26.08.2007, 23:37
Население штатов было в районе 70-80 миллионов, расположенное на довольно большой площади. Учитывая очевидные транспортные проблемы, неразвитую гостиничную и сервисную индустрию, цифра в три миллиона выглядит, мягко говоря неправдоподобной.
Quote:Motor racing
[edit] Four wheeled sport
* Indianapolis 500, Speedway, Indiana is the largest single-day sporting event in the world, drawing 270,000 spectators annually.[25]
* NASCAR: United States 13,000,000 at Nextel Cup, Busch Series racing, Craftman Truck series, and Whelen racing series. (Average 186,000) (2003)[26]
o Daytona 500: 200,000 racegoers attended the sold out event for the 2005 race day.[27]
* Champ Car: 1,961,917 fans. with an average of 150,000 per event.
o Lexmark Indy 300: Surfers Paradise, Queensland 2005 attendance of 316,459.[28]
* Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix: Total attendance for the 2007 Australian Grand Prix held in Melbourne was 301,000 (a drop from the 2006 total.[29]
* Canadian Grand Prix: Total attendance for the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix held in Montreal was 332,000.[30]
* Adelaide Clipsal 500: The V8 Supercar event held in Adelaide, Australia 2007 attendance of 286,300 over 4 days
* V8 Supercar Championship Series- Average Attendance in 2006 was 108 000.
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* 24 Hours of Le Mans: Arnage, Sarthe, France The 2006 event has an attendance figure of 235,000 over the race day, setting a new official event record.[46]
* A1GP: 72,000 spectators attended the maiden round held in Brands Hatch in September 2005.[31]
* DTM: 769,000 visitors attended the ten rounds of 2005 with an average of 76,900 visitors per race representing a 21% increase over the 2003 season. In that same year, 133,000 spectators attended the season finale held in Hockenheimring.[32]
* D1 Grand Prix: The 2005 two-day event held at the Odaiba car park in Tokyo Bay, Japan attracted 34,152 altogether, 18,546 for the Allstar event and for the point-scoring 2nd round, 15,606. The record one-day attendance is 21,000 for its Allstar event held at the previous year, making it the biggest drifting event of them all even for an event which usually requires a small portion of racetrack.[33]
* Monster truck: For the 2004 season, with five events held in different places over one weekend being the norm, more than 3.5 million people attended USHRA monster truck events including its own Monster Jam and Thunder Nationals series.[34]
[edit] Motorcycle sport
* Suzuka 8 Hours: The motorcycle endurance race held in Suzuka attracted 70,000 spectators, this is considered to be less then the record in 1990, when 160,000 spectators attended on race day. As with modern seating facilities demanded on F1 circuits, Suzuka can no longer be able to break this record.[35]
* Bol d'or,: The motorcycle endurance race held in Paul Ricard until 1999, now currently held in Magny Cours attracted 53,000 spectators in 2005, less than the previous year's figure.[36]
* Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix: 241,975 attended the 2006 race held in Jerez over 3 days, with a raceday total of 131,162, setting a new record for a Moto GP event.[37]
* Assen TT: 80,000 spectators attended the Dutch World Superbike event over the entire weekend.[38]
* Supercross: The 2002 AMA World Finals at Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada sold out taking in a claimed 65,000 spectators, despite its capacity of 40,000.[39]
[edit] Historical event
* Goodwood Festival of Speed: Total attendance record for the event is 158,000 in 2003, making it the biggest motorsport event in Britain, with revised ticket sale policies, recent attendance figure has been 150,000.[40]
* Rolex Monterey Historic: Total attendance for the prestigious historical event held in Laguna Seca is 65,000 in 2004.[41]
* Oldtimer Grand Prix: 69,000 spectators attended the 32nd running of the popular historic event held in Nürburgring in 2006.