The Indy Racing League and Firestone Indy Lights recently finalized two new sponsors for the 2009 season—and beyond. DB
Schenker is the official freight logistics sponsor of the IRL, and KYMCO USA is the official scooter and off-road utility
vehicle of the IRL and Firestone Indy Lights.
DB Schenker is a worldwide logistics company with operations in approximately 2,000 locations and 130 countries. The IRL will coordinate logistics via DB Schenker’s American operation based in Freeport, N.Y., and the company’s Sports Event Group.
Overall, the company will arrange transportation logistics for the series’ four Honda Accord safety cars at events across the United States and Canada in a specially designed and branded transporter.
The safety cars include the car driven by three-time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford that paces all IRL series events. The other safety cars are used for VIP and special guest hot laps at all events as well as being on display in the IRL paddock.
In addition to coordinating logistics for the league's safety car program, DB Schenker will assist in logistics for the series annual visit to Japan and other potential international venues in the future.
Terry Angstadt, president of IRL’s commercial division, told IBJ in March, the deal with DB Schenker was imminent. Apparently, it took a while to consummate.
KYMCO USA, which specializes in fuel-efficient scooters, motorcycles and ATVs, has teamed up with the IRL and Firestone Indy Lights in a multi-year partnership. Throughout 2009, IRL personnel will use KYMCO Super 8 150cc scooters and UXV 500 4x4 utility vehicles at race venues as well as at its headquarters in Indianapolis.
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the IRL: cheap commie scooters is progress.
Only a Gomerton over at QuackForum will get a crotch tent over this.
BTW - Does bombardier get to keep their logo on the IMS Pagoda since Tony defaulted on his LearJet?
I am a team owner. I do this stuff for yucks. No go back to your man rental.
Not sure about the scooter company, but anything fuel efficient is huge. Be interesting to learn more about them. Again, sponsorships good, moaning because the series you hate announces good news bad.
If, and I say if, you are a team owner, I pity the fools that work for you with your flip floping and your pithy attitude. A real team owner would be accomodating by and large and wouldn't have time for such foolishness.
Well since UP and Fed Ex are well known in the US, maybe they do not see a need to sponsor an Indycar. Since DB/Shenker is increasing its operations in the US and since the IRL appears to be launching a couple more international races, they feel it is a good deal for them to get involved with the IRL.
It is interesting that TG/IRL haters will try to make gaining sponsors a bad thing. Of course these are the same folk that feel cart was the best thing since sliced bread, but then cannot explain how losing one race caused multiple downfalls of the series.
BIf#
I am a team owner. I have gone to the forums for mucho fun, most of what I type is parody and the REALLY intelligent folks in the sport get the irony and the fun. I have two or three hours a day for this hobby on my best day, an hour or so when we are jumping. Don't suggest I don't have time. We all do and anyone who tells you contrary is bullcrapping.
Next up: I have bene around the Indy Car sport since the early 1980's and an active team owner or varaint since 1996. During that time I have lost only four employees, none to being unhappy here. They simply moved on. I retain 14 originals in various capacities, the others come and go with the highs and lows of the profession. I have yet to have a negative realtionship with any of our people.
Fact is fact. The rest of the Count is for fun and I do throw in some genuine gems for the fans now and then all hidden in there to see who has what.
Enjoy or move on, your choice.
If you're right, then you would think a respectable business man like Mr. Bob would not want to throw as many people under the bus as he has. Some of the names I've seen him use certainly don't indicate any professional decorum and often border on defamation. He say's that really intelligent people will understand his irony.
On the contrary, I would expect hims to show the decorum due to people like the Andretti's, Patrick's, etc, whether he likes them or not. If he is the example of a team owner, them I am disillusioned. Perhaps he belongs in TONYland and can let the sisty uglers have their way with him and momma can throw him off the train with TONY.
what is up with your fascination with the word decorum? this is racing, pal. leave that crap at the door.
Probably would have been more entertaining had you combined D.B. Cooper and Markus Shrenker like others had done weeks ago in other threads. Oh well, no points for originality.
Sorry if I confused you. How about respect? That's all. Seems like a so called team owner would want to show respect for a fellow team owner and their drivers whether they like or respect them or not. I don't think that's too much to expect. I can see the point of throwing TG under the bus at this point, but I don't want to chastise all of the current IRL participants because they're trying to make a living doing what they like to do even if it is not up to standard. Hey, even you did say this is racing afterall!
I certainly don't want to dis Scott Dixon, for example, because he's competing in the IRL. He's making a damn good living and he's good at it. Many don't like the product and that's fine, but calling them all a bunch of loosers hardly seems fitting for a so-called team owner. And, he probably doesn't know what the word decorum means anyway.
The other side of the hate coin - true respect often times between people that act like they hate each other.
And as a team owner, you would choose whom? Milka? Conway, or your buddy Stanton Barrett?
I would choose whom I have at the moment. Now hustle and go try to figure it out. But finish your mac and cheese and drink all your juice first k? It's lunch time and mommy worked hard in the kitchen for you. Plus, she put away your toys this morning and is so nice she even took your 37 Izod IRL shirt out of the hamper to wear it on your first day of camp.
Now close down your daddy's lap top and take your nap. You need it.