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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
That is true, as we all reside up north where it's not as huge. However it is definetly on a slide, as seen in the drop in ticket sales as well as the (larger) drop in overall profit. I went to the first race at Pocono this year and the stands were far from packed, and I turned down box seats to the second race, as it really was a waste of time.
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I used to go to the September Dover race since I was 8 years old. I stopped going after 2008. I realized after driving 3 1/2 hours to get to the track, the parking fee, buying the tickets that were $95 a piece almost as soon as I get home from last years race ( when I started going in 1994 they were $35 a seat!!) food, drinks, burning your skin off for 5 1/2 hours in the stand, 2 hours of locked up traffic in the parking lot, and the na 3 1/2 hour drive back If I didn't stay overnight, which is another figure, I realized just how much I could save by sitting home and watching it. I used to love the atmosphere, but with commercialism being shoved down my throat at every turn, it burned me out to no extent.