Originally Posted by ThePurple73:
Evidently there is positive crowd stimulus from the fair goers at the Illinois and DuQuoin State fairs or the races would have ended years ago.
The series sponsorship and overall advertising has to be competitive to gain mind share in this day and age, no doubt it can be done, you have to organize to perform the task.
With the economic status of Illinois the way it is, don't be to sure of that. I heard just this week (although it is every year) that the state fair grounds are being looked at for a possible sale, both Du Quoin and Springfield. The state claims they lose money on the fairs every year. That might be the case. I was talking with a friend of mine who read and heard news casts where the headline acts get $300,000 per night (Toby Keith was one she mentioned) and they get a percentage of the nightly concessions and ticket sales during their performance). I can't imagine that's very profitable for the Illinois State Fair. If the fairgrounds are sold, big IF, it won't be a good thing for auto racing during the fair.