Indy Star estimates crowd at 80K. What a huge dropoff over the years. Think back to the first 10 years and how big of an event it was.

The main problem is the track is terrible for Cup cars and that leads to consistently boring races. I watched it on my DVR at x60 speed and finished all 400 miles in about 20 minutes.

Then to top it off NASCAR took away one of the best races on the Busch circuit by moving them from IRP to IMS. Terrible idea.