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Originally Posted by Jonr
How many years did Indy Car not race at Milwaukee? How much money did the promoters of the Indy Car race lose over the years at Milwaukee? Does anybody know the agreement between the track and USAC? Was the track/USAC agreement dependent on one or the other bringing an event sponsor to the race? Does anyone know the amount of pre-sales for this race? Does anybody know the amonut of cars confirmed for this event?
I will once again get on my silver crown soap box.  If there was more demand for the product, there would be more supply. If every Silver Crown race was sold out, more promoters would be having silver crown races. The simple fact is that with all of the options for entertainment, Silver Crown cars are at the bottom of the list of what people want to see. |
I grew up in Milwaukee during the 1960s and part of the success racing enjoyed was due to the PROMOTERS. The Marchese Brother PROMOTED their races all year long. Every bar and barbershop had a poster with the dates of the SEVEN to NINE USAC events they hosted at the mile. Every sports show, car show, or church men's club smoker had some "presence" of the racing events.
What has killed racing at The Mile, IMHO, has been the outrageous "license fees" NASCAR, CART, & the IRL took off the top. Even adjusted for inflation the entire "take" for the Marcheses over their tenure was probably less than the fee NASCAR TOOK for a single Busch Series race. I understand that they have overhead and officials to pay but a million dollars per event is out of line. Plus, they don't promote. They "organize" and hope a crowd shows up.