Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1297647)

Bertaut, I sat in absolutely no traffic coming in or leaving Bmore today. We were on the east side of the city, and there were no problems at all!

Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1297647)

Bertaut, I sat in absolutely no traffic coming in or leaving Bmore today. We were on the east side of the city, and there were no problems at all!

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1297841)

Because Indy Car races typically only fill 10-15% of the total seating capacity at most dedicated tracks. :tup:

Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1297971)

That could be. But I think there were other factors at play, because the grandstand was filled.

I think being east of the event made some difference as most of the traffic from the roads blocked off for the course were diverted west.

But it could be a combination of both.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1297972)

Fix'd.

For street races with temporary stands they usually predict crowds pretty well. But at a dedicated track that has, say, 100,000 seats... Indy usually puts 10-20k in the stands.

Originally Posted by ESPN

BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles' team batting average is .255, putting it smack in the middle of the major leagues.

The Izod IndyCar Series is batting 1.000 in Baltimore after the most successful inaugural American street racing event in the past 30 years.

An estimated 75,000 spectators turned out to see Will Power score a dominant victory over Oriol Servia and Tony Kanaan, pulling him within five points of championship leader Dario Franchitti.

The massive turnout quieted the doubters who had criticized efforts to stage a street race in Baltimore's Inner Harbor district.

Originally Posted by 4r3s (Post 1295549)

That saturday will be a MD meet (it alternates between MD and VA) if you're interested in coming just let one of us know and we can get you some more details on time and location.

Originally Posted by roplusbee (Post 1298029)

Awesome pix.......

2 wrecks though? Did they open the course up for non INDY cars also?

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1298267)

Either way, Shado, I'll come up next year to watch the race. ;)

Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1298315)

:tup: I'll be there.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 1297841)

Because Indy Car races typically only fill 10-15% of the total seating capacity at most dedicated tracks. :tup:

Originally Posted by birdmanx1 (Post 1298594)

:icon17: Steve, I must say the last time I did the Indy 500 in Indianapolis most of the folks were getting slammed outside the tracks in massive tailgating parties. It felt like my hears were bleeding when I left the place ;).

Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 1298595)

Sounds like fun to me brother..:tup:

Originally Posted by birdmanx1 (Post 1298597)

haha it really was, people had to yell for me to hear for a good 2 weeks after that. It was fun seeing head snap as fast as possible trying to keep up with the racers flying by.