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Australian MotoGP Gets A Boost From Jack Miller's Victory At Assen

Jack Miller's maiden MotoGP win this week "could not have come at a better time for the sport in Australia and the Phillip Island round of the world championship," according to Andrew Tate of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Miller's boot-drinking victory antics on the podium "is just the sort of celebration that will endear him to a new generation of Australian MotoGP enthusiasts -- a crowd that had been thinning after the golden years in the aftermath of sporting giants Mick Doohan and Casey Stoner." While the punters still get their fill of MotoGP on TV, they have been "increasingly reluctant to turn up at Phillip Island for the Australian round of the world championship." The "lack of a local hero has been one factor, while the fan forums also suggest that the increasingly tight policing and price of attendance has made some riders re-think Phillip Island on race weekend as an enjoyable place to take the road bike for a spin." When Stoner won the last of his six-consecutive Phillip Island events in his final full season of '12, he "was cheered on by more than 50,000 fans." That figure in recent years has dropped to the 30,000 range, although Miller's emergence to win the Moto3 category in '14 did give organizers "some hint of a brighter future." From a high of 122,470 for the three days of the MotoGP in '12, attendances slumped to 77,200 in '13 and 74,900 in '14 "before rebounding to 84,100 last year." Time "will tell whether the AGPC's reported bump in ticket sales will roll on until October" (SMH, 6/29).

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