December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe team moved just a few suites down from its Park 100 facility, but officials said it’s a big move
for the Indianapolis-based Indy Racing League operation.
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November 28, 2009
IBJ StaffRace track's new chief information officer previously worked at NCAA, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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November 16, 2009
A delegation of business and community leaders led by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard departed for Europe Nov. 14 on a nine-day
economic
development mission to help grow the city’s motorsports industry.
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November 14, 2009
IBJ StaffIzod IndyCar Series driver Sarah Fisher recently renewed her contract with AAA Hoosier Insurance. AAA will continue to
be a personal sponsor of Fisher and will remain an associate sponsor on Fisher’s No. 67 car for the 2010 and 2011 Indianapolis
500s.
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November 12, 2009
Scott OlsonA source at Indianapolis Motor Speedway said IMS laid off 40 employees Wednesday, mostly from its human resources department,
in a cost-saving move.
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November 6, 2009
Scott OlsonCarmel-based Telamon Corp. rose to become one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the area largely by serving telecommunications
giants. Now it is veering off its traditional course to supply racing teams with an ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn.
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September 26, 2009
Anthony SchoettleA meeting between high-level National Hot Rod Association executives—including NHRA President Tom Compton—and
Gov. Mitch Daniels and members of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. has fueled speculation that the drag racing group
might be looking to significantly expand its presence here.
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August 11, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Promotion Co Inc., an Indianapolis-based event promoter, said today that it has acquired the Monster Nationals series
of monster-truck shows from Image Promotions Inc. in Chardon, Ohio.
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August 10, 2009
Anthony SchoettleNew Speedway leader Jeff Belskus speaks with IBJ about his new job and the near-term challenges and long-term future of the
operations he oversees.
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August 10, 2009
Anthony SchoettleNew Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus has long been a behind-the-scenes figure at IMS. As the new leader of the
Brickyard and the Indy Racing League, he faces several challenging issues, including gaining the confidence of the racing
community.
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July 13, 2009
Bill BennerReports of a Hulman-George family feud proved dead-on accurate when matriarch Mari Hulman-George issued a statement June
30 confirming the ouster of her son, Tony, as CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the family business empire. Shortly
thereafter, Tony George also resigned as CEO of the Indy Racing League.
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July 6, 2009
Anthony SchoettleA management shake-up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has some in the motorsports industry thinking major changes could
be on the horizon at the fabled race venuemaybe as soon as next year.
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May 4, 2009
Scott OlsonA decision by a startup Formula One team to set up shop in Charlotte, N.C., is fueling debate over whether Indianapolis still
is the self-proclaimed "motorsports capital of the world."
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May 4, 2009
Anthony SchoettleIndy Racing League founder Tony George dropped a bombshell in December when he told an industry group that he would shut down
the open-wheel series if it didn't break into the black soon.
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April 27, 2009
Anthony SchoettleStill stinging from the city's loss of the giant Performance Racing Industry trade show in 2004, a group of local motorsports
business advocates is racing to put on a competing event.
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September 8, 2008
Anthony SchoettleFans walking into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the First MotoGP race there Sept. 14 likely won't recognize the place.
Sponsor ads will hang on the inside walls of the track. There will be a host of companies in the hospitality area--including
Yamaha, Kawasaki, Ducati and Repsol--that have never set foot inside the Speedway's grounds. The motorcycle-specific
nature of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP will permeate every facet of the event and affects all elements of the host city's
planning.
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May 12, 2008
Anthony SchoettleA group of motorsports journalists stood open-mouthed along the wall of the Texas Motor Speedway in 1999 as they watched 19-year-old
Sarah Fisher, fresh from the sprint car and dirt track circuits, zip past veteran open-wheel racers Buddy Lazier and Billy
Boat. What happened to Fisher over the next nine years is equally amazing--and mystifying--to those same motorsports experts
who watched her in Texas.
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July 9, 2007
Anthony SchoettleBringing MotoGP--the world's highest level of motorcycle racing--to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway could easily draw more
than 150,000 spectators and net an eight-figure windfall for track owner Tony George.
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December 11, 2006
Anthony SchoettleCity and state officials are igniting a souped-up effort to draw motorsports-related companies here, and they're enlisting
Hoosier-born NASCAR champ Tony Stewart to help drive their message home.
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August 7, 2006
Anthony SchoettleSmoke coming from the Indy Racing League's business model indicates it's leaking oil. Two IRL teams recently folded and at
least two more are in serious financial distress. Television ratings and race attendance is either flat or trailing last season.
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So the Mayor adds another non value added layer to having a vehicle towed? Whereby the City Government RECIEVES AN ILLEGAL KICKBACK FROM A LGOISTICS COMPANY THAT SUBS THE WORK TO LOCAL TOW COMPANIES? What is the service the City performs for receiving the "tribute"? This is RICO!!!!! What a corrupt and unnecessary layer. What a dirtbag Mayor and his cronies.
Owner occupied housing. Clear enough?
So people think I am paranoid. It's from experience in dealing with puds requested by developers who make major donations themselves to representatives, have nice fund raisers for those running for office and hide through pac's. then there are the public relation firms. You will note some pr comments below. You there Clyde Lee? My opinion. Commercial along 421, great. Multifamily housing, terrible idea that will change the town. Senior condos or zero lot line homes west, great. I suggest keeping all entries to commercial areas at 421. All entries to owner occupied on sycamore. Will keep the traffic on sycamore down some. Two other things. You can't trust what will be there in 10 years. Steve builds quality stuff, but areas change over time. Look at the changes at the wall mart center at 86th and 421 over the last 10 years. Look at the apartments and neighborhoods behind St Vincent's. Raintree properties WILL decrease in value if commercial and multifamily goes in near. It has already been happening around the bridges area. The houses that have been sold recently are way below market. Several deals not closed due to the Illinois construction and the whole unsurety of the bridges. It's pretty simple, Zionsville will approve the whole thing because the city council has been groomed over a LONG period of time for this. I might even suggest some are in their position as a result of this.
Esta, do you have a dog in this fight? You seem to really want to knock anyone against this project. No, I didn't move to Indiana for the architecture. I moved here for that red barn in the field. The horses and fields of corn. A place that is NOT overdeveloped. There are plenty of nearby places in Indianapolis that could be REDEVELOPED instead.
RKW - OK, we get it, you're paranoid. The question is, are you paranoid enough? Greg - Yes, Pittman(s) is (are) at it again. They are developers, they build things. It's what they do. So when you go to work tomorrow, Greg, you're at it again too. Cliff - Really? You moved to Indiana for its progressive architecture? That's like moving to England for the cuisine. Zionsvillain - The house you moved to was once a field or woods. I'm willing to bet folks were upset when that ground was plowed under and a house was built. But I guess now that you are in, everything should stop? "My house was OK, but the next one is sprawl." SE Guy - Please don't paint us with such a wide brush. Most reasonable Zionsville residents welcome planned, measured development.