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- 'The split' hurt IndyCar, which must find new sponsors, tracks and stars as it attempts to find a niche in a crowded sports market.
- Peltz: In wake of Wheldon's death, wait is on for action from IndyCar CEO
- Actual TV audience one-sixth of what city and promoters predicted
- The Baltimore Grand Prix Sunday averaged 591,000 viewers, according to figures released by NBC, and was NOT the most watched IndyCar race in the history of cable channel Versus, as promoters claimed
- While some promoters and media reports have already declared Baltimore's Labor Day weekend of auto racing a TV hit, the first hard data does not support that.
- Despite concerns over cost and traffic, IndyCar event draws big crowds downtown and proves naysayers wrong
- Organizers confident that more than 100,000 attended three-day event
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was very busy this weekend on Twitter sending out self-serving, tune-in messages of congratulations on how good the City of Baltimore looked in TV coverage of the Grand Prix.