# How does the Indy Racing League IRL stay in business?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-indy-racing-league-irl-stay-in-business/113136>\
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**Created:** [June 9, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-indy-racing-league-irl-stay-in-business/113136 "2002-06-09T20:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-indy-racing-league-irl-stay-in-business/113136/1 "2002-06-09T20:58:51Z")

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I’m asking this from the standpoint of watching the race at Texas yesterday and nearly being blinded by the sun reflecting off 90% of the seats which were empty. The same thing is prevelant at Nascar Busch series and Craftsman truck series races. I relaize that the Nascar stuff may have the resources of Nascar behind them but what about the IRL? It must cost a ton of money to rent out the speedways every week, so what gives?