May 24, 2013
Mark Miles is talking this week about significant changes and speed records at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's the
same talk that was coming from Randy Bernard one year ago. Then Bernard was fired.
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May 22, 2013
By creating new sponsorship categories and filling vacated ones, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has brought on 23 new sponsors
this month. Teams, too, are bringing on new corporate partners.
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April 25, 2013
Conor Daly and Takuma Sato provide the struggling IndyCar Series with prime opportunities to improve its brand awareness and
TV ratings. But driver promotion has never been the series' strong suit. It's time to turn that around.
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April 22, 2013
He’s not as American as apple pie, but Takuma Sato adds something to the IndyCar Series it has been sorely lacking in
recent years.
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April 17, 2013
While the addition of a new engine maker could significantly muscle-up the IndyCar Series’ global marketing, it also
has some series insiders worried the move could trigger an engine arms race and price some suppliers, teams and drivers right
out of the paddock.
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April 8, 2013
For the first time, Indianapolis residents could see street-legal, full-size Hot Wheels cars zipping around their neighborhood.
And if consumers like the cars, they can fulfill a childhood fantasy and buy their own.
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March 26, 2013
Hip, young racer James Hinchcliffe is off to a good start this year. With a good finish at Indy this May, he will become more
than Danica Patrick's replacement driving the GoDaddy car. The series must promote his success to maximize the benefit.
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March 15, 2013
If things go well at Indy, sports marketers think Century 21 could become a much bigger sponsor for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing.
Clearly, the company has the resources to pour a seven-figure sum into the team.
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March 6, 2013
The scariest thing for the Speedway and IndyCar Series is that the breaches could indicate there are forces within the organization’s
leadership pushing in different directions.
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February 25, 2013
The most popular racer, man or woman, on four wheels is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's best, and perhaps only, chance
at reversing an ugly and costly attendance slide at the Brickyard 400 in July.
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February 11, 2013
The IMS's first request for taxpayer assistance after more than 100 years in business has triggered heavy sighs from people
fighting against such sports subsidies. If approved, does this open the door for more?
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January 2, 2013
Only time will tell if the fast-tracked Firestone deal will lead to long-term harmony and growth for the IndyCar Series or
a rough ride for Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles and his new regime.
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December 13, 2012
At last week's International Motorsports Industry Show, officials for Lakeville-based company said they are interested
in and capable of supplying tires for the high-speed IndyCar Series.
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December 12, 2012
While new Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles said his first priority is to grow the IndyCar Series, there’s no doubt he
plans to do the same for the IMS. And growth means change.
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December 5, 2012
Here’s a new statement IndyCar and Speedway officials might consider: The Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar racing are for
highly-skilled specialists, not someone who can “drive the wheels off anything from a Dixie Chopper to a Camaro.”
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November 29, 2012
Mark Miles isn’t likely to stop at simply hiring a replacement for Randy Bernard, racing sources said. He also aims
to build a new IndyCar Series management structure and hire a new executive team.
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November 21, 2012
Building trust between the IndyCar paddock and front office is fine. But that bridge will lead to nowhere unless new Hulman
& Co. CEO Mark Miles and IndyCar Series and IMS boss Jeff Belskus can build an audience for the sport.
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November 2, 2012
The board of directors overseeing the IndyCar Series is not employing a search firm to look for a new CEO, and three internal
candidates have risen to the top of a list of potential replacements for Randy Bernard.
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October 24, 2012
Nothing kills sales faster than uncertainty. Especially when that uncertainty pertains to the product being sold. That’s
why the IndyCar Series finds itself—once again—in a less-than-ideal growth position this off-season.
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October 17, 2012
NBC officials are confident their new deal to broadcast Formula One races will help grow the IndyCar Series audience, not
divert attention from the American circuit.
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September 11, 2012
The 2.1-mile street course will have considerable elevation changes and run past Brown University and the state capitol building.
But can such an ambitious endeavor be profitable?
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August 14, 2012
In this new video segment on The Score, IBJ sports reporter Anthony Schoettle offers insight and analysis on the
latest happenings with the Indianapolis Colts and IndyCar Series.
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August 1, 2012
Long after NASCAR departed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a group of racing fans are still fuming over the way the Brickyard
400 champ celebrated his victory.
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July 30, 2012
While the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race has seen its rise and fall within a relatively short 19-year history, the Indianapolis
500 has persevered through good times and bad, through peace time and World Wars and through massive popularity swings in
open-wheel racing.
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July 27, 2012
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NASCAR officials remain committed to the long-term future of the Sprint Cup race at the Brickyard,
predict double-digit percentage attendance gains this year.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.