Shots Across The Bow

Back from the Races!

And what a trip it was! The long version will be here presently, but the short version is I had a blast and will be going back in August for the night race.

Before I get into the story itself, I'd like to point out a few numbers.

• Number of fans at the Busch race: 120,000
  
• Average ticket price: $50
  
• Number of fans at the Cup race: 160,000
  
• Average ticket price: $120
  
• Total gate: $26.4 million, give or take.
  
• Campsite rental: $130 average.
  
• Number of campsites: 10,000 (SWAG)
  
• Camping total: $1.3 million
  
• Ave hotel cost for 3 nights: $250
  
• Hotel rooms: 5,000
  
• Hotel total: $1.25 million
  
• Average spending on merchandise, scanners, souvenirs, etc per capita: $75
  
• Total number of fans: 200,000 (SWAG)
  
• Total merch spending: $1.5 million

That's $30 million dollars changing hands, and I haven't even begun to count things like food, alcohol, gasoline, camper rentals, and so on.

Don't these people know that we're in the middle of the worst economy in history? There are no jobs; we're all broke; we must be insane to go out and spend that kind of money when our country is in such pitiful shape.

What we need is a good Democrat to come out and help us realize how miserable we really are, how destitute we are, how we can't afford to go out and spend $400 dollars per head (my tally for the weekend) just to watch a bunch of rednecks drive in circles for 4 hours.

And that's exactly the message John Kerry is trying to sell.

Any takers?

Posted by Rich at March 30, 2004 1:14 PM | TrackBack