11-5: The 2012 schedule

If races depend on only the true race fan there would be fewer races. Marketing has more to do with attracting the non race fan to a race weekend and making that event the place to be at. Much like the Superbowl, it is more about the event than the actual game.

Porhaps, but In my case I hate ovals and Milwaukee mile is last place I want to be for just event , but I come every year for last 19 with group of people and spend money for two days because Im a fan. There is many like me who stayed home because of past wars, therefore building stature of Indy racing to high level where once was would help bring old fans and interest for new.

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

Lack of promotion?

Vegas had arguably the most promotion of any race the past decade including free tickets and only garnered 15k

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Who were they targeting with their promotion and where? They could have opened the gates for anyone that would have showed up locally. IT they had promoted at that level for New Hampshire or Milwaukee, I suspect the turn out would have been different. I still have 4 free tix complements ICS for buying my Baltimore GP tix, but i still would have had to get to vegas, which really has little appeal to me. Give me those same free tickets to Milwaukee or Loudon and I would have gone to either.

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Originally Posted by nigelred5

Who were they targeting with their promotion and where? They could have opened the gates for anyone that would have showed up locally. IT they had promoted at that level for New Hampshire or Milwaukee, I suspect the turn out would have been different. I still have 4 free tix complements ICS for buying my Baltimore GP tix, but i still would have had to get to vegas, which really has little appeal to me. Give me those same free tickets to Milwaukee or Loudon and I would have gone to either.

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Thats all well and good ... But my statement stands...

The earlier claimed the problem was lack of promotion for ovals ... Vegas is/was easily and far and away the most promoted race of the season ... Very few showed up

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

Thats all well and good ... But my statement stands...

The earlier claimed the problem was lack of promotion for ovals ... Vegas is/was easily and far and away the most promoted race of the season ... Very few showed up

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Was that because it was an oval, or because it was Vegas? I am not saying I know the answer to that question, I just saying that I don't know that anyone else does either.

Gary

The race was heavily promoted ... No one showed

It WAS an oval

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

The race was heavily promoted ... No one showed

It WAS an oval

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And the reason no one showed was?

Gary

Infer what want Gary ...

Bottom line is the earlier poster made a claim ... Clearly the heavily promoted oval in Vegas flys in face of his claim

The only thing I am inferring is I am not sure anyone can infer that the sole issue was it was an oval.

Gary

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