NEWS: @FOXSports
says it averaged an audience of 704,000 for @IndyCar's race Sunday at @TheThermalClub, down 11% off last year's $1 Million Challenge broadcast on NBC (788,000).Race peaked at 829,000 as Palou hunted Pato for the lead & eventually made the race-winning move.
NEWS: @IMS says camping for the Indy 500 is officially sold out -- 3 weeks earlier than a year ago.Parking & tickets continue to sell well, too. Earlier in March, @jdouglas4 said IMS was 10,000 tickets ahead of '24, which would've sold out without the crummy weather forecast.
INDYCAR: Prema fined $25K & No. 83 team docked 10 team (not driver) pts. From Robert Shwartzman's fire, instead of required & approved emergency pull cable that activates onboard fire suppression system, team had replaced it with an unapproved product that didn't activate.