Allstate 400 smallest ever

Not only were the TV ratings the smallest ever for the Brickyard 400, The Indianapolis Motor Speedway doesn't release attendance figures, but it was obvious in looking around the facility that Sunday's crowd was the smallest ever for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.

A best-guess estimate was about 225,000, so let's keep things in perspective. That's still the biggest crowd for any Cup race all season, but it's far from a sellout for a facility that has 257,000 seats.

Many seats on the lower rows of the frontstretch were empty, along with blocks of open grandstands in Turns 2 and 3. ESPN.com