Where do the big money sponsors get their money back in media?? Maybe a picture in NSSN or one of the magazines. No local TV coverage, no National coverage just internet and word of mouth coverage.
IF somebody had a TV package then something could happen. Look at the WoO. They have some big money deals and are growing each year since getting back together. Cart & IRL have to buy their time on TV for the most part.

Sure we have a few big money deals as Chuck pointed out but their connections are from someplace else.

Look at Stanbrough and the Fox boys, they win 30 races and get some press here and there but is Sports Ill. following them or Sportscenter?

Why doesn't a big sponsor from NASCAR step up and buy into USAC with sponsorship and a real network TV package?? It would be cheap compared to a NASCAR budget and would get them TV coverage. You would think Toyota, Mopar or Chevy would do something like that.

This subject has been kicked around before and it all comes to a TV package that racefans can see.
Long ago where we did the Thunder Series it looked like it might take off until ESPN quit paying a rights fee and started charging for the package. Why do you think Lawn mowers are on TV?? MONEY!!!!!

But wouldn't it be great to tune in on a Sunday night and see LIVE from Kokomo races or any where else???? Hell Ya it would!!!

Look at what TV did for drag racing! Look at what Thunder almost did.

Sponsors what to see their name on TV and in the newspaper and other media. Look at the Hoffman Team with their big money sponsors, but Rob will be the first to tell you the money isn't that large and Kroger expects something back in the media. Clayton wins for them at Gas City, a big story to us in racing but what media coverage did you see from that?

A few years ago Brad Sweet made national TV, how did that happen??? A local TV station happen to catch the crash and put it on the uplink and the nation went WOW! Then GMA put Sweet on National TV. Al of this only because a local TV shooter catch it and thought it was big, and it was. How many crashes like that does Dean, Jeffk, and myselk have? Lots of them but no network station to uplink it. News stations don't care who wins the race just a crash. I use to take video from 3 nights of racing to the local Indy stations personally for them to use. Once and a while a crash would get played if it was a big named driver, other than that nothing.

Racing needs to be media friendly. By this I mean their results need to be sent to the newpapers, TV stations and put up on their websites asap for fans and media. How quick does your favorite tracks update their websites after a race?

Maybe someday it will come around and money will come in the sport for more teams. How much sense does it make to run a $40,000 car for $800 to $1400 to win 3 times a week?? Thankfully we have a lot of good owners who keep coming back.

Another point is what if a potential sponsor would read the message boards???? It would make threm wonder why they would want to spend their money in a sport that a lot of people rip on a lot.

So Chuck sorry for being long winded but the sport needs national media coverage in the trades and TV.


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