rutned it somewhat.
when
i was there in 86 fate stuck us next to folks from chicago and we had to
listen to them go on about the superbowl just a few weeks earlier. and we
had to take it, what could we say in defense.

I got married in '59 and we drove an old Nash to Florida with a stop at
Daytona where I drove the Nash around the beach / brick track - and we took
in a race at the New Track. It was amazingly banked for those days. Not
sure if Fireball Roberts had just gotten killed but it was certainly shortly
before or just after.


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