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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 drivers race for bonus cash
May 21, 2009
Comments(4)Patrick Stephan at TrackSide Online has compiled a list of Indy Racing League bonus winnings so far this
season. This cash is the amount earned over and above the $1.24 million full-time teams...
MoreIndy Pole Day draws TV viewers
May 15, 2009
Comments(96)Even on a fledgling cable channel, the events surrounding the Indianapolis 500 continue to be an attraction—though
I’m sure the Indy Racing League’s new TV partner was hoping for better. Pole Day qualifications...
MoreKV Racing GM: Paul Tracy can win
May 12, 2009
Comments(14)Paul Tracy has already said he is in the Indianapolis 500 to win. Tracy’s driving skills are not questioned,
and the top end speed of his car is not at issue. But motorsports...
MoreAndretti, Patrick, Fisher revved up
May 8, 2009
Comments(18)With the Indianapolis 500 fast approaching, speed is the name of the game. It appears Indy Racing League
drivers—some of them anyway—are gaining speed with corporate America.
If you haven’t seen Marco Andretti’s Gillette...
MorePenske interested in buying Saturn
May 7, 2009
Comments(12)Just when you think Roger Penske would be focused on Indianapolis—as in the Indy 500—he apparently is looking
at other interests to the north. Penske is considering a bid for General Motors’ Saturn...
MorePanther sues over deal gone bad
May 6, 2009
Comments(10)Indy Racing League team Panther Racing has filed a lawsuit against locally based video and Web production
company Pathway Production Co., which is now owned by Mays Chemical Co. President William Mays. The...
MoreIndy 500 history: A new perspective
May 5, 2009
Comments(5)The Indiana State Library is hosting a special Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Indy 500 program this Thursday from
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The program—which is free and open to the public—will provide a historical perspective...
MoreIRL: 2013 or bust
May 4, 2009
Comments(30)I wrote an article about the Indy Racing League’s long-term future for this week’s IBJ print edition that
is getting quite a bit of attention from our readers. There are several reader comments...
MoreAndretti "bullish" on IRL's future
May 1, 2009
Comments(21)While Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick was driving her new race car up and down a runway at the
Indianapolis International Airport this morning, Andretti...
MoreIRL TV ratings take dive
April 28, 2009
Comments(45)The Indy Racing League TV ratings took a step back at Kansas this past Sunday. After posting TV viewership
gains for the Long Beach race April 19, the IRL earned a .15 rating...
MoreIRL thinking big in China
April 28, 2009
Comments(21)The Indy Racing League is taking a serious look at holding a race in China as early as 2011. Series officials
said there are several good reasons why the league may want to...
MoreMilka Duno back on track
April 24, 2009
Comments(12)Dreyer and Reinbold Racing announced yesterday afternoon that Milka Duno will be returning to the team’s
Indy Racing League effort for 2009. The Venezuelan driver will be competing in a limited schedule starting...
MoreDanica Patrick ready for take off
April 23, 2009
Comments(21)Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick is ready for take off. Patrick will be unveiling her new Motorola
sponsored Indy car at the Indianapolis International Airport May 1. The car will have a...
MoreIRL TV rating improved
April 21, 2009
Comments(48)The Grand Prix at Long Beach last Sunday scored a .5 TV rating for the Indy Racing League, according to
New York-based Nielsen Media Research. That’s the same rating the race earned last...
MoreIRL revs crowd at Long Beach
April 21, 2009
Comments(12)By all accounts the Grand Prix of Long Beach was a success for the Indy Racing League. The IRL, which
signed a five-year deal to take over the former CART event following last...
MoreCastroneves racing Sunday
April 17, 2009
Comments(18)Helio Castroneves will be on the track this weekend in Long Beach, Calif. Penske officials had a contingency
plan in place to put him on the track—even as far back as two weeks...
MoreOval Vodka joins Indy Light Series
April 16, 2009
Comments(13)Officials for Oval Vodka, producer and importer of the new super-premium vodka from Austria, announced today
that they will be participating in the Indy Light Series with Alliance Motorsports, in a one-year sponsorship...
MoreCastroneves: A marketing liability?
April 15, 2009
Comments(31)Entering the fourth day of deliberations in the tax evasion case of Indy Racing League driver Helio Castroneves,
series officials now have to be seriously wondering what will become of the month of...
MoreIRL TV ratings down, optimism up
April 8, 2009
Comments(65)The Nielsen ratings for the first Indy Racing League race Sunday in St. Petersburg were down 60 percent
from the same race a year ago. The 2009 St. Petersburg race was the season...
MorePetty potentially powerful endorser
April 7, 2009
Comments(26)Open-wheel racing has long been bigger with the wine-and-cheese crowd than with the blue-collar bunch that
made NASCAR the biggest racing circuit in North America. That’s been OK for Formula One, with its...
MoreKinder, gentler Danica?
April 6, 2009
Comments(19)It was an odd site before the Indy Racing League race in St. Petersburg Sunday. There was Danica Patrick
talking about her new approach to racing. She was telling Versus’ Jack Arute that...
MoreVS-IRL telecast gets solid marks
April 6, 2009
Comments(11)While Indy Racing League officials are still awaiting the Nielsen ratings from the open-wheel series’ first
race on cable station Versus, this much is clear: The coverage of yesterday’s race in St. Petersburg,...
MoreIRL: Sweet home Alabama?
April 2, 2009
Comments(10)While Indy Racing League teams and officials are heading to St. Petersburg, Fla. for the April 5 season
opener, their mind may be wandering to not-so-far away Alabama.
In March, IRL teams made their...
MoreIRL signs four new sponsors
March 30, 2009
Comments(24)Down economy or not, the Indy Racing League sales staff is in overdrive. In the last week, IRL officials
finalized four new sponsorship deals.
First, IRL officials Thursday night (March 26) inked a deal with...
MoreMedia icon departs Speedway
March 27, 2009
Comments(23)Bill York, who has worked in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room since 1958, is no longer with the
Brickyard. IMS spokesman Ron Green confirmed that York and the Speedway parted ways, but...
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Who makes Tater Tots? They would be a good sponsor, because $3 Million for the alleged "Greatest Spectacle In Racing" is taters. Tiny, tiny taters. But at least they are making up something of the losses accumulated over the years in this dying sport. Buttock in seat is certainly not doing it, nor eyeball on TV, as evidenced by the lack of both.
We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.
The Prestige was a great flick.
Larry - even though the race is on ABC, ESPN does all of the work, so that is why ESPN is mentioned. Most sports on ABC are called something like "ESPN on ABC."