IndyCar: So few seats Detroit GP a sellout (Update)

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Detroit GP race boss Bud Denker said about 20,000 fans paid to watch Sunday’s race and an unknown number of people took advantage of access points that were free.

If they only had 8,400 grandstand seats, then there must have been over 11,000 people in the suites and paid General Admission.

The track was eight-tenths of a mile longer when it was previously downtown in 1991, but Denver said lengthening the track isn’t an option because of adjacent neighborhood, businesses and a tunnel that connects Detroit to Canada.

Next year changes will be made to the breaking zone at Turn 3, where drivers slowed from 180-plus mph for a hairpin, and in the area near Turn 8 before the split pit lane.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Grandstand seats for this weekend’s Detroit GP IndyCar race on the downtown streets are sold out for Sunday, not because IndyCar is so popular, but because there are so few seats.

A fan named Sean counted the seats today and provided these numbers: