Originally Posted by D.O.:
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?
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.
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You have some very good points, D.O. It's sad that our media think it's more important to show an abandoned puppy named after a quarterback or high school football games than a sport that has its roots here. So much for being the racing capital of the world. I'll bet California stations report more USAC events than Indianapolis. Does anyone know about this?
I had a client that paid $1 million every year to have a tiny logo placed on the side panel of a middle standing Winston cup driver. They did this because they also got a deal on tv time. If someone would start a television station that offered package deals like that, we may get somewhere.
Another factor in getting sponsorship is the cost of racing. It costs so much to run each week that it makes it a strain to find enough $$$ to compete that drivers expect or want $5000 for something that is only worth $500 or even $50. I can't wait to find out what the court rules on the tire lawsuit. I'm sure it will some how get settled out of court.