Car Knack Jr. Prediction Report Card

[Matt Leese]

5) The national final's attendance will be the best ever and the media coverage will be outstanding. It will be very loud, and many student drivers will not be prepared. Indoor stadium, what a concept. Moving from Disney was a GOOD move.

I don't think you hit it with this one. There were about the same number of people there this year as last year (from my estimation; the stadium seats approximately 70,000 and we used approximately a 1/4 of it therefore 17,000 people which is inline with past nationals). I'd also say there was far less media coverage this year than there was in the past. I saw Discovery Channel and TechTV as well as a few local stations. I saw exactly zero national coverage which we've had in the past (unless I wasn't paying close enough attention). That and everyone I talked to thought the Houston venue was terrible.

Matt