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Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
Speedway/motorsports Blog Posts
IRL title sponsor hunt loses power
October 17, 2008
Comments(17)The Indy Racing League’s drive for a title sponsor has hit the wall.
“The economy is having a huge impact,” said Zak Brown, president of Just Marketing International, the local
firm the IRL hired...
MorePaul Newman's legacy helping kids
October 15, 2008
Comment(1)In the coming years, Graham Rahal can expect more than a few thank you cards from critically ill youngsters.
The 19-year-old Indy Racing League driver raised $40,900 for Flying Horse Farms with the...
MoreNew Versus boss revving up IRL
October 9, 2008
Comments(4)The new president of Philadelphia-based cable channel Versus said he is not out to mimic ESPN. That might
be good news for many Indy Racing League fans who complained bitterly about ESPN’s coverage...
MorePaul Newman, Danica make news
October 7, 2008
Comments(15)The helmet that Graham Rahal wore during the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio is up for auction on the online
auction site eBay. This one-of-a-kind helmet was designed as a tribute to Paul...
MoreHelio case could engulf NASCAR
October 3, 2008
Comments(8)Indy Racing League officials are about to find out if the old adage “There is no bad PR” holds true. The
tax dodging scandal involving Helio Castroneves is about to get ugly. Very,...
MoreIRL TV ratings revved up
October 1, 2008
Comments(10)In the first season of open-wheel racing unification, the Indy Racing League registered viewership increases
on its telecasts on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. For the 17 races on the IRL schedule this year,...
MoreBusiness community honors Fisher
September 25, 2008
Comments(0)Indy Racing League driver and team owner Sarah Fisher this afternoon was honored at the fifth annual Indy’s
Best & Brightest under 40 Awards in front of a crowd of 650 business professionals...
MoreIzod rolls out IRL clothing line
September 18, 2008
Comments(6)Izod rolled out a new line of Indy Racing League-themed jeans and shirts at a leading fashion show in Las
Vegas last month.
This week Izod announced they will rev up a major marketing...
MoreFisher racing to sign sponsors
September 17, 2008
Comments(19)Popular Indy Racing League driver Sarah Fisher is making plans to drive at least 10 races next year. Fisher
is currently in negotiations with Dollar General and other unnamed sponsors to get back...
MoreDespite weather, IMS rings up profit
September 15, 2008
Comments(7)MotoGP’s open approach to disclosing attendance figures finally gives us a clear view on the revenue generation
of an Indianapolis Motor Speedway event. IMS President Tony George and his legion of lieutenants are...
MoreMotoGP economic impact soaked
September 12, 2008
Comments(3)Rain is putting a damper on the economic forecast for the first MotoGP motorcycle race held at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway Sunday. The first motorcycle race at the Speedway in 99 years will...
MoreDon't call her Danica
September 12, 2008
Comments(2)Ana Beatriz is not out to become the next Danica Patrick. But that doesn’t mean the Brazilian open-wheel
racer—who took third in this year’s Indy Lights Series driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports—isn’t bent...
MoreDuno tops Danica in laps led
September 9, 2008
Comments(6)So who led more laps during this Indy Racing League season; Danica Patrick or Milka Duno?
Well, if you chose Milka Duno, you are right on. On lap 141 of Sunday’s race at Chicagoland, during...
MoreIRL's Detroit race shows growth
September 5, 2008
Comments(9)While the jury is still out on the success of the first unified open-wheel racing season, the organizers
of the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix last weekend are calling their event a resounding...
MoreIRL title sponsor "on the doorstep"
September 4, 2008
Comments(15)Despite switching its telecasts from ESPN to Versus next year, Indy Racing League officials remain confident
they will sign an eight-figure, multi-year title sponsorship deal by year’s end.
League officials denied rumors that some...
MoreWheldon races to Panther
September 2, 2008
Comments(12)We didn't have to wait long to find out where Dan Wheldon would land. Just more than an hour after news
broke that Dario Franchitti would be replacing him at Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Wheldon announced he will
be driving...
MoreFranchitti returns to IRL
September 2, 2008
Comments(12)Former Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League series champion Dario Franchitti is returning to the open-wheel
circuit next year to drive for his former NASCAR boss Chip Ganassi.
Ganassi folded the NASCAR team that...
MoreOlympics hurt IRL TV ratings
August 28, 2008
Comments(7)Officials for the Indy Racing League are probably happy the Olympics happen only once every four years. This
year’s games in Beijing, IRL officials said, have done a number on their TV viewership lately.
The IRL’s Aug. 24 race in Sonoma...
MoreIRL revs effort to get in fans' ears
August 27, 2008
Comments(9)Indy Racing League officials are unveiling a new communications system using Bluetooth technology that will
beam audio messages straight into the wireless telephone earpieces of fans attending their races.
Fans at the track will...
MoreSubway jilts Tony Stewart
August 21, 2008
Comments(4)NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is having a pretty bad week. During the same week Stewart was docked 150 points
for his team’s efforts to mask his car’s true horsepower at a recent Nationwide...
MoreGeorge named motorcyclist of year
August 14, 2008
Comments(3)Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Tony George has been named 2008 “Motorcyclist of the Year” by Motorcyclist,
one of the most widely circulated motorcycle magazines in the U.S., for his efforts to bring the...
MoreIRL TV rating down at Kentucky
August 11, 2008
Comments(24)The television ratings for the Indy Racing League race at Kentucky Speedway continue downward. The have been
cut in half since 2006.
This year, the Nielsen overnight rating for Saturday’s race was .43, meaning...
MoreIRL title sponsor hunt on track
August 8, 2008
Comments(2)After signing a new television deal with cable channel Versus, Indy Racing League officials are still confident
they can ink a title sponsor by year’s end.
Sources close to negotiations said there are five...
MoreIRL TV deal raises questions
August 7, 2008
Comments(10)The deal the Indy Racing League got from Versus cable channel to air its races starting next season, is
so good, league officials said during a conference call today, it prompted them to abandon the remaining
year they had to...
MoreNikon deal helps IRL in Australia
August 6, 2008
Comments(6)Officials for Nikon yesterday announced they signed a deal to be the title sponsor the Indy Racing League
race in Australia in October.
The race in Surfers Paradise will be called the Nikon Indy...
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!