Sunday's official crowd figure of 33,223 coupled with Saturday’s 12,209 turnout and the 8,280 people that shuffled through the gates on Friday brought a total crowd figure of 53,712 for the event – an increase of more than 12,000 on last year.
Stated Queensland Raceway chairman John Tetley: "In this day and age you have to be able to provide an affordable entertainment package and that’s what we set out to achieve with the discounted price on pre-purchase tickets.
"The fact that Ford is once again able to win races in this highly competitive category has undoubtedly increased the population’s interest in V8 Supercar racing.
"Queenslanders and motor racing enthusiasts in general have voted with their feet to confirm the Queensland Raceway as one of the finest motor racing venues in Australia.
"People were packing in the place from seven this morning and that trend continued right through until after race time at 1.30pm. We achieved a rare feat this year in attracting record crowds over all three days of the motor racing feature so that sort of result can never be understated."
The Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series attracted record crowds to the Queensland Raceway for the BigPond 300.
