I don't know how it came across on TV, but it was actually a really decent race with lots of side by side racing. I will give it a 8 overall. I am sure that it didn't come across as good on TV with as much as Busch led. The experience of being at Bristol is just plain awsome!
P.S. ALOT of empty seats at Bristol this year. It was actually kinda sad.
Had some great 3-wide racing, and the TV coverage was pretty good too. I thought Fox did a good job of showing good battles through-out the field. It was a little slow in spots.
Definitely an 8. Lot's of action and great side by side racing. Many people like the Bristol of old but I'll take the side by side racing any day of the reconfigured surface.
I agree. My row of about 18 seats only had 6 of us in it for the entire race. The way people were scattered throughout the seats it gave the appearance that more people were there than actually were. The 'head count' actually at the track had to be waaay down this year. It looked more like a Nationwide attendance type crowd than a Cup crowd.
I will say a 9 overall
0 for winner
8 on pre-race events around the track
7 on crowd attendance
10 on crowd participation
10 for food at track
7 for price of food at track