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  1. Now if they'd only do some advertising beyond Facebook and Twitter which get out to a whole 1,000 people....we might actually get a crowd to see the race!
  2. Well, if you look up and to the right, you'll notice they advertise right
    here. And they've been in the paper repeatedly; that's the better part of
    200,000 readers.

    They're making the rounds with Milwaukee media today and tomorrow. It's
    kinda funny, because I told the guy there would be a number of people
    who'd say the race hasn't been promoted at all.

    They've been out and about with a show car at a Bucks game. They're
    doing 20 billboards in the market next month. They're working on call-ins
    for "Racing Roundup" and other radio. We're working on three chats for
    JSOnline, one with a driver, one with an owner or a bigwig in the series
    and one with someone from TV. There are plans to have several drivers in
    town in May and June, including the Indy 500 winner at least once.

    So, what's it going to take? Maybe they are missing all the potential
    ticket-buyers. I'm sure they'd be open to suggestions.
  3. It appears that the IZOD series is gaining momentum, and their return to The Mile will only help their resurgence. Here's hoping the series gets paid and AB sees a profit. They stepped up to the plate and I hope they hit it out of the park!
  4. Maybe something will improve, but in the two or three places I've gone to see the "promotion", it's been sub-par. The two that come to the top of my head, were at the Autoshow, where they had a car and NOBODY in the building to answer questions on a BUSY Sunday afternoon, and the pace car party at Matty's Bar and Grill where I was one of 4 people to show up....and we all came in same car! They lacked any type of promtional enthusiasum. I've offered my services to Mr. Mcgrath, and gotten no response.
  5. I've commented before on their office hours, and I think what they have
    now is great compared to what the previous promoter did. With that

    I was past there Monday, and actually turned around in the office's
    parking lot, but there was nothing, and I mean NOTHING on the office
    to indicate they were going to be open/re-opening. A van in the parking
    lot was a sign of life. But that's because I was hoping to see one.

    So for promotion ideas, but a sign on the building advertising the race.
    And get the local TV stations to start talking it up. And as race fans,
    invite your friends to go to the race with you (I'm trying to get about
    eight to go with me). My fear is that if this race isn't well attended, we
    could be "one and done."
  6. Historically, better attendance always came with promotion in the Chicago area, and poor attendance came with no promotion there. Now, with the Chicagoland track being available, the draw from S. of the border is much harder to obtain, but the advertizing should still take place in the Chicago media. Is any planned for there?


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