F1: Austin Track Layout Revealed New And Old Ideas
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 11:38 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Estimated to cost $200mm and be ready for 2012, the facility offers new ideas, while at the same time maintains qualities of '60s venues. But strikingly, the design, say many, would also support IRL as well as stockcar style racing. TMS just may have ...
www.formula1unitedstates.com/media.html#pressRelease2
BIZ: What Are The Solutions For Improving NASCAR Attendance?
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 11:16 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Ideas abound, from shorter races to dumping the Chase. But apply statistical modeling to every 'imaginable' solution, consider economy, product, intangibles; there are hundreds of variables. Answer? Do nothing. With tix prices now 'economy' adjusted over-reacting can do more harm than short-term good.
www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Erik_Spanberg_NASCA...ml
MEDIA: Do Title Sponsors Really Scare Off Other Partners?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 09:07 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: IEG, a sponsorship research firm, suggests title sponsorships are affecting 'associate' buy-in. Using the World Tennis Association as an example, which has implications for motorsports, IEG raises the question, what is the optimal way to structure sponsorship programs?
www.sponsorship.com/About-IEG/Sponsorship-Blogs/Jim-Andrews/August-2...px
MEDIA: NASCAR Overhauling PR Dept. Revamping Its Message
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 11:33 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Ramsey Poston, communication director, canned at yearend is good move--incompetent is an understatement. Management adding 20 more 'propagandists' to current PR staff of 25. New 2011 message: "Those aren't empty seats; just folks visiting concession-stands buying tasty hotdogs and beer… next question."
www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/NASCAR_to_shake_up_...ml
IRL: Owners Revolt Over 2012 Car Capitulation Afoot However
Monday, August 30th, 2010 10:04 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Owners seldom agree, but last weekend in Sonoma they delivered a near unanimous message; new car is a no go. Then, meeting in Chicagoland it seems a truce was struck. Speaking of, unlikely IRL will be returning (or any ISC track for that matter).
auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-robin-miller-speed-owners-re...r/
BIZ: Will NASCAR Plaza's Possible Foreclosure Tarnish The Brand?
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 12:25 PM EDT
Z-VIEW: HoF struggling with low tix sales, although unrelated, now NASCAR Plaza defaults on loans. NASCAR is not an owner (major tenant naming rights), which apparently added 'no value' for leasing space. Observers suggest NASCAR's tenant restriction policies in part to blame? Ego triumphant.
charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/charlotte/629750/nascar-plaz...e/
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 11:38 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Estimated to cost $200mm and be ready for 2012, the facility offers new ideas, while at the same time maintains qualities of '60s venues. But strikingly, the design, say many, would also support IRL as well as stockcar style racing. TMS just may have ...
www.formula1unitedstates.com/media.html#pressRelease2
BIZ: What Are The Solutions For Improving NASCAR Attendance?
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 11:16 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Ideas abound, from shorter races to dumping the Chase. But apply statistical modeling to every 'imaginable' solution, consider economy, product, intangibles; there are hundreds of variables. Answer? Do nothing. With tix prices now 'economy' adjusted over-reacting can do more harm than short-term good.
www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Erik_Spanberg_NASCA...ml
MEDIA: Do Title Sponsors Really Scare Off Other Partners?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 09:07 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: IEG, a sponsorship research firm, suggests title sponsorships are affecting 'associate' buy-in. Using the World Tennis Association as an example, which has implications for motorsports, IEG raises the question, what is the optimal way to structure sponsorship programs?
www.sponsorship.com/About-IEG/Sponsorship-Blogs/Jim-Andrews/August-2...px
MEDIA: NASCAR Overhauling PR Dept. Revamping Its Message
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 11:33 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Ramsey Poston, communication director, canned at yearend is good move--incompetent is an understatement. Management adding 20 more 'propagandists' to current PR staff of 25. New 2011 message: "Those aren't empty seats; just folks visiting concession-stands buying tasty hotdogs and beer… next question."
www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/NASCAR_to_shake_up_...ml
IRL: Owners Revolt Over 2012 Car Capitulation Afoot However
Monday, August 30th, 2010 10:04 AM EDT
Z-VIEW: Owners seldom agree, but last weekend in Sonoma they delivered a near unanimous message; new car is a no go. Then, meeting in Chicagoland it seems a truce was struck. Speaking of, unlikely IRL will be returning (or any ISC track for that matter).
auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-robin-miller-speed-owners-re...r/
BIZ: Will NASCAR Plaza's Possible Foreclosure Tarnish The Brand?
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 12:25 PM EDT
Z-VIEW: HoF struggling with low tix sales, although unrelated, now NASCAR Plaza defaults on loans. NASCAR is not an owner (major tenant naming rights), which apparently added 'no value' for leasing space. Observers suggest NASCAR's tenant restriction policies in part to blame? Ego triumphant.
charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/charlotte/629750/nascar-plaz...e/
