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Old September 4th 04, 10:07 PM
Mike
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Is this true? Do NASCAR attendances really exceed those of football
(soccer)?


I have no way to verify that -- it's just what the media has been
spouting.

I suppose it's not surprising, since a single race can have several
hundred
thousand "fans" in attendance.
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Jay, I checked the NASCAR site
(http://www.nascar.com/2004/promos/20...world_drivers/) and I can
only see them claiming to be the US's top spectator sport. I'll buy that -
like you, I have no way to verify it.

However, I can't believe it's the *world's* top spectator sport:
football/soccer must pull in many more, whether on TV or at the stadiums.